Posts by Barbara Landsberg

About Barbara Landsberg

Sales and Marketing Director
SPECTRONICS
BOccThy, MBA

Barbara is an Occupational Therapist who joined the Spectronics team 12 years ago. Prior to that time, she spent 17 years in occupational therapy positions working with adults and children with a variety of physical disabilities and learning difficulties. She also held the position of Coordinator of the assistive technology service of the Independent Living Centre of Queensland for three years before moving to Spectronics. On completion of her Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in 2010, she assumed the role of Sales and Marketing Director at the company and, among other roles, oversees running of the exciting and innovative Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference hosted every two years by Spectronics.

Barbara has a strong interest in the opportunities for students with disabilities or learning difficulties made possible through technology. She is also a passionate advocate of the use of social media tools to promote the power of inclusive learning technologies to enable independent achievement for all – whatever form that achievement might take.

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More resources from the Spectronics team including PowerPoint presentations

More resources from the Spectronics team including PowerPoint presentations

  We are constantly finding new ways of sharing great articles, links and resources with you, with the Spectronics Blog being the central place for display of all of our resources. We are also adding posts by new Guest Bloggers – including Gerry Kennedy from Australia and Ian Bean from the UK. Did you know you can now …

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iAdapter for iPad no longer available from Spectronics

iAdapter for iPad no longer available from Spectronics

The iPad is attracting a lot of attention in the special ed/learning support arena at present. Some considered. Some media hype. But it definitely does have a place in the special ed technology toolkit. One of the areas in which it falls down is its volume in social settings for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) users. It needs …

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Amazing Sensory Guru technologies now here in ANZ

Amazing Sensory Guru technologies now here in ANZ

Multi-sensory Room technologies have not changed dramatically for many years, but Sensory Guru in the UK is now ramping it up in amazing ways! They are turning around largely passive environments, offering options for active participation and for a progression of skills development within a multi-sensory environment. The Magic Carpet interactive projection system is just one of their …

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Boardmaker Studio: Multi-site licensing and no more CD in the drive!

Boardmaker Studio: Multi-site licensing and no more CD in the drive!

Boardmaker Studio, the first update to Boardmaker for a number of years, was released late last year. It is becoming very popular now, so it might be timely to take another look at why you might consider upgrading your current copies of Boardmaker or Boardmaker Plus! to Boardmaker Studio. What are the advantages of Boardmaker Studio? No CD …

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TarHeel Reader Books: A great resource for iBooks on your iPad

TarHeel Reader Books: A great resource for iBooks on your iPad

As the Spectronics consultancy team travel around Australia and New Zealand, they are often asked about how to create customised books and bookshelves on the iPad. Books which students can read in self-selected reading time or just for their own enjoyment. Jane Farrall, Spectronics’ Senior Speech Pathologist, recently wrote a helpful guide which steps you through the process …

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Jane Farrall leaving Spectronics in early 2012

Jane Farrall leaving Spectronics in early 2012

  Jane Farrall, Spectronics’ hard-working, talented and uber-dedicated Senior Speech Pathologist and AAC Support Services Manager will be leaving Spectronics on January 20th next year. After nearly seven years as part of the Spectronics Professional Services Team, she has decided to venture out on her own as an independent consultant. While we are sad to be losing such …

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Win a trip to the USA for just sharing your AbleNet technologies story at ILT2012. No catches!

Win a trip to the USA for just sharing your AbleNet technologies story at ILT2012. No catches!

Do you use any of the above pictured “easy-tech” tools from AbleNet in your classroom or disability support organisation? Do you use any at home? Tools like the PowerLink 4 Control Unit, BIGMack, Step-by-Step Communicators, All-Turn-It Spinner, the MEville to WEville Early Literacy and Communication Skills Curriculum Collection, Jelly Bean or Jelly Beamer switches, or the popular SuperTalker …

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LCD Touchscreens: Beginning of the end for Interactive Whiteboards?

LCD Touchscreens: Beginning of the end for Interactive Whiteboards?

Just add a laptop or an iPad 2! No data projector needed. No shadows. Fully height-adjustable. Even project wirelessly from your iPad 2 (using an Apple TV unit and a WiFi connection)! We have been looking for an attractive alternative to interactive whiteboards (IWBs) in the classroom for many years. We think we have found it now! The …

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Warringa Park School iPad Project

Warringa Park School iPad Project

Warringa Park School is a special school in Melbourne and was one of the first of many Victorian special schools to roll out iPads to all of its students (almost 300 in total). To learn more about the project read their story online or contact the school’s full-time “iPad Coach”, Dawn Hallett on email hallett.dawn.l@edumail.vic.gov.au. Dawn organises weekly …

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AAC-RERC White Paper: Mobile Devices and Communication Apps

AAC-RERC White Paper: Mobile Devices and Communication Apps

The AAC-RERC (Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center) is a US-based organisation that conducts research, development, training, and dissemination activities to improve options for individuals who rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technologies. They are often a good source of information and just recently published a downloadable white paper titled “Mobile Devices and Communication Apps“. It presents a measured …

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