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Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 3rd February, 2014
Thanks to Marie Lawson from the Vision Service in Shetland for contributing a new 18 point Large Print copy of New Maths in Action S22. It's available as two parts and you can find them on the Database by clicking the links below: New Maths in Action S2-2 Part 1 New Maths in A...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 6th January, 2014
The SQA Question Paper team have added 'answer boxes' to the National 5 specimen papers and these can be downloaded from the SQA Digital Question Paper pages. Feedback from students is that it is much easier to type in answers directly on the paper, than to use a separate digital answer book...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 19th December, 2013
Yesterday a teacher called to ask for advice about using Texthelp's Read and Write Gold with the SQA Digital Question Papers. She had two problems and the suggestions I made may be of interest to others who use Read and Write Gold: The first problem was that the PDF Aloud text-to-spee...
Posted by 14 on the 13th December, 2013
Maybe others already know all about this already but I just stumbled upon a really useful online sign dictionary (search for videos of BSL signs). As both Makaton and Signalong are based on BSL, this site can offer rapid support to staff and family who may not have instant access to ...
Posted by 14 on the 12th December, 2013
Have you tried running your favourite websites on your iPad and then been devastated to find that they won't work? I did - HelpKidzLearn is a vital day by day necessity, as is Doorway Online. They don't run on iPad, seemingly because these are Flash based websites,...
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 10th December, 2013
The latest version (3.1) of the Scottish Voice is now available to download. It is available for both Windows and Mac (Intel). They will also work on the latest version of OS X (Maverick 10.9). Once installed on your computer, you can use Heather or Stuart with most 'text-to-speech' ...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 9th December, 2013
SQA have confirmed that word prediction software is a reasonable adjustment for learners with disabilities for the writing assessment of Literacy at National 3 or 4. Word predictors analyse text as it is typed on the computer, and try to ‘predict’ the words that the learner is m...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 2nd December, 2013
Staff often ask whether to use standalone or networked computers in exams, and so we have written a quick guide (below) and also available for download. Exam Profiles for Digital Question Papers In an exam you can either use standalone computers, or you can use machines attached to your school...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 2nd December, 2013
We have added some notes on using ICT to support learners with additional support needs in National 3 and 4 assessment of writing. As you probably know, human scribes are not regarded as a reasonable adjustment when assessing writing for National 3 and 4 Literacy qualifications, but l...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 7th November, 2013
Last week I was fortunate to attend a brilliant workshop on Paediatric Powered Mobility at Bobath Scotland in Glasgow. It was organised by Sandra Mackay and colleagues at Bobath, and featured Ros Livingstone and Debbie Field from Sunny Hill Health Centre in Vancouver. R...
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