Category Archives: Latest News
Latest Spectronics Online Video! Successfully Using iPads to Create Visual Supports for ALL!
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Jay September 26, 2012
Jay September 26, 2012
Check out the latest video JUST added to the Spectronics Online Resources! Available now at http://www.spectronics.com.au/online/resource/successfully-using-ipads-to-create-visual-supports-for-all/. Not a subscriber yet? You can still view the free 10 minute introduction here. For more information on Spectronics Online or to become a subscriber please visit http://www.spectronics.com.au/online/. If you have any questions regarding a Spectronics Online Premium Subscription please email online@spectronics.com.au or give us a …
ISTE 2012 – Day 2
Posted in Events, Latest News
Greg O'Connor July 31, 2012
Greg O'Connor July 31, 2012
Monday 25/7/12 was the first full day of workshops and presentations at ISTE2012. After the opening keynote address on Sunday night, the 20,000+ delegates were ready for three action packed days of passion-based learning opportunities, networking and having their horizons expanded to embrace the possible. Session highlights for me included: SETSIG Forum on Universal Design for Learning Visit …
Using Proloquo2Go for Schedules, Rules and Social Stories
Posted in Latest News, Tips and Tricks
Amanda Hartmann July 12, 2012
Amanda Hartmann July 12, 2012
Hi again, It’s your resident Proloquo2Go junkie here again, this time with a quick video for using Proloquo2Go for schedules, rules and social stories. We already know how awesome Proloquo2Go is for communication, but it is very useful for social language as well. This video will show you how to switch certain pages into LIST VIEW so that …
HelpKidzLearn Activities now Available on Subscription
Posted in Latest News, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg July 9, 2012
Barbara Landsberg July 9, 2012
HelpKidzLearn is a collection of activities and games for young children and students in special education settings to play online. The activities are split into five sections: Early Years Games and Quizzes Stories and Songs Creative Play Find Out About You will get the most out of these activities if you play them together with your child or …
Improved prediction for Texthelp Read & Write – now that’s GOLD!
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Katie Lyon July 4, 2012
Katie Lyon July 4, 2012
For those of us who are using Texthelp’s Read & Write Gold for either Windows or Mac, we know what a comprehensive tool it is for anyone who struggles with reading and writing. Among many other features, it reads text aloud from any document or online, has a speaking dictionary, spell check and prediction tool, and built in …
Dragon Dictate/NaturallySpeaking Professional Educational 250 Seat Licence – Limited time offer!
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Barbara Landsberg June 28, 2012
Barbara Landsberg June 28, 2012
If you are using Dragon speech recognition software on Windows and/or Mac computers for students at your school, university, TAFE or Polytechnic campuses, this exciting offer should be of interest to you! 250 licences on any one campus are now available for just $1600 (plus GST). With the cost of a single user of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional …
ISTE 2012 – What’s Up On Day 1
Posted in Events, Latest News
Greg O'Connor June 25, 2012
Greg O'Connor June 25, 2012
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Annual Conference for 2012 has kicked off in San Diego. Over the next four days I will blog about some of my highlights and what has ‘expanded my horizons’. Sunday 24th was a pre-conference day of sorts where the 20,000 or so delegates got a chance check out the amazing …
A NEW Version of an old Favourite – Clicker 6!
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Barbara Landsberg June 25, 2012
Barbara Landsberg June 25, 2012
Clicker, the award-winning literacy support tool for both Windows and Mac computers is used on over half a million school computers world-wide and is in action every day in over 90% of UK primary schools. The newest version of this much-loved program has just arrived – Clicker 6. What’s new in Clicker 6? For students, the new version …
Proloquo2Go Version 2.0 just launched! Our newest Webinar guides you through how to get the most out of it!
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, Latest News
Barbara Landsberg June 22, 2012
Barbara Landsberg June 22, 2012
Proloquo2Go is possibly the best known and most popular AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) app available for the iPad. The release this week of Version 2.0 has created a lot of buzz worldwide. Why? What’s new? Check out our recent blog post titled Proloquo2Go – Version 2 by Amanda Hartmann, one of the speech pathologists on the …
Proloquo2Go – Version 2
Posted in Latest News, Teaching and Learning
Amanda Hartmann June 13, 2012
Amanda Hartmann June 13, 2012
UPDATE: 19th JUNE, 2012 – PROLOQUO2GO Version 2.0 NOW available…! Well the release of the latest update of Proloquo2Go is getting so close, we can almost start holding our breath… Everyone is going to be excited when they see the new customisations, the new vocabulary sets and some of the new features that are going to make using and …
