ASL & Technology - Complex Needs
Posted by Claire Harrison on the 2nd June, 2021
This is the third in our series of blogs highlighting various upcoming sessions at our 2021 ASL & Technology. Today we’re looking at sessions which may be helpful for people supporting learners who have Complex Needs. The ASL and Technology conference will be held online on Wednesday ...
Making the most of PDF's to support VI learners
Posted by Craig Mill on the 19th May, 2021
The Portable Document Format (PDF) has been around for a long time. As well as being a free download, Adobe Acrobat Reader includes a range of tools to support learners with ASN, particularly learners with a visual impairment. The video tutorial below explores and highlights different tools in Adobe...
Live captioning in Google Chrome
Posted by Craig Mill on the 19th May, 2021
Providing captions is important as it makes video and audio more accessible to people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. What are captions? If you are unfamiliar with captions (or subtitles), they are words or sentences which are displayed on a screen such as a television, computer, tablet (and even p...
Survey - use of Assistive Technology in Schools and Colleges
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 17th May, 2021
The ACE Centre and TechAbility are working together to research the skills, knowledge and awareness among school and FE leaders, teachers and IT staff regarding the use of Assistive Technology to support learning. They have created a short survey in conjunction with Cranfield University to help gath...
ASL & Technology - Supporting Communication with AAC
Posted by Gillian McNeill on the 14th May, 2021
This is the second blog in the series aimed at helping you identify which of the sessions to attend in our ASL and Technology conference on 16th June. It's easy to sign up (£5 admin fee), with sessions of interest to those supporting Assistive Technology and Augmentative and Alternative Co...
ASL & Technology - Dyslexia & Literacy Difficulties
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 3rd May, 2021
People don't always have time to study the programme for an online event like our ASL and Technology conference on 16th June so we are posting a series of blogs to highlight particular presentations that may be of interest to help decide what to see. This blog focuses on Dyslexia and Literacy Di...
How to divide and edit SQA question papers
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 3rd May, 2021
Last week a teacher called us to ask how to split up SQA question papers because they need to separate out sections to use in classroom assessments. This blog has some hints and tips. 2021 National Qualifications As we know, this year's National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher awards will be base...
SQA 2021 assessments and beyond - an insight into using technology
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 29th April, 2021
Dyslexia Scotland have published an excellent video workshop by Dawn Roberts and Innes Roberts on the use of assistive technology in assessments, and more broadly . The video is well worth a view if you are a teacher, parent or student using digital technology in assessments this term. D...
NEW! Explorer Symbol Resources 2021/22
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 28th April, 2021
Bookbug Explorer bags are gifted by Scottish Book Trust to every 3 year-old child in Scotland through their nursery. CALL Scotland’s award-winning symbolised resources for children with communication difficulties, learning disabilities or with English as an Additional Language (EAL) enab...
Join our online ASL and Technology conference!
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 27th April, 2021
We are starting to get excited about this year's virtual ASL and Technology conference which we are hosting online on 16th June 2021. Now that registration is open, bookings are coming in steadily and we are looking forward to welcoming visitors from Scotland, the rest of the UK, Irela...
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