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Diverse Hands Holding the Word Collaborate
Techniques & Tips 

3 Ways to Increase Collaboration in Google Docs, Sheets and Drive

March 10, 2015 Jason Carroll

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com If you are an educator (or student), chances are that you have to collaborate on

LearningGrids search for "sentences" resources
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Finding LearningGrids resources – top tips

December 9, 2014December 9, 2014 Jordan Butel
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Get More Out of Google Searches – Infographic

December 8, 2014 Jason Carroll

Tools and Resources

Ghotit window showing colour bars and word prediction
Tools & Resources 

Ghotit – Real Writer and Reader V9.3 for MS Windows and Mac OS X Review

September 26, 2019November 22, 2021 Gerry Kennedy

Ghotit Software and Apps are literacy support tools, available for MS Windows and MAC OS X computers as well as

Review of Ghotit Real Writer and Reader V8 for Mac
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Review of Ghotit Real Writer and Reader V8 for Mac

November 22, 2018 Gerry Kennedy
ClaroRead for Mac
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ClaroRead Plus for Mac OS V6.3 Review

November 2, 2018 Gerry Kennedy
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Events Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference 2014 

Ten weeks to go until the ILT2014 Conference | Session Selections opening soon!

March 17, 2014 Barbara Landsberg Assistive Technology, inclusive learning technologies conference, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, prize pool, virtual registration, conference program, session selection

Whew! Only ten weeks to go until the Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference 2014 (ILT2014) kicks off on 20th May on

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10 Reasons To Attend Our Conference

March 14, 2014March 14, 2014 Barbara Landsberg Assistive Technology, inclusive learning technologies conference

Need a little bit of help arguing your case for precious Professional Learning budget dollars to be spent supporting you

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Tools & Resources 

So much choice with ChooseIt! Maker

March 10, 2014February 11, 2015 Charlene Cullen eye gaze control, curriculum support, Switching, ChooseIt! Maker

We all know and love ChooseIt!Maker products and enjoy the ease at which we can create activities with photos, symbols,

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Tools & Resources 

One stop shop – training and resources for Clicker 6 and Clicker Apps

March 10, 2014February 11, 2015 Charlene Cullen Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, curriculum support, clicker 6, clicker apps

Training, resource and support options for Clicker products are all over the place! We’ve done all the hard work and

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Techniques & Tips 

Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education

March 7, 2014March 7, 2014 Jason Carroll UDL, Universal Design for Learning, higher education, ESL

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com This week I am wrapping up my series on Universal Design for Learning by discussing

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Tools & Resources 

Integrating the iPad into the Classroom

March 6, 2014March 26, 2014 Amanda Hartmann

This blog post includes resources and links for participants attending professional development training in Sydney Cluster schools in March 2014. It

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Universal Design for Learning – Expression

February 27, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, curriculum support, special ed, UDL, Universal Design for Learning, ESL, Means of Expression

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Over the last couple of weeks I have been focusing on Universal Design for Learning

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Universal Design for Learning – Representation

February 21, 2014February 27, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, special ed, UDL, Universal Design for Learning, Multiple Means of Representation, Made to Stick

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com In last week’s post I gave a high level overview of Universal Design for Learning

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Opinion 

Chatable has arrived!

February 19, 2014February 11, 2015 Katie Lyon AAC, communication device, text-to-speech, Speech Generating Devices, Switching, symbols

The brand new AAC app from Therapy Box, [ituneslink label=”ChatAble” url=”https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/chatable/id803004748?mt=8″] has just been released on the App Store –

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Eye Tribe interface screen with options
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The Eyes Have It

February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 David Harraway AAC, Assistive Technology, eye gaze control, physical disabilities, alternative access, computer control

Eye Gaze technology may provide some people with disabilities with effective access to required communication and computer control functions where

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