Posted by 14 on the 10th October, 2013
Edition 2 of Vodafone's special publication 'Digital Parenting' is a rich up-to-the-minute resource that should be of great interest to parents anxious to take all possible steps to understand the issues facing children in these 'always connected&...
Posted by 14 on the 9th October, 2013
Here's a useful product for pupils starting to use iPad in the classroom. With or without a protective case like the Big Grips frame (as pictured), or Gumdrop, Otterbox etc., many users will require an additional stand to raise and tilt the device and hold it steady in position. Rather...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 8th October, 2013
Frank Shaw from South Lanarkshire emailed to say that the South Lanarkshire library service now have an eBook and digital audiobook lending facility. To find out more, visit their web site. I took the opportunity to search and update our Books from Libraries page on the Books for All w...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 3rd October, 2013
Bobath Scotland are running a one day workshop on Powered Mobility for children, led by Ros Livingston and Debbie Field. This is a great opportunity to think and learn about both the evidence base for paediatric powered mobilty and it's importance for children's development and...
Posted by 14 on the 18th September, 2013
Excellent new video released recently by Assistiveware, the Proloquo2Go suppliers. It features an introduction by the wondeful Jane Farrall (AAC specialist) from Australia, and some nice examples of conversational P2Go use by three highly engaged and communicative iPad-using school pupi...
Posted by 14 on the 14th September, 2013
Proloquo2Go is a very popular App for communication, on the iPad. The developers, Assistiveware, provide a number of excellent support materials - videos, tutorial, fact sheets, FAQ, forum for discussion and so on, and you are advised to consult these when getting started. CAL...
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 11th September, 2013
The Scottish Children's Book Awards is an innovative nationwide reading project in which children and young people from every corner of Scotland read and vote for their favourite Scottish children's books of the year. Last year over an amazing 31,000 votes were cast and c...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 11th September, 2013
As of August 2013, SQA clarified what is and is not a 'reasonable adjustment' for learners with disabilities in assessments, and it seems that this has caused a bit of disquiet in some areas of Scottish education. From speaking to practitioners, I believe that there is a general mis...
Posted by 14 on the 29th August, 2013
I have just come across the free App Tellagami It has lots of useful and fun uses for both AAC development and education. You can quickly and easily create an animated single page short picture story by choosing backgrounds (you can take or import your own photos) and customising your a...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 19th August, 2013
We have scanned and uploaded most of the Higher Scottish set texts to the Books for All Database and so they are now available for any of your learners who have print disabilities. The books are PDF files so they can be read on almost any device - Windows or Mac computers, iPads, Android t...
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