Monthly Archives: December 2009
Online Switching Activities
Posted in Tools & Resources
Jane Farrall December 14, 2009
Jane Farrall December 14, 2009
At least once or twice each week we get a phone call from someone saying “I know and love Priory Woods – but what else is there to use with students who switch?” Obviously there are a range of commercial switching applications – and we have some favourites on that list which we’ve been known to use for our own switch development – however …
DynaVox Implementation Toolkit
Posted in Permanent Resources, Techniques & Tips, Tools & Resources, Web links
Jane Farrall December 9, 2009
Jane Farrall December 9, 2009
Implementation Toolkit. The Implementation Toolkit is a great new resource available from DynaVox-Mayer Johnson. The toolkit is designed to provide resources to support people to become more successful AAC users. Resources are designed for children through to adults and aim to cover topics from beginning through to experienced communicators. Resources provided in the Implementation Toolkit include videos, handouts, worksheets, datasheets, lists of research relating …
Adapted Learning
Posted in Tools & Resources, Web links
Charlene Cullen December 4, 2009
Charlene Cullen December 4, 2009
Adapted Learning turns 1 year-old this week – and has already become a fabulous resource for Boardmaker users all over the world! In its first year over 22,000 boards have been posted for everyone to use – and over 25,000 people have joined this online sharing community. If you haven’t discovered Adapted Learning yet, it is a free file sharing website for anyone using …
Readability Statistics in Microsoft Word
Posted in Permanent Resources, Techniques & Tips
Jane Farrall December 3, 2009
Jane Farrall December 3, 2009
There is a useful tool built into Microsoft Word which enables you to check the “readability” of documents that you have written! This is part of the overall document statistics that Word can provide when doing a Spelling and Grammar check. The document statistics that can be provided in Microsoft Word include: Counts: the number of words, characters, paragraphs, and sentences in the document. …
