Posted by Craig Mill on the 5th March, 2020
I have a pupil with a visual impairment. How do I share my computer screen or whiteboard to their iPad? In this article, I will explain how to mirror or share content from a computer screen to an iPad using Microsoft Teams which is free and available to all schools in Scotland via Glow. How to share...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 2nd March, 2020
SQA have published information on the number of requests for Assessment Arrangements in last year's external examinations. It gives an indication of the methods of support that candidates with disabilities or additional support needs are asking to use in exams. The breakdown of requests for diff...
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 27th February, 2020
[Due to the ongoing public health situation posed by the Covid-19 virus, the decision has been made to postpone the Carers marketing campaign that was to launch on 30 March.] We have been asked by the Scottish Government Carers Branch to let people know that a campaign will be launched on March 30th...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 24th February, 2020
Amanda Warren, who is a Dyslexia Tutor, has written a fascinating post about how Immersion Reading has opened up books and reading for her son, who is dyslexic. Amanda writes that her son was diagnosed with dyslexia, poor working memory and extremely slow processing at age 10. In school he has been ...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 10th February, 2020
Tobii DynaVox's Snap Core First for Windows communication app can now speak Scottish! We're very pleased that the latest version of Snap Core First for Windows can now use the free Scottish computer voices. Previously, we were limited to the Windows 10 voices within Snap Core, but this...
Posted by Claire Harrison on the 24th January, 2020
If you have a Widgit Online subscription you can now listen to your symbolised text being read aloud by Andrew or Mairi, the Scottish child voices. Widgit Online subscribers now have the option of adult and child Scottish voices: Andrew - Scottish boy Mairi - Scottish girl Stuart - Scot...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 20th January, 2020
On this Blue Monday what could be more uplifting than thinking about the upcoming exams in May? You'll be excited that the 2019 digital question papers are now available from the SQA web site, and to help us plan for using technology in examinations, I've picked out a few key points from the...
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 8th January, 2020
This is a comment that I frequently hear from people that are honest enough to admit that they are not fully aware what is possible with assistive technology to support their learners with additional support needs. And as technology is an ever changing, evolving area it can seem daunting to al...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 7th January, 2020
Back in June 2019 I wrote an article about the Ease of Access Tools in Windows 10 to support learners a visual impairment. The blog post was supplemented with an A3 poster which highlighted the new accessibility tools such as 'make text bigger' and 'make everything bigger'. Although ...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 16th December, 2019
As well as noble and worthy activities like communication and access to education, technology can of course also be used for having fun and playing. If you are interested in accessible computer gaming, read on. Just in time for Christmas! Recently I've been researching options for playing comput...
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