Tag Archives: Learning Difficulties
Texthelp Certified Trainer Days for 2009 and 2010
Posted in Events, Workshops
Barbara Landsberg August 7, 2009
Barbara Landsberg August 7, 2009
Following on from the success of the Texthelp Australian Training Tour in May of this year, we are now offering three more full-day training sessions in Australia and New Zealand in 2009. These FREE workshops will give you the chance to participate in a full day BYO laptop hands-on session learning about the many features of the latest …
EXPO Workshop – Reading and Writing Tools
Posted in Events, Techniques & Tips, Tools & Resources, Workshops
Greg O'Connor July 6, 2009
Greg O'Connor July 6, 2009
 The workshop “Reading and Writing Tools for Students with Learning Disabilities” was presented today at the 2009 Special Education EXPO (6/7/09 – Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh, Adelaide, South Australia).
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 …
Photograph text on your mobile phone and hear it read aloud!
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Another VERY cool new technology is CapturaTalk! This clever program allows your Window Mobile phone to take a photo of written text and then have it read aloud for you in a clear UK English voice! It will also read aloud text in documents on the phone – including emails and SMS messages received along with web pages visited.
New money skills program with photos of Australian and New Zealand coins
Posted in Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
A new introductory money and maths skill program has just been released by the Attainment Company. It includes clear images of Australian and New Zealand coins and features four progressively more challenging activities: Naming, Sorting, Matching and Vending. You can select which currency, which specific coins and how many of each are to be presented to each student. Individual …
Making a Difference for Students with Learning Disabilities and Difficulties – Web links
Posted in Tools & Resources, Web links
Greg O'Connor June 11, 2009
Greg O'Connor June 11, 2009
I have been revisiting a few web links around the issue “Making a Difference for Students with Learning Disabilities and Difficulties” . Here they are: General As we know students with learning disabilities and difficulties have at their disposal a range of assistive technologies to support their learning. Assistive technology is defined as “the software and technology which …
