Just spoken about “The Power of Assistive Technology” at the above event at the New Bridge Academy School which is a large special school of 380 pupils with complex needs. The talk was well received and a number of useful connections made and I noticed many people used the QR Codes to download both the films and access to Teachers for AT.
So what else did I see? Well a shoutout to CanDle who are doing a great job in helping pupils with AAC use their devices. They are covering the nation with partnerships to enable AAC to be used effectively with the individuals.
Also Scanmarker Pen which is reader pen have produced this simple and effective guideline ruler that will help to keep your pen inline as you scan. This is a simple but very effective way to make a good scan for reading a line of text at a time.
Lastly, my good friend and colleague Rohan Slaughter was speaking at the event about the MSc EduAT course at the University of Dundee. Watch out for the work that he and his colleagues are doing with DFE on AT Assessment. This will be a thorough job and much needed in the profession as it takes a long time to get a complex assessment down.
Alison Tootil , Headteacher , gave me a tour of New Bridge Academy and it was very impressive to see the range of work being done there and in using technology to access the curriculum,. Thank you for sparing the time to show me around.
Now , on to the next event which will be the TPEA conference again in Manchester. What is it about Manchester that is making all the conference events happen there!? Let’s hope the weather improves. It has not stopped raining since I got here.
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