Wot? No TeeJay Books?
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 9th January, 2015
You may have found that the TeeJay maths PDFs are not on the Books for All database any more. We have temporarily removed them because just before Christmas one of the files appeared on Wikispaces, freely downloadable, and this is not permitted under the agreement we have with TeeJay. We are...
new resource - accessing books - a guide for dyslexic adults
Posted by 4 on the 9th January, 2015
A new free resource book on dyslexia is available. Although written mainly for adults who have dyslexia it may be of interest to a more general audience that includes parents of children with dyslexia. Written anonymously by an adult who has dyslexia it takes a holistic approach to reading. It de...
Digital Exams in New Zealand
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 6th January, 2015
Back in 2006 Naomi and Ross Forrester from Speaking Solutions in New Zealand visited us to find out about digital exams. Naomi and Ross are experts in speech recognition and digital tools to support learners with disabilities and difficulties. Since then they have been working with Louise ...
How to speak to an Android
Posted by Craig Mill on the 15th December, 2014
Voice personal assistants are becoming increasingly popular with the rise of Apple’s Siri and Android’s Google Now. Siri and Google Now have a lot of features in common, such as location services, e.g. asking for the nearest restaurant, setting up calendar events and reminders, ...
New books on the Books for All Database
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 15th December, 2014
New books uploaded to the database from Hodder Gibson are: Higher Human Biology for CFE Modern Studies Social Issues in the UK National 4 Maths Teacher’s Book, Answers and Assessment Practice Thanks also to Forbes Smith from East Dunbartonshire for contributing ...
Create your PDF prelims, assessments, worksheets and activities on your iPad!
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 12th December, 2014
Previously if you wanted to create an interactive digital prelim, assessment or other resource with answer boxes on screen, you had to use Adobe Acrobat Pro, which costs around about £60 per license under a special licensing arrangement from Education Scotland. Even though this is a ...
ivona minireader and ms word - keyboard shortcuts
Posted by 4 on the 10th December, 2014
Many pupils are now using iVona MiniReader as their main text-to-speech tool in Scottish schools. One question has come up a couple of times and it came up again in today's SQA ICT & Literacy Seminar (URL). Today's question was how to use iVona to read out a National Literacy...
SQA Past Papers for 2014 are now available
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 3rd December, 2014
You can now download the 2014 past papers from the SQA Digital Question Papers pages. Since prelim season is almost upon us, these can be useful for class teaching as well as revision, and of course for students to practice using the papers on a computer, iPad or other device. You can a...
Free symbol goodies
Posted by 14 on the 1st December, 2014
If you're looking for quick-to-make Winter / Christmas activities, check out the free downloadable symbol supported worksheets, from Widgit .
New in iOS 8
Posted by Craig Mill on the 27th November, 2014
The latest iOS, (iOS 8) for iPhones and iPads, features new Accessibility options as well as a few enhancements to existing tools. These include: QuickType QuickType is a new context-based word prediction feature for the iPad’s built-in on-screen keyboard. To set up QuickType g...
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