Tag Archives: curriculum support
Bringing Your Own Device – In Education
Posted in Techniques & Tips
Gerry Kennedy June 10, 2013
Gerry Kennedy June 10, 2013
The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) philosophy and regime is becoming a serious consideration for many schools. As Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is costly and obsolescence determines the practical life cycle and usefulness of computer and digital equipment, schools are coming to terms with cost effective and equitable provision. Budgeting and maintaining vast numbers of computers, tablets …
Tarheel Reader makeover and new beaut features
Posted in Tools & Resources
Charlene Cullen February 12, 2013
Charlene Cullen February 12, 2013
We’ve blogged in the past about what a fantastic resource Tar Heel Reader is and how you can use this free collection of easy-to-read and accessible books for kids of all different abilities in the classroom. There are now over 25,000 books in 20 languages! You can also write your own books and then publish them to the …
Remarkable Ideas
Posted in Tools & Resources
Charlene Cullen February 1, 2013
Charlene Cullen February 1, 2013
When you’re in the classroom with a room full of diverse students it often presents a challenge to include all students into various activities. You might have a student with hearing impairment, difficulties with vision, learning difficulties or a student with significant physical motor disabilities. I’ve come across some great ideas that can be useful for engaging and …
Supporting AAC in the classroom
Posted in Tools & Resources
Charlene Cullen January 30, 2013
Charlene Cullen January 30, 2013
It’s time to revisit and oldie but a goodie. I really like checking out the resources and articles found in the DynaVox Learning Paths. You might be tempted to think that you need to know someone or be someone who is using a DynaVox device to be able to benefit from these handouts. Let me tell you that …
Drop everything! Dropbox is more than you think!!!
Posted in Teaching and Learning
Katie Lyon December 11, 2012
Katie Lyon December 11, 2012
With more documents, presentations, pictures and movies being stored on more desktops, laptops, smartphones and tablets every day it is important to have an organised file management system to avoid going around in circles and wasting time. Particularly when working collaboratively with others, or within a classroom setting, being organised can be the difference between working smarter and …
Spread some Christmas Cheer!
Posted in Tools & Resources
Katie Lyon December 5, 2012
Katie Lyon December 5, 2012
As I am sure you all know, the Christmas countdown is on (19 sleeps away – but who’s counting?!). No doubt many of you are working on Christmas related topics in your classrooms and it is time to spread some cheer! Below I have compiled a VERY small collection of Christmas resources that you can use with many …
A great FREE online resource
Posted in Tools & Resources
Ian Bean October 11, 2012
Ian Bean October 11, 2012
Pete Wells – Special Needs Resources and Sensory Stories Looking for some great free resources? Pete Wells has some excellent resources on his web site that you can download for free. Try Pete’s e-safety resources (Faye Spook) or one of his fun sensory stories. They come with everything you need for great literacy lessons. http://www.portlandcollege.org/curriculum/petes-stuff/ http://petewells.co.uk/
The Killer App in Australia
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, Teaching and Learning
Ian Bean September 1, 2012
Ian Bean September 1, 2012
In May, Ian visited Australia to deliver workshops at the Spectronics Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference. Ian presented a keynote address to the conference entitled ‘The Killer App‘, arguing that while our students need access to new and exciting technologies like the iPad in school, the use of these technologies can only be really effective in supporting teaching and …
Improved prediction for Texthelp Read & Write – now that’s GOLD!
Posted in Latest News
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 …
A NEW Version of an old Favourite – Clicker 6!
Posted in Latest News, Tools & Resources
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 …
