Communication Aids

1. COMMUNICATION
AIDS
GE 5:PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION

2. WHAT IS
COMMUNICATION
AIDS?
GE 5:PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION

3. COMMUNICATION AIDS
• Also referred as Augmentative and
Alternative Communication(AAC)
• Huge range of techniques which
support or replace spoken
communication”
GE 5:PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION

4. COMMUNICATION AIDS
• A communication aids are visual
support used to make presentation
interesting and effective.

5. IMPORTANCE OF
COMMUNICATION AIDS • Improve clarity of
information being
conveyed.
• Enhance retention
of message.
• Add variety and
interest to
presentation.
• Enhance credibility
of the speaker.

6. TWO TYPES OF AAC System
Unaided
Communicatio
n
Aided
Communicatio
n

7. Aided Communication
• The use of additional
equipment.
• Use of low and high-tech
methods.

8. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOW AND HIGH-TECH
LOW -TECH HIGH-TECH
Requires something external
to the person using it that is
either non-electronic or a
very simple electronic
device.
e.g. erase board,clip
board,binders,photos,folders
,highlight tape
Complex
electronic/technology to
support strategies typically
“high” cost equipment.
e.g.video
cameras,computers,
complex voice output

10. Unaided Communication
• Does not use additional eqiupment.
• Use of body, language, gesture,
vocalization or sign language.

11. Using Traditional Visual and Audio Media
Overhead
Transparencies
Flip Chart White Boards
or Chalkboards
Video
Document
Camera
Models
Handouts Sound
recordings

12. Overhead
Transparencies
Transparencies are clear acetate
pages displayed by an overhead
projector during a speech.

13. Flip Chart
A large pad paper that rests on
an easel allowing the speaker to
record text or drawings with
markers during the speech.

14. White Boards/Black
Boards
A blackboard is a hard and smooth board with a dark
surface on which you can write and draw using chalk
while whiteboard is a board with a smooth, white
surface on which you can write and draw using dry-
erasable pens.

15. Document Camera
Is a projector device that uses a
video camera to capture and
display images, including 3D
visual materials.

16. Video
An electronic recording of
moving images.

17. Handouts
Are sheet of paper containing
relevant information that some
speaker use in conjunction with
the other presentation media.

18. Models
A copy of an object, usually built
to scale that represents the
object in detail and useful for
describing and explaining
scientific topics.

19. Sound Recording
Sounds like visual images,can
stimulate mental images,
triggering the imagination and
setting a mood.

20. Technology-Based Communication Aids
Text
Messaging
Social
Media
Video
Conferencing
Email
Video
Presentation
Power Point
Presentation

21. Text messaging
An electronic communication
sent and received by mobile
phone.

22. Social Media/Networks
It refers to the means of interactions
among people in which they create,
share, and/or exchange information and
ideas in virtual communities and
networks.

23. Video Conferencing
Video conferencing is live, visual
connection between two or more remote
parties over the internet that simulates a
face-to-face meeting.

25. Email
messages distributed by electronic
means from one computer user to
one or more recipients via a
network.

27. PowerPoint
Presentation
is a presentation created on software
from Microsoft that allows users to add
audio, visual and audio/visual features
to a presentation.

28. Video Presentation
A video presentation is a digital
presentation that uses video to
communicate a message.

29. Tips in Presenting Information with
the Use of Technology
• Keep it simple
• Emphasize your key ideas.
• Show what you can’t say
• Use close up shots and
other images.
• Keep the number of images
you present manageable
• Combine variety of
coherence.
• Use large lettering.

31. Strategies using tools of technology
1. Identify your target
audience
2. Focus on your objective
3. Be relevant
4. Be clear and concise
5. Things to keep in mind
6. Be consistent to the points
you make.

32. THAT'S A
WRAP!