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This video demonstrates how you can use your Boardmaker Online activities on your iPad.

Boardmaker Online – iPad

This video demonstrates how to keep your activities organised into folders in Boardmaker Online.

Boardmaker Online – Folders

This video is demonstrates how to create interactive activities in the Online Editor in Boardmaker Online.

Boardmaker Online – Creating with templates

Featured Resources

  Some things should never go out of fashion… and using symbols in your classrooms and in your homes is one of them! Symbol resources provide strong visual cues for all learners of all ages. Using symbol tools can support communication, behaviour, organisation and even literacy. This webinar reminds us, with loads of practical ideas, of the importance …

Top 10 Ways to Use Symbols

This webinar is designed for the beginners out there! Are you new to the iPad? An updated version of the iPad Basics 101 webinar with relevant iOS7 content including a brief overview of switch control.

iPad Basics 101: Out of the Box Tips for Successful Implementation with IOS7 Update

This webinar will provide an overview of the newly released apps...

Using Clicker Sentences and Clicker Docs on Your iPad to Support Writing

iPads for Literacy Support in Mainstream/Regular Education Settings

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ReadWrite for iPad Keyboard

  An overview focussing on different switch options, how to set up the Connect Case for iPad, connect it up and mounting options.

Introduction to the Connect Case for iPad

iPad Basics 101 Webinar - updated for iOS8. Part A - Basic and...

iPad Basics 101 – iOS 8

The Clicker Apps family provide a range of writing support tools to support the diverse learning needs of all students in your classroom. Each app has different features and functions to support students to develop writing one step at a time. Those that are familiar with Clicker 6 (the full featured computer software program), will recognise many of …

Exploring the Clicker Apps Series

A 10 minute preview of the full webinar titled: Exploring the...

Exploring the Reading Doctor Apps

  Each day we have students that need some extra learning and practice of some early prerequisite skills; skills that will help them to become better learners. From early literacy and numeracy, to matching and patterns; from concepts of colours, shapes and numbers to early touch-screen skills; from early language and vocabulary development to engagement and interaction; the …

Top 10 Apps for Early Learning

Now available to you as an Spectronics Online Premium Subscriber, a full day of video recorded live at the iPad MasterClass: Using iPads to Support Older Students Struggling with Literacy in Secondary School and Post-secondary Settings workshop in February 2014! Covering a range of individualised strategies and tools proven to be effective in supporting students who are struggling with literacy in secondary …

Using iPads to Support Older Students Struggling with Literacy | Full day Video!

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iPads in Special Education

This video demonstrates how you can use your Boardmaker Online activities on your iPad.

Boardmaker Online – iPad

  An overview focussing on different switch options, how to set up the Connect Case for iPad, connect it up and mounting options.

Introduction to the Connect Case for iPad

iPad Basics 101 Webinar - updated for iOS8. Part A - Basic and...

iPad Basics 101 – iOS 8

The Clicker Apps family provide a range of writing support tools to support the diverse learning needs of all students in your classroom. Each app has different features and functions to support students to develop writing one step at a time. Those that are familiar with Clicker 6 (the full featured computer software program), will recognise many of …

Exploring the Clicker Apps Series

  Many students in your classroom/clinic may have language delays, which means they have difficulties using and understanding words and sentences to communicate effectively. Good spoken language skills can provide a solid foundation for written language and literacy. The iPad can be a great instructional tool to support language development with engagement, interaction and language learning, in areas …

Top 10 Apps for Language Development

  Each day we have students that need some extra learning and practice of some early prerequisite skills; skills that will help them to become better learners. From early literacy and numeracy, to matching and patterns; from concepts of colours, shapes and numbers to early touch-screen skills; from early language and vocabulary development to engagement and interaction; the …

Top 10 Apps for Early Learning

  It is so powerful for both educators and students to create books and learning materials on their iPad. A book becomes more than paper, words and pictures, because it can now include great interactivity with videos and audio, etc. Not only does this improve student engagement, but it also allows students to access materials that were previously …

Top 10 Book Creation Apps

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iPads for AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication)

  An overview focussing on different switch options, how to set up the Connect Case for iPad, connect it up and mounting options.

Introduction to the Connect Case for iPad

iPad Basics 101 Webinar - updated for iOS8. Part A - Basic and...

iPad Basics 101 – iOS 8

  Visit the DynaVox T10 page for more details or check out Charlene’s T10 and Compass FAQ on our blog.

Introducing the DynaVox T10 and Compass app

This webinar will explore the apps that can be used to support the use of Key Word Sign in the Australian Context.

