Monthly Archives: June 2010
FREE Online Training – new sessions for you!
Posted in Events, Permanent Resources, Techniques & Tips, Web links, Workshops
Katie Lyon June 25, 2010
Katie Lyon June 25, 2010
You may be aware of our FREE Online Training Sessions that are available for a number of different software programs including Boardmaker, Communicate: Symwriter, Clicker 5 and Texthelp Read and Write Gold. The sessions go for about an hour and are delivered by either one of our teachers or speech pathologists who have had experience using the software. You can attend as many as …
Using Bookshare with the DynaVox V and Vmax
Posted in Tools & Resources
Jane Farrall June 18, 2010
Jane Farrall June 18, 2010
Following on from Anita’s post about the availability of Bookshare for Australians who have a print disability, I wanted to just briefly bring your attention to the excellent eBook reader included in the DynaVox V and Vmax. DynaVox have written a tutorial on using the eBook pages which can be found on our website at http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/downloads/activity/dynavox/09-Ideas-for-Successful-Use-Jan-2010.pdf
Bookshare is now available to Australians who have a print disability
Posted in Tools & Resources, Web links
Anita Raftery June 10, 2010
Anita Raftery June 10, 2010
Bookshare is now available to Australians who have a print disability! The Association for the Blind of Western Australia and Bookshare.org offer Bookshare services to Australians. Bookshare is a service which can provide a reader who has a print disability access to a wide range of titles in DAISY text only format. To download copyrighted books, you must be signed in as a Member. …
BoardmakerShare.com
Posted in Tools & Resources
Charlene Cullen June 4, 2010
Charlene Cullen June 4, 2010
Just a quick post since we’ve had a couple this week already. You may already be familiar with AdaptedLearning.com for uploading and downloading free Boardmaker boards. But you may not have heard that the site has been redesigned to make it even easier to use and provide more functionality. It has also been renamed BoardmakerShare.com. Check out the new look!
What’s APPropriate: Using iTunes to Find Gems for Your Students in the App Store
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, Conference 2010, Favourite Sites, New Technologies, Sources for Quality App Reviews, Tools & Resources
Jane Farrall June 1, 2010
Jane Farrall June 1, 2010
I am still bubbling over with ideas and enthusiasm following the fabulous Inclusive Learning Technologies conference last week! What an amazing collection of people, presentations and technology. I promised a few people who were unable to get into the “What’s APPropriate: Using iTunes to Find Gems for Your Students in the App Store” session that I would blog about it soon – providing links …
