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Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 24th September, 2014
I was in a school yesterday assessing a pupil. He is working on book 1A from the TeeJay Maths scheme. His hand writing is poor and liable to get worse with time and as the amount of writing he has to tackle increases throughout Secondary. I showed his teacher the Books For All database and sh...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 24th September, 2014
In a recent blog post, Gillian mentioned using PCS within the GoTalk Now app to create two communication activities 'Scavenger Hunt' and 'I went to the shops and I bought.' These and many more communication games can be found in CALL's 'Keep Talking' Book, availab...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 18th September, 2014
If you'd like to know more about the great FREE communication app SoundingBoard and how it can be used with pupils who have communication support needs, why not have a look at our recent webinar? It covers simple editing, using digital images on buttons, sharing resources and switch access fo...
Posted by Gillian McNeill on the 18th September, 2014
Until now there have been few, if any options for those looking for a symbol-based communication app for iPad that uses PCS Symbols – Picture Communication Symbols. It has been a while coming, during which we have made much use of SymbolStix and Widgit symbols in particular, but yes PCS is...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 12th September, 2014
16/7/18: We regret that Hodder Gibson textbooks have been temporarily (we hope) removed from the Database at the request of the publisher, following alleged illegal use. We hope that they will be available again in time for the 2018/19 academic session. Rebecca here in CALL has uploaded another 11 H...
Posted by Gillian McNeill on the 11th September, 2014
I noticed an e-newsletter from HelpKidzLearn sitting in my inbox today which mentioned the arrival of some new activities. I hadn’t visited this site for a while, so decided to investigate further……. HelpKidzLearn really is a great online resource for teachers and par...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 10th September, 2014
Our grateful thanks to Tom Strang and colleagues at TeeJay for providing us with PDFs of their new National 4 and 5 maths textbooks. The CfE Books N4-1, N4-2, N4+ and N5 are now available from the Books for All Scotland Database. The books are PDF files and we have added bookmarks to aid navigati...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 3rd September, 2014
The shortlisted titles for this year's Scottish Children's Book Awards were announced on August 28th by the Scottish Book Trust. The Bookbug books are Princess Penelope and the Runaway Kitten by Alison Murray, Robot Rumpus by Sean Taylor and Ross Collins and Lost for Words by Natalie Russell...
Posted by 14 on the 3rd September, 2014
Hey - an exciting new project by CALL Scotland friend and ex-Steering Group member Grant Douglas, with 4c Design. It’s the brilliantly designed S’up Spoon that allows people with cerebral palsy or unwanted hand/upper body movements from other causes, to load up wi...
Posted by 14 on the 1st September, 2014
Widgit Vocab Widgit has just launched a new series of iPad apps called 'Widgit Vocab'. These apps introduce and develop basic vocabulary around a range of different themes, and are specifically designed to help extend a user's vocabulary range with list...
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