Tag Archives: Reading and Writing Difficulties
Review of Ghotit – Real Writer and Reader V2.6
Posted in Tools & Resources
Gerry Kennedy June 5, 2013
Gerry Kennedy June 5, 2013
Ghotit Real Writer and Reader is a standalone software program, available for MS Windows and MAC OS computers. Users can work with Ghotit RR&W with a preferred word processor or use it with any text entry tool, website or program. Essentially this software assistant is targeted to users with a learning disability or developmental disorder, such as dyslexia …
Support literacy skills for early primary students with Clicker 6 on laptops, iPads and Interactive Whiteboards
Posted in Latest News, New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg May 28, 2013
Barbara Landsberg May 28, 2013
Your young students are engaged and motivated by learning on mobile technologies like iPads and laptops. How can you tap into this motivation to support, scaffold and advance their reading and writing skills? There are MANY "out-of-the-box" early reading and writing software programs and apps of course! But few offer the ability for you to teach these critical …
Eye can now use Clicker 6 with Mouse Dwell
Posted in Techniques & Tips
Katie Lyon May 11, 2013
Katie Lyon May 11, 2013
We have been updating you for a while now about the many improvements to Clicker in the latest version – Clicker 6! But one that we haven’t explained in great detail is the ability to use the new “Mouse Dwell” access option, which allows the Clicker Sets, onscreen keyboard and predictor to be accessed via a mouse or …
Texthelp Toolmatcher: Getting the most out of Read&Write GOLD
Posted in Tools & Resources
Katie Lyon May 9, 2013
Katie Lyon May 9, 2013
For those of you out there utilising all of the many great features of Texthelp Read&Write GOLD you will already know there is something for just about everyone! But I’m sure there are many people who are still just using the basics of the program for one or two students in their classrooms and are maybe not aware …
Tarheel Reader makeover and new beaut features
Posted in Tools & Resources
Charlene Cullen February 12, 2013
Charlene Cullen February 12, 2013
We’ve blogged in the past about what a fantastic resource Tar Heel Reader is and how you can use this free collection of easy-to-read and accessible books for kids of all different abilities in the classroom. There are now over 25,000 books in 20 languages! You can also write your own books and then publish them to the …
Spectronics Online : Wrap up of 2012 and What’s New in 2013!
Posted in Latest News, Tools & Resources
Jay January 10, 2013
Jay January 10, 2013
New Crick apps – from the masters that bring you Clicker!
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning
Katie Lyon December 14, 2012
Katie Lyon December 14, 2012
“Wow!” “OMG!” “These are amazing!” “I am in love!” These were some of the comments from our Consultancy team when we were lucky enough to see the pre-release of the new Clicker apps in action – you might think we need to get out more, but they really are great! When Crick do something, they do it well …
Latest Spectronics Online Video! Apps for Early Literacy – Part 1 (books, story telling and oral language)
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, Teaching and Learning, Tips and Tricks
Jay December 6, 2012
Jay December 6, 2012
Check out the latest video JUST added to the Spectronics Online Resources! Apps for Early Literacy – Part 1 (books, story telling and oral language) is available now! Login to start watching straight away!
Spread some Christmas Cheer!
Posted in Tools & Resources
Katie Lyon December 5, 2012
Katie Lyon December 5, 2012
As I am sure you all know, the Christmas countdown is on (19 sleeps away – but who’s counting?!). No doubt many of you are working on Christmas related topics in your classrooms and it is time to spread some cheer! Below I have compiled a VERY small collection of Christmas resources that you can use with many …
Boardmaker: a whole Studio of support resources!
Posted in Permanent Resources
Katie Lyon November 27, 2012
Katie Lyon November 27, 2012
I get asked questions all the time like “I know how I used to do it in Boardmaker version 6, but how do I now do it in Boardmaker Studio?” This blog post is to remind fellow Boardmaker Studio nuts out there of the many, many support resources available to help get your head around the new techniques and …
