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Our 2023 ASL and Technology conference site is live!

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 8th April, 2023

Category Assistive Technology

CALL Scotland is hosting another fantastic ASL and Technology online conference on 14th June 2023 offering a range of Assistive Technology workshops from suppliers, practitioners and the CALL team. Only £5 to register!

Do you want to join the CALL Scotland Team?

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 16th March, 2023

We are looking for an experienced teacher with a a passion for Assistive Technology to join the team.

OneNote digital notebooks for dyslexic learners

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 13th March, 2023

Category Dyslexia

OneNote digital notebooks are fantastic resource for dyslexic learners to help support their literacy difficulties and to keep their work organised in one place.

When things just don't go to plan...

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 21st February, 2023

Category Autism Spectrum Conditions Assistive Technology

What happens when you go use a structured assessment framework to identify what assistive technology is going to meet the needs of your learners only to have the learner point blankly refuse to use it?

Voice Typing opens a whole new world of writing!

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 5th January, 2023

Category Dyslexia Speech Recognition

Do you have learners who can give you an answer orally but never transfer this down onto paper or into digital text? Do you need support on getting started with Speech Recognition? This course on 19th January will be perfect for you.

Free Professional Learning in 2023!

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 6th December, 2022

In an ideal world we would like to provide all our Professional Learning for free. We feel it is important and essential that there is a raised awareness of how transforming assistive technology can be to learners with Additional Support Needs. And for that reason, we want to spread the word through...

Scottish Digital Literacy Week 2022

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 7th October, 2022

Category Text-to-Speech Dyslexia

The first ever Scottish Digital Literacy Week is being held from 3rd to 7th October, 2022.  Education Scotland’s Digital Skills Teams have a packed schedule of fun and informative sessions throughout the week focussing on a wide range of topics. What is Digital Literacy? Scottish Educati...

Free webinar on SQA Assessment Arrangements

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 20th September, 2022

The Scottish Government has announced that a new qualification body will commence work in 2024 that as part of a wider education reform. It is vital that accessibility and the needs of learners with disabilities or Additional Support Needs are designed in to any new Senior Phase qualification system...

10 week Technology for ASN course

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 15th September, 2022

CALL Scotland, in partnership with Moray House Professional Learning team, will be running a 10-week introductory course on Technology to support Additional Support Needs in education. Last year this course was very popular and ran at capacity of 40 people. Start date: February 22, 2023 The foc...

5 week Technology and Dyslexia course

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 30th August, 2022

Do you have dyslexic pupils in your class? Are you keen to take your knowledge of how technology can support someone with dyslexia to the next level? Do you want to take part in some cohesive, practical Professional Learning over a longer period of time to allow you to develop your skills? This ne...

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