Author: AccessAbility Smyles

Look who was on BETT radio today on Anderton Tiger with Russell Prue. Talking about the need for accreditation for Assistive Technology in the UK as well as talking the need to motivate through pupil preferences to use switches. Great times!

Just having a drawing time using Adobe Sketch  , plus some new apps ALL free! Like adobe comp cc! 

First class VR !  Need  lot of Android phones and this charging port

Here is what it means

Wrote about this earlier today. Having spoken with the therapists this is tool that’s designed for a relationship and teaching. You can program for spatial awareness or games surrounding communicating with colours. There is speech and sound output and the device will be programmable by the therapist. The robot responds in different emotional ways showing anger if dropped or joy if an activity is completed !  For more information go to :- 

Leka

Yes, if you are BETT and want to hear Antony and Sal head across NOW to SEN Live… session “Are you a hidden hero?

Going to be fun  see you there !

Fascinating little empathic robot who responds to you at BETT 2017. He shows emotion and reflects behaviour . Check him out at:-

Leka
Not marketing yet but will shortly

@JosephBaldwin speaking about his virtual tour of the college to reduce stress and anxiety .

Virtual Tour
Also , tour of work placement and how this is helping students to learn . Potential for broaden areas of interest and enthusiasm. For autonomy on how to explore an environment.
Smartvirtualtours.com – helped do the setting of the virtual tours 

Yes, its that time of year again. This year, for me,it will be more about attending and networking. Their are a few keynote speakers i’d like to hear and some stands I want to visit. As well as meetup with friends and colleagues. If you are attendimg BETT at the eXcel in London, today and Friday and would like to meet up drop me a email. 

As usual I will be blogging what I see from the SEN perspective and so what has been quite a quiet time on the blog is about to become busier! 

Are you getting this message on your Windows 10 computer? Can’t get connection to Wifi. I had a friend with this problem which was difficult to resolve. Eventually via YouTube a solution was found. The problem is with something called “Winsock” and what is that ? 

In computing, the Windows Sockets API (WSA), which was later shortened to Winsock, is a technical specification that defines how Windows network software should access network services, especially TCP/IP. It defines a standard interface between a Windows TCP/IP client application (such as an FTP client or a web browser) and the underlying TCP/IP protocol stack.

To resolve this follow these steps:-

1. Go to start and use search 

2. Type “cmd” which is the Command Desktop

3. Before clicking on it  right mouse click or if using a tablet hold down over Command Desktop

4. Select ” Run as administrator”

5. Type  cd c:\ 

6. Type c:\windows\system32

7. Then add c:\windows\system32\netsh winsock reset

8. A message will appear saying you have successfully reset winsock

9. Restart your computer and your wifi should now work !

Yes, you guessed! I upgraded to an Xbox One S with Kinect 2 this Christmas. I have been a keen gamer , mostly on Fifa but some car games like Need for Speed SHIFT and Horizon 2. If that leaves some of you none the wiser don’t worry – essentially football and cars.

On the plus side I can watch Blu-Rays and play games without using discs. The image quality is superb and more fluent  than on the Xbox 360. Setting up took an hour though downloading Fifa 17 took that long!

On the deficit side I was underwhelmed by the fact it doesn’t backward chain all my Xbox 360 games. This means I need to keep my old setup to use some of my favourite Xbox 360 Kinect games. Also the Kinect doesn’t work with Xbox One and needs a) an adaptor and b) a Kinect 2. So if you consider uopgrading bear those facts in mind.

People commented on the square box design as being surprisingly boring. But to me its neater and more like my other devices. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder! That is superficial but important to some users.

So is it thumbs up or thumbs down on the Xbox One S. All things considered the Xbox One S is the future for Microsoft. I had been putting off the upgrade as not being so necessary but when I saw that my local supermarket has stopped  stocking Xbox 360 games. The graphics and the new Kinect games have some great features such as clearer and  more detailed photo image. Also, for those who don’t want to have their ears bashed with noise there is a great headset that connects to your wireless controller which is very comfortable. I must say these additions come at a price! Not cheap! So factor any of things when considering doing this. I haven’t mentioned Playstation but this may be the better buy if you are starting from new into gaming or if you are a Playstation player.