Posted by Allan Wilson on the 11th September, 2017
To mark Maths Week Scotland, we will be publishing a short blog every day looking at apps that can help improve the numeracy skills of pupils with dyscalculia, or other difficulties with mathematics. Today we are looking at 'subitising' and an app that can help learners work on this skill. W...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 1st September, 2017
Dyslexia Scotland is delivering 5 free Masterclasses in dyslexia and inclusive practice for 500 staff across Scotland. The sessions are led by Fran Ranaldi, Development Officer (Dyslexia and Inclusive Practice) of Education Scotland, with contributions from the Addressing Dyslexia Toolkit Worki...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 30th August, 2017
CALL Scotland is pleased to announce the release of MyStudyBar V4. MyStudyBar is designed to support the study cycle from planning and structuring thoughts and ideas to support with reading and writing. Although MyStudyBar is designed to support learners with literacy-related difficulties such...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 21st August, 2017
CALL Scotland has once again produced accessible digital copies of the short-listed books in the Scottish Book Trust Awards 2018 for pupils with a Print Disability. The Awards consist of two competitions; The Bookbug Picture Book Prize and the Scottish Teenage Book Prize. The 3 Bookbug books make ...
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 17th August, 2017
Should schools consider investing Pupil Equity Fund money in Assistive Technology and training? Yes and here is why... Learners with Additional Support Needs have lower achievement than learners who do not have ASN. Use of Assistive Technology can raise "raise achievement in the communit...
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 16th August, 2017
I must learn more about inclusive digital technologies and how they can support my students with additional support needs. Did you say to yourself at some point last year? Did you get the chance to do it? Have you started back at school and are reminded straight away ...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 14th August, 2017
Are you a Support for Learning or Additional Support Needs Teacher or a local authority Inclusion Education Officer? If so, you might be interested in taking part in a FREE pilot Professional Learning Course on Dyslexia and Inclusive Practice that has been developed by Fran Ranaldi of Education Scot...
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 4th August, 2017
Dolphin recently released their EasyReader app, a free option for reading material from existing e-book libraries on an iPad. (An Android version should be available later this year.) The app allows electronic books in a different formats to be downloaded from various online libraries and read back ...
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 3rd August, 2017
When we upgraded our eye gaze systems, we also required a mounting solution to accommodate them... that wouldn't break the bank. There are several commercial solutions out there but they're all very expensive. The solution required several key features. It needed to be: cheap; robust and s...
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 20th July, 2017
Microsoft has a new speech recognition plug-in which can be used in Word, Outlook email and Powerpoint. It can even translate your words to different languages which could be a useful practice tool for students with English as an Additional Language. It was easy to download and install Dictation as...
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