Free exhibition: ICT and Inclusion 2013
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 16th April, 2013
CALL Scotland has been organising the FREE annual ICT and Inclusion road-show since 2001. It provides people with an opportunity to see and compare the latest software and technology to support students with additional support needs from most of the leading UK companies. Location and date...
An Open Letter to the Parent of a Child with Speech Delays
Posted by 14 on the 8th April, 2013
Once again, the piercingly true words of a parent - therapists and teachers take note! Dana Nieder, parent of Maya, urging parents and professionals not to 'wait and see' but to plunge in, as soon as possible, to the world of full strength AAC . There is no time to waste - and there is nowhere...
best simple music player app
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 4th April, 2013
Does your child like music? Do they love wading through your iPad music library to find their favourite tunes, perhaps deleting your favourites on the way?! Help is at hand, from a cool little app called Kidzik and it only costs £1.49! The app allows you to creat...
Top Interactive Story App, and top book!
Posted by 14 on the 1st April, 2013
Wow! just wanted to share info about the stunning interactive story App for iPad that I just stumbled across - The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore. To me, this is what an interactive story App should be like - all the best of both a short film and a story book , somehow brilliantl...
Assembly of an iPad Mounting for a Wheelchair
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 26th March, 2013
I've put together a video and uploaded it to YouTube which shows how to mount an iPad to a wheelchair using components supplied by an American company called RAM Mount (which are available to purchase here in the UK). There are also captions available on this video.
Digital jotter for the iPad
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 22nd March, 2013
Recently I met a learner in first year in secondary school with a physical disability . She doesn't have the strength to hold books and turn pages, and she gets very tired handwriting. After due assessment and consideration of various devices we all concluded that an iPad was most suitable device...
new: \'tobii pceye go\' and \'inclusive eye gaze learning curve\'
Posted by Gillian McNeill on the 22nd March, 2013
Tobii PCEye Go Tobii, the world leader in eye gaze and eye control technology, has just announced their most recent Windows computer access product the PCEye Go (Cost £2995). This replaces the PCEye and is 85% smaller (dimensions are 184 x 28 x 23 mm), powered with a single USB con...
Load2Learn database of accessible textbooks is now free!
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 5th March, 2013
Load2Learn is a database of downloadable accessible textbooks and images that has been set up by RNIB and Dyslexia Action with funding from the Department for Education. It's similar to the Books for All Database (we gave them some input and it's actually hosted by Scran, same as B4A) but when it ...
ict for inclusion - a european perspective
Posted by 4 on the 1st March, 2013
CALL Scotland contributed to the EU project ICT for Inclusion, providing the EU Agency team with a snapshot Scotland-wide perspective. The project, managed by the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education used a coun...
Useful resources
Posted by 14 on the 27th February, 2013
We've just caught up with the easy-to-read and helpful resources published by the National Children's Bureau. They will be very helpful for parents but also for school staff. Here are a few of the many titles; Information about multi-sensory impairment Information about multi-sensory imp...
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