| PRE-Conference Workshops - Tuesday 25th May 2010 |
| Time | Room A
BYO Laptop | Room B
BYO Laptop | Room C
BYO Laptop | Room D | Hands-on Windows
BYO Laptop | Hands-on Apple/Mac
Laptop Lab | Adobe Room |
9.00am
to 4.00pm |
Certified Trainer Texthelp Read&Write GOLD Version 9 Workshop Jackie Prentice and Angeline King
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Make and Take: Priory Woods Style! Ian Bean
More places available. Now BYO laptop!
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Build Your Own Accessible Teaching and Learning Toolkit E.A. Draffan
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Write Now: Facilitating Writing Development for Students with Significant Disabilities Caroline Musselwhite and Gretchen Hanser
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Literacy with Clicker and Beyond: Writing Across All Ages Eleri Hanley
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Using the iPhone and Mac as Assistive Technology David Niemeijer and Jeanette Davies
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Language Competence: Don't Settle for a Piece of the Pie Kristin Whitfield and Jane Farrall
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| 7:30am to 4:30pm | Conference Registration Desk open all day! |
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| DAY ONE - Wednesday 26th May 2010 |
| Time | Room A | Room B | Room C | Room D | Hands-on Windows
Laptop Lab | Hands-on Apple/Mac
Laptop Lab | Adobe Room |
| 7:30am to 8:30am | Conference Registration Desk open! |
| 8:30am to 9:00am | Conference Opening Session |
9:00am to 10:30am |
Plenary Session: Poetry Power! Using Poetry to JumpStart Language and Literacy Caroline Musselwhite and Gretchen Hanser
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| 10:30am to 11:00am | Morning Tea |
11:00am to 11:45am |
Moving Students Beyond Cause & Effect Ian Bean
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Interactive Phonemic Awareness: Today is NOT Brought to You By the Short Vowel "O" Caroline Musselwhite
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Read&Write GOLD: An Implementation Guide to Your Favourite Literacy Support Software Angeline King
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Maximising Quality Feedback From Students of All Abilities Peter Niass
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Symbol Resources For Everyone with Communicate: SymWriter and Communicate:In Print 2 Cate Detheridge and Katie Lyon
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Accessibility Out of the Box David Woodbridge
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Tobii Talks, Tobii Texts, Tobii Tweets: Using Tobii Communicator Charlene Cullen, Bas Tijdhof and David Harraway
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11:45am to 12:30pm |
PDF Workflow for the Classroom and Beyond Brian Chau
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The Nintendo Wii: Beyond the Games Jeff Souter
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MyTobii Eye Gaze as a Visual Assessment Tool to Guide AAC Design Annabelle Tilbrook
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| 12:30pm to 1:30pm | | | Lunch |
1:30pm to 2:15pm |
Shared Reading: It's All About the Interaction! Gretchen Hanser
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Communication Circles: With A Little Help From My Friends Caroline Musselwhite
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Inclusive Technology in the Classroom: Making Differentiated Activities Judy Hunter-Dickson and Jane Whitten
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Mind Mapping: How Do We Make Appropriate Choices? E.A. Draffan
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In Touch With Tobii: Hands-On With Tobii Communicator 4 Bas Tijdhof and Charlene Cullen
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What's APPropriate: Using iTunes to Find Gems for Your Students in the App Store Jane Farrall and Greg O'Connor
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Comments from the Field: A Two Way Assistive Technology Partnership at Glenroy Specialist School Nick Bradbury and Polly Morgan
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2:15pm to 3:00pm |
Interactive Whiteboards OR Inactive White Elephants? Julie King
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Childhood Apraxia of Speech and High Technology Angela Vass
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| 3:00pm to 3:30pm | Afternoon Tea |
3:30pm to 4:15pm |
Write from the Start: Getting Writing on the Radar for Students with the Most Significant Disabilities Gretchen Hanser
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The Power of Connectivity for Fun and Learning with Easy-Tech Assistive Technology Paul Thompson, Greg O'Connor and Jane Farrall
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Digital Pens and Notetakers to Support Learning Jeff Souter
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Spell Checking: Are Online Spell Checkers Doing a Good Job? E.A. Draffan
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Get Creative With SwitchIt! Maker 2 Ian Bean
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Literacy Support Software for the Mac: Apple for the Teacher! Anita Raftery
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Express Yourself Dan Hanson
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4:15pm to 5:00pm |
WriteOnline: A Case Study Eleri Hanley
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Digital Imaging in Special Education Brian Baynham
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Xpress Yourself: Communication Wherever You Go Kristin Whitfield
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| 5:00pm to 7:00pm | Trade Display Opening and Prize Draw |
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| DAY TWO - Thursday 27th May 2010 |
| Time | Room A | Room B | Room C | Room D | Hands-on Windows
Laptop Lab | Hands-on Apple/Mac
Laptop Lab | Adobe Room |
| 7:30am to 9:00am | Conference Registration Desk open! |
9:00am to 10:30am |
Plenary Session: e-Inclusion: Learning Difficulties and Digital Technologies Chris Abbott
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| 10:30am to 11:00am | Morning Tea |
11:00am to 11:45am |
Guided Reading: The Before / During / After Approach! Caroline Musselwhite and Gretchen Hanser
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Assistive Technologies, Provision, Training and Support in Further and Higher Education in the UK E.A. Draffan
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Making Maths Fun with Numbershark Cheryl Dobbs