Apps to Support Key Word Sign in the Australian Context

Students with significant communication impairments can struggle in the classroom to communicate effectively: to participate in classroom learning, to socially engage with peers, to demonstrate what they know and to be a contributing member of their class group. This webinar is aimed at sharing a wide range of practical strategies and ideas that can help school teams to …

Successfully using iPads for AAC in the Classroom

Webinar recording to replace live workshop

Proloquo2Go – Fast-paced Workshop

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Brisbane Proloquo2Go: Part 4. Fast-paced Overview

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Other AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) Technologies

  Visit the DynaVox T10 page for more details or check out Charlene’s T10 and Compass FAQ on our blog.

Introducing the DynaVox T10 and Compass app

  This webinar explains why reading blogs can be of great benefit for your own interests and professional development. Some options for RSS feed readers (blog aggregators) are discussed and the web based blog reader, Feedly, is demonstrated. Along with 5 top sites for AAC and AT to whet your appetite for blog reading and encourage the use …

Cha’s Top 5 blogs for AAC and AT

  Some things should never go out of fashion… and using symbols in your classrooms and in your homes is one of them! Symbol resources provide strong visual cues for all learners of all ages. Using symbol tools can support communication, behaviour, organisation and even literacy. This webinar reminds us, with loads of practical ideas, of the importance …

Top 10 Ways to Use Symbols

This webinar will explore the apps that can be used to support the use of Key Word Sign in the Australian Context.

Apps to Support Key Word Sign in the Australian Context

This session will offer an introductory tour of Boardmaker 6 a a...

Boardmaker Basics: Creating Print Activities

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Introduction to the DynaVox Series 5

Other Inclusive Learning Support Technologies

This video demonstrates how you can use your Boardmaker Online activities on your iPad.

Boardmaker Online – iPad

This video demonstrates how to keep your activities organised into folders in Boardmaker Online.

Boardmaker Online – Folders

This video is demonstrates how to create interactive activities in the Online Editor in Boardmaker Online.

Boardmaker Online – Creating with templates

This video demonstrates how to use the “groups” in Boardmaker Online to find and share activities and boards.

Boardmaker Online – Groups

This video is demonstrates how to find, save and then edit activities from the Boardmaker Community in Boardmaker Online.

Boardmaker Online – Activities from the Boardmaker Community

This video is an overview of the main menu structure in Boardmaker Online.

Boardmaker Online – Overview of main menus

A Google: Tools for the Workplace video. This video introduces Read&Write for Google, a suite of literacy support tools available via the Chrome browser. For a workplace where employees use the internet and digital documents as part of their work, Read&Write for Google offers support for reading websites, and reading and writing within Google Drive.

Read&Write for Google

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iPads Tour 2013 Videos

Brisbane | 31st May 2013

Brisbane: Taking your learning further… Today is just the beginning!

Brisbane | 31st May 2013

Brisbane: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater!

Using iPads to support students with Autism Spectrum Disorders This information has been compiled by the Spectronics Consultancy Team. Please email us on mail@spectronicsinoz.com if you need any further information. If you want to know more about iPad Basics then watching the 101 webinar is highly recommended: iPad Basics 101 More iPad Basic information Macworld’s iPad starter Guide …

Using iPads to support students with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Brisbane | 31st May 2013

Brisbane: Creating Customised Content on iPads: Students and Teachers as Authors

Brisbane | 31st May 2013

Brisbane: Adding Content to Your iPads to Support Students in Special Ed Classrooms

Brisbane | 31st May 2013

Brisbane: Adding Content to Your iPads to Support Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Brisbane | 31st May 2013

Brisbane: Adding Content to Your iPads to Support Students with Learning Support Needs in Mainstream Classrooms

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Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference 2012 Presentations

8 resources available for download

Keynote Presentation: Beyond Recreation and Leisure: Motor Cognitive Learning through Engaging the Brain

2 resources available for download

Conference Opening and Keynote Presentation: Inclusive Learning Technologies: Learning from the Past, Teaching to the Present, Training for the Future

3 resources available for download

Apps for Literacy Support: The iPad for Diverse Learners who Struggle with Literacy

4 resources available for download

The iPad and iPod touch in the Special Needs Classroom

2 resources available for download

Keynote Presentation: Literacy for All: Blocks for Building Literacy Success

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The Killer App?

In this video, the following sections of the full-day Workshop a...

AppTastic! Hands-on with the iPad for Accessibility and Special Education

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