Tag Archives: Early Childhood Education
30,000 new images for Clicker 5!
Posted in Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg October 12, 2010
Barbara Landsberg October 12, 2010
We are often asked about how to add MORE pictures and symbols into Clicker 5 and for some time, we have not been able to offer you any solutions which automatically appear within the program. Last year we built an instruction sheet about how to set up an image library to import the Widgit Literacy Symbols and told …
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. …
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 …
Nursery Rhymes to Sing See and Sign
Posted in Tools & Resources, Web links
Katie Lyon March 5, 2010
Katie Lyon March 5, 2010
For those of you who are working with young children, I wanted to let you know about Nursery Rhymes to Sing See and Sign. This is a great FREE resource that is available from the Scope website.
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 …
A one button mouse – how cool is that!
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg September 28, 2009
Barbara Landsberg September 28, 2009
We are often asked about ways of assisting younger students learning to use the mouse – to avoid their confusion over using the right and left mouse buttons. Inadvertently clicking on the right mouse button can result in them opening up all sorts of unwanted menus – ending up with your students landing in areas of the computer …
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 …
