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Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 18th October, 2012
Local authority and school ICT services are rightly concerned to protect their systems from abuse, hacking and from viruses, and to protect their users' privacy and security. In most Scottish schools, learners cannot use their own smartphones or mobile devices to access the intern...
Posted by 14 on the 15th October, 2012
Have you updated your iPad to iOS 6 yet? It only takes about 5 minutes and so far we haven't heard of any problems (apart from the widely reported Apple Maps fiasco) One of the features that we have all - in the ASN field - been waiting for enthusiastically, is the new 'Guided Access' feat...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 9th October, 2012
Last week a colleague in a local authority got a quote for a single licence for Acrobat Pro from his Procurement department, for £480. This is not good use of public money, given that you can get it for £58.58 per licence, plus £20 for the DVD, from Education Scotland (ex...
Posted by 4 on the 26th September, 2012
The Equalities and Human Rights Commission has published new guidance on the reasonable adjustments duty on auxiliary aids and services for disabled pupils. This duty duty took effect from 1 September 2012 in the UK, although the new guidance applies only in Scotland. The guidance is designed...
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 18th September, 2012
It's now much easier to manage your iPads as the Apple Volume Purchase Programme (AVPP) is finally here in the UK and allows schools to purchase multiple copies of the same app or book! However, it now appears that you still have to pay by credit card as invoicing is not available yet!!!! I'll kee...
Posted by 4 on the 27th August, 2012
A well hidden feature in Microsoft Office 2010 is the option to speak text out. Yes, MS Office 2010 includes a text-to-speech feature. It is pretty basic but it is available. As MS Office is integrated with Windows it means that whichever voice is selected in that computer's Control Panel will ...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 22nd August, 2012
If you are interested in using the iPad to support your pupils then you will probably be familiar with the large number of websites that have appeared over the past year offering ‘lists of Apps’ to support a range of difficulties including communication, literacy, numeracy etc. Some exa...
Posted by 14 on the 16th August, 2012
Linguist and language specialist Gordon Wells wrote "Almost every educational skill presupposes the use of language." ICAN highlights an interesting new statistic from the Department of Education (England and Wales) showing that speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) is the most co...
Posted by 14 on the 31st July, 2012
CALL is not endorsing this particular App over and above other similar Apps, but just to alert you to a price change - Version 3.1.1 of AbleNet's simple photo-based communication App Sounding Board, which used to cost £35, is now available as a free download on the iTunes App St...
Posted by 14 on the 30th July, 2012
There are interesting evening courses running this autumn at Donaldsons School in Linlithgow on British Sign Language, lip-reading, and deaf awareness. The sign language courses in particular may be of interest to those who use sign with children with complex communication support needs...
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