Moray House PGDE ICT Conference 2009
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 22nd December, 2009
Last Friday we gave a couple of talks on assistive techology and AAC, to students on the Moray House Primary Postgraduate course, and here's the powerpoint presentation. It is a whistle-stop tour through Communication, Access, Literacy and Learning. The presentation is a PDF and the notes for each...
Scottish Schools Browsealoud trial
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 18th December, 2009
This is a chance for you to help improve the accessibility of Glow. If Glow is to fulfil it's aims it needs to be accessible to every pupil in Scotland and one way of helping many pupils with visual or reading difficulties is through 'text-to-speech' software, so that pupils can have material on G...
Latest Publisher Accessibility Newsletter
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 16th December, 2009
The latest edition of the Accessibility Action Group newsletter is well worth a read and shows how much is going on in the field of accessible formats. For example: new guidelines for publishers in how they should respond to requests for permission to adapt books or for digital versions of ...
Creating digital files from printed materials
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 14th December, 2009
Lots of teachers, pupils and parents are interested in scanning books into the computer, converting it readable text, so that for example: pupils with physical disabilities can press a key on the keyboard, or click a switch, to turn the pages, or dyslexic pupils can have the text read out ...
Lightwriter SL40 Connect
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 8th December, 2009
The SL40 Connect is a new addition to the Lightwriter SL40 product range which replaced the much loved SL35. As well as providing text-to-speech communication capabilities through face to face communication or by Short Message Service (SMS) texting, it also now gives the user the ability to make...
Free Resources for you at the Plasma Screen and Whiteboard Room
Posted by 14 on the 7th December, 2009
Just a reminder about another source of great and FREE resources! Have a look at the Plasma Screen and WhiteBoard Room created and managed by the Advisory Unit Computers in Education, which offers freely downloadable "Whiteboard resources for pupils with SLD, PMLD and ASD". Most of the resou...
CALL helps the University of Edinburgh celebrate 40 years of commercialisation
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 4th December, 2009
The University of Edinburgh celebrated 40 years of commercialisation with an exhibition and reception in the Playfair library on November 16th 2009. The Smart Wheelchair was Mr (or should that be Miss?) 1987 - the year when we started work on the first protoype. The event was attended by His Roya...
CALL helps the University of Edinburgh celebrate 40 years of commercialisation
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 4th December, 2009
The University of Edinburgh celebrated 40 years of commercialisation with an exhibition and reception in the Playfair library on November 16th 2009. The Smart Wheelchair was Mr (or should that be Miss?) 1987 - the year when we started work on the first protoype. The event was attended by HRH Princ...
Splatz: new funky non-slip switch holder
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 3rd December, 2009
Get rid of all that Velcro! This is a unique holder designed specifically for the Jelly Bean and Buddy Button range of switches. The bottom of the holder keeps the switch in place on the desk or wheelchair tray by stopping it sliding around. There is a hole in its side so you can thread through t...
The 2009 Royal Mail Book Award winners
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 26th November, 2009
The 2009 Royal Mail Book Award winners were announced yesterday, 24th November, and they are:Early Years 0-7 Manfred The Baddie by John Fardell. Younger Readers 8-11 First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts by Lari Don. Older Readers 12-16 Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray. &...
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