Text to Speech webinar on 11th January 2017
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 20th December, 2016
Allan Wilson will present our first webinar of 2017 on Wednesday 11th January. The subject will be 'Free Windows Text to Speech Software for People with Dyslexia'. Text to speech software is one of the most useful tools available to support learners with dyslexia / reading&n...
Getting back to basics - making the most of keyboard shortcuts
Posted by Craig Mill on the 13th December, 2016
I’m a big fan of keyboard shortcuts, not only do they make computing more efficient and faster, keyboard shortcuts are the key to accessibility offering access to visually impaired and blind users, who might otherwise be unable to use a computer. Keyboard shortcuts are a standard a...
Using a mouse more effectively for a pupil with motor difficulties
Posted by Craig Mill on the 9th December, 2016
This week I answered two phone queries from different people about pupils who are having difficulties using a standard mouse. Both pupils are doing media related subjects which require intensive use of the mouse, particularly navigating the mouse, single and double clicking, holding and dragging ite...
A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 5th December, 2016
The Scottish Government has published A Fairer Scotland For Disabled People as a Delivery Plan to 2021 for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The document outlines five main ambitions of the Scottish Government for changing the lives of disabled people in Scotl...
Book in for January seminar at CALL Scotland
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 25th November, 2016
On 17th January we are holding a morning seminar on Assessment and Support of Students with Additional Support Needs. We want to raise awareness of the potential of Assistive Technology and to help teachers not only understand how transformational it can be for students with additi...
Raising attainment through Assistive Technology
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 24th November, 2016
The vision for education in Scotland described in the National Improvement Framework is: Excellence through raising attainment: ensuring that every child achieves the highest standards in literacy and numeracy, set out within Curriculum for Excellence levels, and the right range of skills, qualifi...
ASL and Technology, 2017
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 24th November, 2016
We've been working on plans for our Additional Support for Learning (ASL) and Technology 2017 conference and things are now starting to take shape. Next year's event will be held over two days, at CALL Scotland, Edinburgh on Wednesday June 14th and at the Golden Jubilee Hotel, Clydebank on T...
CALL Assistive Technology (AT) Community
Posted by Craig Mill on the 17th November, 2016
CALL has created a new email forum, ‘CALL Assistive Technology (AT) Community’ an informal space for people with a common interest; to share ideas and resources, to exchange information, to ask questions related to assistive technology in an educational context, to discuss a rang...
Talking Dyslexia
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 14th November, 2016
As part of my role as Information Officer, I give occasional talks on the use of technology to support people with dyslexia, to branches of Dyslexia Scotland, parent groups and others. In the last week of October I spoke with parents from the Glasgow Gaelic School and met with the North East Scotlan...
Downloads - Updates and Additions
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 11th November, 2016
We've been fairly busy over the past month updating some of our downloadable posters and creating new ones. It is great that people have been finding them not only attractive, but also very useful.
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