Tag Archives: AAC
Making AAC in the Classroom Work!
I loved talking about AAC at the recent ATIA conference in Orlando, Florida! I am totally passionate about helping teachers embed AAC into their class programs and planning, regardless of what TYPE of AAC they are using! Here are the slides from my presentation: Included in the slides: Roadblocks to AAC in the classroom and ways …

Proloquo2Go Version 4.0 Update
The team at Assistware have been working hard to update one of our favourite AAC apps: They have been putting together a series of blogposts outlining some of the new features we will see when Version 4.0 is released. Here is an outline and a summary for you all! But if you want to know more, please follow …

Assistive Technology for Students with Moderate to High Support Needs
Assistive Technology provides amazing opportunities for students with moderate to high support needs to participate meaningfully in classrooms! This blog post contains support materials and resource links for participants attending the SPED Pre-conference workshop in Singapore in November 2014. Presentation This workshop contains both practical and hand-on learning for participants as we step through a wide range …

SENICT News and Resources from Ian Bean, October 2014
beANZ2014 Tour Workshops For ten weeks in the summer, Ian travelled first to Australia, then on to New Zealand and finally to Denmark to deliver his unique iPad and special needs technology workshops to 1000s of teachers, therapists, support workers and parents at schools and conferences. Feedback has been very positive with almost everyone rating the sessions as …

Meet the new Connect Case for iPad
The new Connect Case for iPad unlocks the power of the iPad for users with significant physical disabilities. Connect provides switch accessibility, brilliant sound, and exceptional design to create a one of a kind solution for the iPad. Its sleek outer casing protects against impact making it a valuable addition in all primary school classrooms using iPads with …

3 Cool Things #5
New ideas and information is at our fingertips like never before and I plan on continuing to share some of the new things I have been learning. So this week, here are my newest, favourite #3coolthings. Pocket After my last, first “3 cool things” post, I heard about another way to collate any web links, video links that …

Three cool things #2 2014
HI again, Here are the 3 cool things I did this week: 1. WATCHED THIS GOOGLE HANGOUT: Google-hangout-on-air-getting-ready-for-the-ilt2014-conference. I am totally loving the idea of using Extensions/Apps within Google Chrome. Adds a whole new way for our students to engage with, and learn from the internet! Here are some of the Google extensions mentioned in this Google-Hangout …
