Monthly Archives: July 2009
EXPO Workshop – Reading and Writing Tools
Posted in Events, Techniques & Tips, Tools & Resources, Workshops
Greg O'Connor July 6, 2009
Greg O'Connor July 6, 2009
The workshop “Reading and Writing Tools for Students with Learning Disabilities” was presented today at the 2009 Special Education EXPO (6/7/09 – Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh, Adelaide, South Australia).
Very Hungry Caterpillars and Pandas for Boardmaker Plus!
Posted in Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Our Speech Pathology team has been busy creating activities for use with Boardmaker Plus! Version 6. In fact, two of these activities have been featured as the “Editor’s Pick of the Month” on the Adapted Learning site featuring thousands of freely downloadable Boardmaker Plus! boards and interactive activities. Two of their recent collections of boards and activities are now downloadable from the Spectronics Activity …
Texthelp Read&Write GOLD, ClaroRead and Kurzweil 3000: A comparison
Posted in Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
We are frequently asked about the differences between three of our most popular literacy support software programs – Texthelp Read&Write GOLD, ClaroRead Plus and Kurzweil 3000 for Windows. To help you to compare the features of each, and to determine which options may best meet the particular needs of your students, Spectronics’ teachers have put together a useful and comprehensive comparison chart. View this …
Photograph text on your mobile phone and hear it read aloud!
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Another VERY cool new technology is CapturaTalk! This clever program allows your Window Mobile phone to take a photo of written text and then have it read aloud for you in a clear UK English voice! It will also read aloud text in documents on the phone – including emails and SMS messages received along with web pages visited.
New money skills program with photos of Australian and New Zealand coins
Posted in Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
A new introductory money and maths skill program has just been released by the Attainment Company. It includes clear images of Australian and New Zealand coins and features four progressively more challenging activities: Naming, Sorting, Matching and Vending. You can select which currency, which specific coins and how many of each are to be presented to each student. Individual student performances on each of the …
Driving communication devices with eye gaze
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
At the recent AGOSCI Conference in Canberra, several eye gaze systems were on display – allowing users to control computers and/or speech generating devices simply through their eye movements. One of the newer systems featured was the DynaVox EyeMax accessory for the DynaVox Vmax speech generating device. The EyeMax enables users to control a DynaVox Vmax with their eyes.
AAC in your pocket! And how cool – it’s on an iPod!
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
One of the biggest buzzes in the AAC world for 2009 is the release of Proloquo2Go software for use with an iPod or iPhone. For less than $1000, users can configure their own “very cool” communication device by purchasing and downloading the software from the Apple iTunes Apps Store and installing it on their iPod or iPhone.
