Tag Archives: boardmaker plus
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. …
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 …
Spectronics Activity Exchange – and the World Cup
Posted in Tools & Resources
Jane Farrall April 16, 2010
Jane Farrall April 16, 2010
The Spectronics Activity Exchange has been around for a while – but recently we have been working hard, revamping and re-organising the Activity Exchange and adding lots of new activities. Now when you visit our Activity Exhange at http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/activities you will see a wider range of assistive technologies covered. These include Boardmaker, Boardmaker Plus, Clicker 5, the Widgit …
Boardmaker Plus Footy Tipping for 2010!
Posted in Tools & Resources
Katie Lyon January 12, 2010
Katie Lyon January 12, 2010
After lots of requests, we have now taken our Boardmaker Plus footy tipping one step further and developed interactive 2010 footy tipping packages for use in Boardmaker Plus for the following codes: Australian Rules Football National Rugby League Super 14′s Rugby
Symbol Supported Text and Literacy
Posted in Permanent Resources, Techniques & Tips, Tools & Resources
Katie Lyon January 6, 2010
Katie Lyon January 6, 2010
Communicate: Symwriter, Communicate: In Print 2 and Boardmaker V6 all allow users to easily pair symbols with text as shown in the examples below. Symbol supported text generated in Communicate: Symwriter Symbol supported text generated in Boardmaker V6 As more and more software comes out which lets people pair symbols with words easily, we are getting more enquiries …
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 …
2009 NSW Assistive Technology Forums
Posted in Events, Techniques & Tips, Tools & Resources, Workshops
Greg O'Connor August 31, 2009
Greg O'Connor August 31, 2009
Congratulations to the 2009 NSW Assistive Technology Forums organising committee for two fantastic days of workshops, hands on training and information sharing around the implementation of assistive technology in the education, employment and community sectors.
Using Inclusive Technologies to Differentiate Instruction for Students with Autism
Posted in Events, Techniques & Tips, Tools & Resources, Workshops
Greg O'Connor August 19, 2009
Greg O'Connor August 19, 2009
Here is the presentation from today’s workshops at the Positive Partnerships Conference: Inclusive-technologies-to-differentiate-instruction Additional web links mentioned in the workshop were: Spectronics Activity Exchange – Click here 101+ Ideas for Using the BIGmack or Other Single Message Communication Devices – Click here Free Boardmaker files from AdaptedLearning.com – Click here Free Clicker 5 grids from LearningGrids.com – Click …
Very Hungry Caterpillars and Pandas for Boardmaker Plus!
Posted in Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Our Speech Pathology team has been busy creating activities for use with Boardmaker Plus! Version 6. In fact, two of these activities have been featured as the “Editor’s Pick of the Month” on the Adapted Learning site featuring thousands of freely downloadable Boardmaker Plus! boards and interactive activities. Two of their recent collections of boards and activities are …
