Posts by Jane Farrall
Intellipad – the Write tool for the iPad
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, New Technologies, Teaching and Learning
Jane Farrall November 29, 2011
Jane Farrall November 29, 2011
Intellipad is a relatively new writing app available for the iPad. Developed by an Occupational Therapist who wanted a custom keyboard for her client – the App has become much more than a custom keyboard creator and is a very clever writing and literacy teaching tool. At the most basic level, Intellipad offers a keyboard with word prediction, some basic spell checking and text-to-speech …
TarHeel Reader Books – a great resource for iBooks on your iPad
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, Tips and Tricks
Jane Farrall November 17, 2011
Jane Farrall November 17, 2011
Over the past few weeks I have presented quite a few workshops where I have talked about making custom bookshelves within iBooks for self-selected reading time – or just for making a range of books available for students to enjoy! One of the resources I have been using to contribute to custom bookshelves is TarHeel Reader books, imported into iBooks. TarHeel Reader, as I’ve …
iPads in Special Education
Posted in iPad Basics, Workshops
Jane Farrall October 4, 2011
Jane Farrall October 4, 2011
This presentation was created for a series of workshops on iPads in Special Education in late 2011 held in Perth and locations in Victoria. The presentation uses links and information contained on our Apple and iPad information page at http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/blog/apple/.
DynaVox Series 5: Hands on Training Perth August 2011
Posted in Workshops
Jane Farrall October 4, 2011
Jane Farrall October 4, 2011
These resources are designed to accompany the DynaVox Series 5 (V/Vmax/V+/Vmax+/Maestro) training that we provided in Perth in August 2011. The presentation used at the beginning of this workshop is shown as a Slideshare document below. DynaVox Series 5 Hands-On training Resources Series 5 Comprehensive Quick Start guide DynaVox Implementation Toolkit Opening the Box – Series 5 AAC 101 Introduction to InterAACt Teaching Vocabulary …
AAC – All Day, Every Day
Posted in Workshops
Jane Farrall October 3, 2011
Jane Farrall October 3, 2011
This presentation was created for a workshop for SPOT on DDÂ on “AAC All Day, Every Day” in August 2011. Videos were removed from this presentation for privacy reasons – but some of the videos available are on You Tube and links to these and other resources are provided below.
The iPad as Assistive Technology
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, iPad Basics, Workshops
Jane Farrall October 3, 2011
Jane Farrall October 3, 2011
This presentation was created for a workshop for SPOT on DDÂ on “Using the iPad as Assistive Technology” in August 2011. The presentation uses links and information contained on our Apple and iPad information page at http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/blog/apple/.
TarHeel Reader – a fabulous literacy resource for ALL
Posted in Permanent Resources, Tools & Resources, Web links
Jane Farrall August 15, 2011
Jane Farrall August 15, 2011
I strongly believe that everyone has the right to learn to read and write and it is our role to make sure that every student we work with develops the best literacy skills possible. As part of this we need to have high interest texts on topics of their choice available to all the students we work with – so that they can read …
Read2Go App – Ready Set Read! for Students with Learning Difficulties
Posted in Accessibility and Access, Apps and Mobile Learning, New Technologies, Teaching and Learning, Web links
Jane Farrall July 29, 2011
Jane Farrall July 29, 2011
Read2Go, the new accessible eBook reader for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch is now available for download from the iTunes App store. Read2Go works with Bookshare. Any book available to you through your Bookshare login can now be downloaded to your iPad or iPod touch and read on your mobile device – offering a more accessible, portable library. (If you need more information …
Willans Hill School on Radio National
Posted in Latest News
Jane Farrall June 24, 2011
Jane Farrall June 24, 2011
Recently I blogged about the fabulous literacy program at Willans Hill School in Wagga Wagga. (See “Literacy for All at Willans Hill“.) This week, we were very excited as The World Today on Radio National also did a segment on the program. The segment is included below. “Small school talks up literacy program” You can also find the original link to the segment at …
iPads for Special Education (Presentation)
Posted in iPad Basics
Jane Farrall June 21, 2011
Jane Farrall June 21, 2011
This presentation was created for a series of workshops on iPads in Special Education in June 2011. The presentation uses links and information contained on our Apple and iPad information page at http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/blog/apple/. Click on this link to download the iPads in Special Education – Handout. The list of Apps for the National Secondary Schools Computer Funding (Victorian Special Schools) can be …
