call is an apple regional training centre

Posted by 4 on the 9th May, 2014

CALL Scotland is delighted to announce that today we became an accredited Apple Regional Training Centre. CALL is now one of the 100 or so learning hubs across the UK that promote collaboration and sharing of resources and best practices with teachers and the wider education community.

At a conference held in Moray House School of Education a series of excellent speakers shared some of the exciting opportunities that are changing the face of learning and teaching.

As well as Apple's team of Steve Bunce, David Ryan and Gillian Penny we heard from:

• Jenni Robertson, Tynecastle High School's teacher with responsibility for supporting learning through innovative ICT use, on brilliantly imaginative uses of the iPad as a way of engaging the curiosity of learners in a multitude of ways.
• Sue Fletcher-Watson, Chancellor's Fellow at Moray House who not only summarised evidence-based research to show the advantages of digital learning and iPads, but also provided a fun tour of apps that can extend the skills of children with autism  and autistic spectrum disorders. Sue's DART website includes a simple Autism Apps Wheel.
• CALL's own Paul Nisbet who described many of the tools, accessibility features and apps that support and extend the learning of pupils with dyslexia. CALL Wheel of Apps for Dyslexia
• Sally Millar of CALL Scotland reviewed the use of iPads and a 'bundle' of different types of apps for pupils with complex communication support needs, and launched the brand new CALL Wheel of Apps for AAC.

For Twitter users find out more about the conference at:

• #CALLrtc - the conference hashtag
• @excitecuriosity - Jenni's twitterfeed
• @bkprimary - one of the many teachers who came along and inspired conversation.