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Back to school webinar....ICT reminders

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 26th August, 2016

 Fourteen attendees from up and down the country logged in to this week's webinar entitled ‘Back to school assistive technology to support all learners’.  One of the attendees was then broadcasting the webinar to 10 more staff - an excellent way to learn collegiately after school hours.  

Shirley talked about the use of software and apps to support David, a 13-year-old dyslexic student, anxious about returning to school after the summer because he knows his increased workload will mean more reading and this is where his difficulty lies.

Where is the majority of his text-based curricular work?

How can he be supported by technology?  Shirley talked about the use of Text to Speech software with the Scottish voices.  She demonstrated:

Lots of other good information and reminders for staff – please check out the archived webinar to catch up in your own time.

We took the chance to ask participants their opinions on how they liked the synchronous webinar format with the opportunity to use live chat but not have a microphone or webcam enabled.  General feedback was that they were happy with the current set up and did not require to speak or be seen.  Please let us know if you would like to be able to sign up for longer information sessions / training by webinar – we want to be responsive to your training needs.  Email call.scotland@ed.ac.uk

Online course - £30

Empowering Autistic Learners through the use of Assistive Technology

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