Tag Archives: boardmaker plus
LCD Touchscreens: Beginning of the end for Interactive Whiteboards?
Posted in New Technologies
Barbara Landsberg November 28, 2011
Barbara Landsberg November 28, 2011
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 65″ and 55″ EDUSS Multi-touch Interactive …
Difference between PCS Thinline and PCS Classic symbols
Posted in Tools & Resources
Charlene Cullen September 26, 2011
Charlene Cullen September 26, 2011
Recently we have had a lot people asking us about the difference between the PCS Thinline symbols and PCS Classic symbols that are available to use with the Boardmaker Software Family. You can read about the new Thinline symbols in a blog I wrote earlier in the year. The new PCS Thinline symbols could be described as age generic, with a more detailed look …
Useful Spectronics Blog posts: Check them out!
Posted in Tools & Resources, Web links
Barbara Landsberg March 31, 2011
Barbara Landsberg March 31, 2011
The Spectronics team continue to be busy bloggers sharing their thoughts and updates on happenings in the world of technology. Listed here are some of the most recent posts, but to view all, or to add your comments, just visit the Spectronics Blog. You can also set up an RSS Feed to be notified of when a new entry is posted. Click here for …
New PCS symbol libraries
Posted in Tools & Resources
Charlene Cullen February 18, 2011
Charlene Cullen February 18, 2011
We have had a lot of queries recently about whether Mayer Johnson will be bringing out a 2010 PCS Addendum library. As many of you know, PCS Addendum libraries have been released every two years since 1998 – with the last addendum being released in 2008. In 2010, Mayer Johnson made the decision to bring out a number of libraries on different topics instead! …
Onset Rime: Developing early literacy with Boardmaker and Clicker 5
Posted in Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg December 20, 2010
Barbara Landsberg December 20, 2010
After Spectronics’ recent series of workshops in New Zealand, many participants enthusiastically requested more information about onset rime activities and their importance in literacy development. So we thought it would also be good to share them with you here in our blog. Onset rime has been shown to be one of the most effective ways of improving phonological awareness. Phonological awareness is an important …
Everybody’s talking about Talking Mats
Posted in Tools & Resources
Katie Lyon December 7, 2010
Katie Lyon December 7, 2010
Talking Mats are something that I have found really useful with some of the adults with complex communication needs that I have supported and I thought I would share with you what they are, why you would use them and where you can go for more information. Originally developed by Joan Murphy and Lois Cameron from the AAC Research Unit at the University of …
Ready-to-use pre-assembled Boardmaker Resources (and more) from Tassie
Posted in Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg October 5, 2010
Barbara Landsberg October 5, 2010
We have just added a new range of resources to our materials to support learning by students in special ed settings – and the really cool thing is that all of the hard work is done for you! Pear Shaped Learning Aids from Tassie are a clever team of two (Kristin Mathiassen, mother of a young boy with Down Syndrome, and Duncan Norton). In …
Fun Power Templates for Boardmaker Plus
Posted in Techniques & Tips, Tools & Resources
Charlene Cullen September 3, 2010
Charlene Cullen September 3, 2010
I’m always looking for ways to save time when I am creating activities in Boardmaker Plus. As I am sure we all are! By now I hope you will have already heard of BoardmakerShare.com, where you can download and upload any Boardmaker activities. However, when you search this site there are some FREE, sophisticated interactive templates which go beyond my level of programming in …
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 …
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!
