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If you missed the free webinair then don’t dispair! I have made a recording for you to see the main points and listen to. It lasts 35 mins so pull up a chair, a coffee ( or glass of wine if you prefer!) and listen to and learn from Myles as he explains what “making the workplace accessible,” means. Click on the link below.
“Making the workplace accessible -webinair”
I am doing a free webinair on the 14th March at 3:00pm GMT on “Making the workplace accessible.” This is to look at the following:-
This 30 minute session will be an interactive Zoom webinair. You will need access to a webcam and headset to take part and a little code to be loaded onto your laptop. This is free, over the internet tool for delivering a great seminar. To book your place go to:-
“Making the workplace accessible”
If you haven’t booked your place then please do so now! Look forward to seeing you at 3:00pm today!
Microsoft have on their blog shared some interesting news about what they intend to do in 2016 regarding accessibility. Take a look at:-
https://blogs.office.com/2016/02/22/accessibility-in-office-365-progress-in-2015-and-plans-for-2016/
AccessAbility Solutions are being a provider to parents and families of children who might like advice, support, training in the use of ICT . Working with partners in the IT education industry AAS hope to be of service . Click on our page and see what we can offer:-
https://www.sendirect.org.uk/providers/accessability-solutions/my-services/accessability-solutions/
I had the good fortune to attend this event which told me quite a bit about SENDirect. Parents , Providers and Professionals were all present sharing good practise and how best to use SENDirect. They are about to publish important research on personal budgets and information about what is available to parents. If I were to sum up the whole of this meeting it would be the need for communication between all parties.It’s been going for a year and its now gathering pace.The idea is to be a “one stop shop” or first call to find a range of services. So if you run a service in England and would like to be included then please join for free and enter your details of your service. You will need to prepare yourself with some documentation , namely, proof of insurance, safeguarding policy, cancellation policy.
If you are a parent of a child with special needs or know of someone requiring ICT help then please pass on this link:-
https://www.sendirect.org.uk/providers/accessability-solutions/my-services/accessability-solutions/
I was challenged by a cyber security professional this evening as we discussed how he could literally “sniff” ( his word for his software) my details. Got me thinking about the need to generate unbreakable passwords. To do this I have found two sites which may be of interest.
https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm check your password strength
http://passwordsgenerator.net/ generate strong unbreakable passwords!
Obviously you are not going to remember a strong , unbreakable randomnly generated password but where security and important information are concerned this would give you peace of mind.
Take a look and widely publicise this hubpage to potential users of our consultancy service.
I have made an 8 minute video of the above app and software to go on my dyslexia youtube channel. Please share this as I think its a wonderfully practical app in the right circumstances. Encouraging active listening and could be used in a wide range of contexts to make recording easier. On digital
learning day this is something worth looking into!
Will be presenting our research on The Dyslexia Project at this years conference in Oxford. This is not a speaking opportunity so much as a chat around a poster to passerby’s at the exhibition.
You can access the research paper via this QR code
Dave Banes and I go back a long , long way so especially good to get his daily updates from his facebook group “Assistive Technology,” really good helpful stuff on their for people with disabilities to access as well as professionals like myself. Why not join them at :-
https://www.facebook.com/groups/assistive.technology.group/
Also their is a paper.li on Assistive Technology from the group that has lots if useful information:-
http://paper.li/e-1452749534?edition_id=c8f77d50-d3a7-11e5-b9fb-0cc47a0d164b
Sorry about the long links , folks!!
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