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Posted by Allan Wilson on the 24th June, 2016
Earlier this week we came across Touch Tap Swipe, a great resource produced last year by DMD pathfinders, on choosing and using touch phones and tablets for people with minimal body movement. DMD pathfinders is a user-led organisation supporting teenagers and adults living with Duchenne Muscular Dys...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 3rd June, 2016
CALL Scotland is pleased to announce the release of a new resource; ‘Using the iPad to Support Learners with Visual Difficulties’ - an easy-to-use guide. The new resource (in A3 poster format) is primarily aimed at Teachers and Support for Learning Teachers, particularly those supporting...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 19th May, 2016
For Digital Learning Week, we're looking at some examples of Assistive and Communication Technology and today I'm going to offer some reflections on voice output communication aids. In particular, we'll consider some pros and cons of using an iPad for communication, versus a Windows tabl...
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 17th May, 2016
The aim of National Digital Learning week is to highlight the innovative and exciting ways in which digital technologies are being used to support Scottish learners. Our focus here at CALL Scotland is the support of learners with additional support needs and we think the use of assistive techn...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 16th May, 2016
Today is the start of Digital Learning Week, and during the week the CALL team are going to post blogs about how digital technology can be of benefit to learners with additional support needs. In this post, we're going to look at an example of using technology to address physical challenges to a...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 16th May, 2016
In a recent webinar, I explored a range of features and tools that are available in Microsoft Word to support learners with literacy difficulties. Although the main focus was to look at customising the settings in Word to suit different learning needs, the latter part of the webinar looked at ...
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 5th May, 2016
Join us at CALL Scotland for 2 events in the coming month: iPad Management for Schools Seminar Exploring options for managing, setting up and using multiple iPads Thursday 26th May 2016, 9:30am - 12:30pm There are tens of thousands of iPads in Scottish schools and many different models of mo...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 4th May, 2016
Last week we launched our new Adapted Digital Assessments website. Digital Question Papers were first introduced in 2008, and there have been quite a few changes and developments since then: phasing out of Standard Grade and Intermediate examinations and the introduction of National 5; the developm...
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 29th April, 2016
We sometimes like to focus on blogs and web resources created by other people, particularly when they may not be familiar to people in Scotland, where we are based, and the rest of the United Kingdom. Today we are going to have a look at "Glenda's Assistive Technology Information and more.....
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 27th April, 2016
One hundred children with disabilities, parents and siblings attended the Augmentative Communication in Practice: Scotland Family Fun Technology Day in Paterson's Land on Saturday 16th April. The Day was hosted by CALL Scotland in conjunction with the other main communication aid services in Sco...
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