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Making Books for All Part 2, 19-20 November 2009

Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 25th November, 2009

Last week 26 teachers and educationalists from all over Scotland gathered at Stirling Management Centre for the second part of CALL's four day course on making learning materials in accessible formats - "Books for All". The course was funded by LTS and led by Paul Nisbet and Stuart Aitken of CALL ...

voice notes / comments in microsoft word 2007

Posted by Allan Wilson on the 24th November, 2009

Many pupils with writing difficulties can benefit from the use of Voice Notes in Microsoft Word to record their answers to questions in a worksheet. Rather than type an answer, a pupil can speak it into a microphone and have the recording saved with the document for the teacher to review later. ...

Spellcheckers and digital papers

Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 23rd November, 2009

Staff, parents and pupils often ask us for advice on whether a spellchecker can be used with an SQA Adapted Digital Paper, so this is what we think is the situation. If you are in any doubt, contact the SQA Assessment Arrangements team. Question. Can I use a spellchecker in the examination? Answ...

Keep up to date with the latest communication aids + Free Lunch!!

Posted by 14 on the 2nd November, 2009

Act NOW and book a place at one of the forthcoming Scottish Communication Matters Road Shows. It is completely free, and you get a free lunch as well! Choice of three venues (all 9.15am - 3.30pm, or 'drop in'): Tuesday 1st December - Edinburgh (Murrayfield Stadium, with CALL) Wednesday 2nd...

free internet resources

Posted by Allan Wilson on the 28th October, 2009

There are some incredible resources available free on the internet these days. (We like to think we have some pretty incredible resources available on our web sites, too, e.g. WordTalk and The Scottish Voice.) Here are a couple of American sites that I have come across recently and which are defi...

Making Books for All CPD at Stirling Management Centre, 29 and 30 September

Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 27th October, 2009

Paul Nisbet and Stuart Aitken have developed a comprehensive 4 day course that attempts to cover techniques for making learning resources in accessible formats. The course is split into two sections and the first half was held on 29/30 September, at Stirling Management Centre. It was attende...

Tobii C-Series: C8 and C12 communication aids

Posted by Robert Stewart on the 2nd October, 2009

Tobii seem to be releasing a lot of new products recently and have added the weather resistant C8 (approximately £4800) and C12 (approximately £5400) to their range. They are both designed like tablet PCs with a 8.4" and 12.1" screen respectively. The C12 can also have the ...

Fed up waiting for Adobe Reader to finish preparing the document?

Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 1st October, 2009

One of the annoying things that can happen when using Adobe Reader or especially Adobe Acrobat is that the program insists on checking the reading order when you make a change to the file. The "Content Preparation Progress" appears and then you have to wait while it checks through the file and sorts...

Fast charging battery: 90 percent in 90 seconds

Posted by Robert Stewart on the 1st October, 2009

Toshiba were rumoured to have been initaly planning an April 2009 launch for this new technology but held off because of the recession and market conditions. The super charge ion battery could revolutionise technology and uses nanotechnology to rapidly charge in a couple of minutes (90 percent in...

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