Posted by Allan Wilson on the 2nd November, 2020
I did an online session recently with Dyslexia Scotland's South West branch, looking at the use of Immersive Reader (and other tools) to help learners with dyslexia complete assignments sent to them via Teams. Given the possibility of pupils having to self-isolate at home, or even experiencing a...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 29th October, 2020
With Halloween approaching, why not snuggle up with a spooky Bookbug tale this weekend? All these books have previously been shortlisted for the Bookbug Picture Book Prize and come in a variety of digital formats for learners with a Print Disability. Just go to the Books for All Database and search ...
Posted by Claire Harrison on the 20th October, 2020
For the last couple of years, we’ve made Eye Gaze accessible versions of the Bookbug books for children and young people who use Grid 3 software. This year, in addition these Grid 3 versions, we’ve created writing activity grid sets to scaffold and support literacy skills. There is a gri...
Posted by Gillian McNeill on the 12th October, 2020
October is International AAC Awareness Month and CALL Scotland have another Professional Learning opportunity or you. If you are finding it a difficult to know what text-based communication apps on iPad to recommend and to whom? We can help. If you would you like an independent view on which apps to...
Posted by Gillian McNeill on the 30th September, 2020
Thursday 1st October marks the beginning of International AAC Awareness Month, celebrated around the world each year, with the goal of raising awareness and to inform the public about the many ways in which people communicate using different communication systems and aids. CALL Scotland are joining ...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 28th September, 2020
CALL Scotland’s award-winning symbol resources and accessible versions of Scottish Book Trust’s P1 Family bag books are now available to download. The 3 books are the nominees for the Bookbug Picture Book Prize 2021 will be gifted to every P1 child in Scotland in time for Book Week Scotl...
Posted by Claire Harrison on the 23rd September, 2020
I’ve lost count of the number of ideas, links to resources and insightful discussions which I’ve benefitted from over many years via emails from the SLD Forum. The forum is a brilliant online community of mostly UK individuals involved in the education of children and young people with S...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 16th September, 2020
Windows Narrator has been a Windows accessibility feature as far back as Windows 2000. Narrator was designed to open up accessibility as a screen reader for visually impaired users, but sadly lacked the power and features of its contemporaries such as JAWS and the now-defunct Windows Eyes. With the ...
Posted by Claire Harrison on the 28th August, 2020
Changes for Boardmaker Online Subscribers, action required! We know lots of schools use Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) in Boardmaker software to create learning and communication activities. Boardmaker Online will under-go a significant change in the Autumn, becoming ‘Boardmaker 7’....
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 12th August, 2020
As part of Education Scotland's Wee Blether series, the CALL Scotland team will be facilitating a FREE one hour session on 27th August on the use of assistive technology to support learners with additional support needs. Thursday 27th August 4:00pm - 5:00pm This is an opportunity for anyone wor...
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