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Techno-Kids: An Assistive Technology Playgroup John Pashen and Vicki Robinson
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Building a Foundation of Positive Behaviour with the Help of Boardmaker Kristin Whitfield
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Getting Started With Proloquo2Go David Niemeijer
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Engage Students and Prepare Them for the Future with Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium Brian Chau
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11:45am to 12:30pm |
Portable Applications: Handy Resources To Go! Gerry Kennedy and Jim Sprialis
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Why Mount? Fixing and Positioning Speech Generating Devices for Access David Harraway and Trina Phuah
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Engage Students and Prepare Them for the Future with Adobe Creative Suite 5 Web Premium Brian Chau
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| 12:30pm to 1:30pm | Lunch | | |
1:30pm to 3:00pm |
Plenary Session: Unlocking Potential: Keys to an Inclusive Classroom Ian Bean
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| 3:00pm to 3:30pm | Afternoon Tea |
3:30pm to 4:15pm |
Alternative Ways of Supporting Print Impaired Students E.A. Draffan and Ian Bean
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Minimising the Mystery of Writing: Shared Writing with Students with Significant Disabilities Gretchen Hanser and Caroline Musselwhite
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Juggling It All: Parallel Learning to Say What I Want to Say
Gayle Porter and Fiona Beauchamp
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Walk the Talk With Dragon Karl Francois
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Texthelp Read&Write GOLD Version 9: Literacy Support in Any Windows Application Jackie Prentice and Angeline King
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Hands on with the iPhone 3GS/iPod Touch (3rd generation) David Woodbridge
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Engage Students and Prepare Them for the Future with Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium Brian Chau
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4:15pm to 5:00pm |
Co:Writer 6 - If They Can Think It, They Can Write It! Mary Jo Barry
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Rapid eLearning Content with Adobe Captivate and Presenter Brian Chau
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| 7:00pm to 11:30pm | Conference Dinner |
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| DAY THREE - Friday 28th May 2010 |
| Time | Room A | Room B | Room C | Room D | Hands-on Windows
Laptop Lab | Hands-on Apple/Mac
Laptop Lab | Adobe Room |
| 7:30am to 9:00am | Conference Registration Desk open! |
9:00am to 10:30am |
Plenary Session: Students Personalising Their E-Learning E.A. Draffan
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| 10:30am to 11:00am | Morning Tea |
11:00am to 11:45am |
Who's Really Talking? Social Scripts for AAC Users Caroline Musselwhite
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Getting in Touch: Using Interactive Whiteboards With Students With Disabilities Ian Bean
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A Transdisciplinary Approach to Accessing Technology Fiona Beauchamp and Claire Cotter
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Portability for the 21st Century Struggling Reader: Providing Access To All Brenda McBride
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Walk the Talk with Dragon in Schools Greg O'Connor and Anita Raftery
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Access to Mac OS X for People with Physical Disabilities David Niemeijer and Jeanette Davies
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Getting Published in AT Chris Abbott
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11:45am to 12:30pm |
Where To Start and How To Finish AT in the Classroom Petra Karlsson
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Mobile Technology in Education Ian Litterick
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Opening Windows: Accessibility and Windows 7 Greg O'Connor and Anita Raftery
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Reading Comprehension and Assistive Technology Ingrid Alderton and Jim Sprialis
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| 12:30pm to 1:30pm | | Lunch |
1.30pm to 2.15pm |
Phonics 101 Gretchen Hanser
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Learning to Speak: Partner Assisted Scanning Using PODD Gayle Porter
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Curriculum Companions: Discover How Mayer-Johnson Software Can Enrich Every Students' Learning Experience Kristin Whitfield
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Symbols Promoting Independence: Accessing Public Spaces and Providing a Voice Chris Abbott and Cate Detheridge
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ChooseIt! Maker: Your Choice! Ian Bean
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iPodability Greg Alchin
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MS Word: Features We Often Miss Jan Polkinghorne and Sandy Russo
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2.15pm to 3.00pm |
Eye Can Talk to You Helen Tainsh, Fiona Beauchamp and Jane Farrall
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Using Clicker in Your Classroom for Teaching and Learning Across the Curriculum Eleri Hanley
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50 Ways to Save Time Using Document Imaging Derek Austin
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3.00pm to 3.45pm |
Where-O-Where are the Books for Me? Oh, Where-O-Where Can They Be? Caroline Musselwhite and Gretchen Hanser
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Teachable Moments: Practical Applications for Developing Switch Access Justin Ware
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Gadgets and Computers: On The Move! E.A. Draffan
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Including the Mainstream: Symbols in the Classroom Cate Detheridge
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Free and Open Source Software Hillary Epton
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Audio books on iPods Jeanette Davies
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No Mouse, No Keyboard, No Problem! Paul Thompson
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| 3.45pm to 4.15pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 4:15pm to 5:00pm | Conference Closing Session and Prize Draw! |
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