Tag Archives: Switching
Play that funky music
Now that the Spectronics Inclusive Learning Technology Conference 2012 is just days away I have been busily preparing for the workshops I will be presenting. In one of our sessions we’ll be showing the Applicator which is a new switch interface, also known as the Switch4Apps. This has just become available through Spectronics recently. Jane wrote a thorough …
The APPlicator – switch access to MORE apps and music too!
Reposted with permission from www.janefarrall.com/blog In the beginning, there was no switch access to the iPad/iPhone/iPod touch. Over time, however, a small range of apps have been released which offer internal switch access – but unfortunately different apps were released along with different switch interfaces and a confusing picture of switch access to the iPad began to appear. …
Touch Skills Progression
Colleagues around the world are using the ‘Switch Progression Road Map’ that I wrote during my time at Inclusive Technology to help them assess, teach and record switching skills. Hilary Norton, an advisory teacher for ICT/SEN and inclusion wrote in an article for MJO, “This book should be in every classroom.” In my latest book, ‘Touch Skills Progression’, …
FREE Online Training
FREE Online Webinars Ian is delivering a series of one hour online webinars in association with Ablenet, a leading US supplier of assistive technology and communication devices. Taking part is really easy, simply register for the sessions you would like to see by clicking the links below. Ten minutes before the session, log in and call the 0800 …
Complex Needs and Switches: It Could Be You!
I had a lovely day yesterday. I spent it in the company of five colleagues from a special school in the Midlands who had asked me to work with them to develop their use of switches in school. This was a good school where ICT is used in a way which was meaningful and appropriate to the needs …
Social Networking for All
On a daily basis I communicate with a variety of people using emails, text messaging, the phone and good old fashioned face-to-face chats! But these days it is also quite common for me to communicate with friends, family, professional colleagues and beyond using social networking tools such as Facebook, Google + and Twitter.
TarHeel Reader – a fabulous literacy resource for ALL
I strongly believe that everyone has the right to learn to read and write and it is our role to make sure that every student we work with develops the best literacy skills possible. As part of this we need to have high interest texts on topics of their choice available to all the students we work with …
Access Options and Accessories for iPads….. Gathering Strength as They Grow
Many of us have seen the amazing potential for the iPad (and the iPod touch) in Special Education and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). It is a very welcome addition to our toolkit of options although we must always keep in mind that it is only one of the tools we can use with our students. That said …
Making Words – Accessible to all students through Boardmaker Studio
Making Words is one of my all-time favourite literacy strategies. It has been fabulous for students just learning to spell and for those who think they aren’t good at spelling or phonics (and who have sometimes given up). I can’t thank Patricia Cunningham and Dorothy Hall enough for publishing this activity for the rest of us to use! …
FREE Booklet: Switch Progression Road Map
Available now! The Switch Progression Road Map, is a FREE downloadable booklet written by Ian Bean, Special Projects Manager at Inclusive Technology in the UK. Ian is well known to delegates who attended the Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference 2010 where he was voted our most popular presenter!



