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How-IT-Works Seminar Programme
The ever-popular How-IT-Works ICT seminars are a great way to keep abreast of new developments, discover the latest products and to find inspiration for using technology to support your learners.
They are free to attend and you don't need to book places.
Note: How-IT-Works seminars are organised independently and in addition to the NASEN seminar programme at Special Needs North.
Monday 23rd May 2005
Tuesday 24th May 2005
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Education New Software for Early Years and KS1 Presenter: Trevor Millum What are the features of good software for young learners, particularly those with learning difficulties? Clear layout, minimal on-screen instruction, small steps progression, easy teacher set-up, attractive but non-intrusive graphics and so on. This session will show some recent resource software which tries to apply these principles wherever possible. For example, See It - Say is designed to help users associate spoken, written and pictorial or symbolic representations, and is useful for the recognition of facial expressions, emotions etc. in many educational situations. There will also be a chance to see Number Bunnies, Shannon's Game and Century Box, amongst others. |
11:00 | Liberator Multi-Sensory Referencing including Objects Of Reference Presenter: Tony Jones Multi-Sensory Referencing is a technique that makes use of all the senses and all forms of communication to help develop understanding for individuals, especially those experiencing Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties. This presentation gives a brief overview of MSR, looking at various alternative forms of communication, Sensory Cueing and Environmental Engineering in order to maximise understanding and opportunities for communication. A Multi-Sensory approach to communication includes the use of Objects of Reference. In order to establish an effective and workable OOR system, practitioners need to consider how to manage such a system, the stages of development of OOR use, and realistic and achievable target setting. |
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Software Clicker 5 - New ways to support struggling writers Presenter: Neil Andrew Attend this seminar and see the exciting new features in version 5 of Clicker - the best-selling supportive writing tool. This completely re-written version enables you to use all your existing grids but offers some astonishing new features that make the program even more accessible. New features include high quality British English speech, new pop-up grids and direct access to our free resources at www.LearningGrids.com. |
12:00 | Qaulity Enabling
Devices (QED) Starting from scratch Presenter: Nadine Farris A down to earth, step-by-step introduction to communication for a wide range of developmental needs. This seminar will address how to start to facilitate an individual user's communication development. This will include how to progress to more complex discrimination and choice making activities. Practical resources will be demonstrated from our extensive range of innovative products. |
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Technology Keeping It Real! Real resources for real classrooms Presenter: Carol Allen & Ian Bean For people with special educational needs, ICT provides a powerful enabling tool that helps motivate and engage them in the learning process. However many learners, especially those with more profound or complex impairments, often need a more concrete, kinaesthetic approach. This seminar explores how ICT can be used to complement and enrich more traditional teaching methods providing meaningful opportunities to embed ICT across the whole school curriculum. |
13:00 | Toby
Churchill adVOCAte+: communication and environmental control in single compact device Presenter: Aidrian Hibbert An introduction to new equipment from Toby Churchill, which moves into the field of environmental control. adVOCAte+ combines digital speech recording with easy to use environmental control in a small lightweight piece of equipment. The timer and latch module works with adVOCAte to teach cause and effect and scanning skills. Both pieces of equipment will be demonstrated on our stand as well as discussed in the seminar. |
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International A whole team approach to developing language in AAC Presenter: Paul Harkness PRI will show how the new communication software on its Vanguard and Vantage communication aids provides entry level access to the building blocks of language, with easy progression for the AAC user. Effective teaching support, including PRI's innovative support staff training programme, Cracking Constant Communication, will also be outlined. |
14:00 | Epar
Software Software that saves time for schools Presenter: Peter Smith / John Bell Almost all schools now have a network and computers in every classroom, but many schools do not realise how these valuable resources can be used to save teachers, admin staff and the SMT hours every week. For years there has been no software available specifically for the demanding special needs school environment. Fortunately, this has now changed, and we will show you how modern software can complement your existing systems to benefit the whole school. |
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Media (R-E-M) Early Years Software for Developing Language and Literacy Presenter: Bob Black Tried and tested software for helping children with Downs Syndrome and similar learning difficulties develop reading and spoken language. Addressing the learning profile of visual learners with SLD. |
11:00 | DynaVox Motivating Children & Adults to use Speech Aids Presenter: Yvonne Bennett & James Rowe This will be a hands-on workshop looking at ways of motivating individuals to use speech aids. The seminar will show the use of a PC as an environmental control device controlling everyday things such as TVs, Doors, Videos etc as well as I/R Toys. The emphasis will be on practical operations and trying things out, rather than a formal presentation. |
| Widgit
Software Widgit Developments - The colourful world of Communicate Presenter: Tina LaMarca COMMUNICATE is a series of software designed to give new and improved functionality to those who benefit from the use of symbols. Programs are designed to produce symbol supported materials and programs. We will look at COMMUNICATE: IN PRINT2 introducing REBUS SYMBOLS IN COLOUR, a symbol based desktop publisher that is the first and core program of the series. Also COMMUNICATE: WEBWIDE, a web browser which will give users access to view the web either normally, as plain text, or supported by symbols and speech. And COMMUNICATE: BY CHOICE, an activity module that adds on to COMMUNICATE: IN PRINT2. |
12:00 | Don Johnston Special
Needs Using ICT within an inclusive classroom to differentiate instruction across the curriculum Presenter: Jamie Munro Using appropriate ICT programs and tools to show how schools can achieve a more inclusive environment to support their pupils and help overcome learning barriers. Jamie will be demonstrating how pupils using SOLO can build skills and utilise strategies as they successfully move from reading comprehension to written expression. The presentation will include a software demonstration of SOLO and all the combinations of Don Johnston's proven, industry standard interventions-Co:Writer®, Draft:Builder® , Write:OutLoud® and introduces Read:OutLoud. |
| Sherston
Software Supporting the inclusive classroom and pupils with SEN Presenter: Sarah Helton Come along and see Sherston's newest titles to support children with special educational needs. This seminar will include demonstrations of all Sherston's new titles designed to support pupils with special educational needs as well to gain an insight in Sherston's plans for SEN. |
13:00 | IntelliTools Unleash the power of your IntelliKeys® with Overlay Maker® 3 Presenter: Jennifer Ray IntelliKeys is the alternative keyboard that uses overlays, enabling you to change its look and functionality. This new version of the popular Overlay Maker program brings powerful new functionality to IntelliKeys. See pre-made overlays, for example literacy overlays that provide the steps to success for beginning readers and writers. See off-computer activities for cards, dominoes, lotto and game boards and Braille overlays for visually impaired students. Overlay Maker 3 now offers direct and seamless access to any Mayer-Johnson Boardmaker 5 symbol libraries that are previously installed, and has a new interface for sending overlays to the DynaVox 4. Overlay Maker 3 can also be used to quickly and easily create your own keyboard layouts. Samples such as a reduced alphabet keyboard, Dvorak keyboard, JAWS overlay and keyboard designed for visually impaired users can be used as is or quickly modified using the accompanying template. |
| Mayer-Johnson Integrating Mayer-Johnson into the classroom: creative applications and strategies! Presenter: Lisa Petit This session will feature practical classroom applications using many Mayer-Johnson products. Creative applications will be demonstrated using Boardmaker and Speaking Dynamically Pro, along with other low-tech materials. Use these programs to create both print-based and on-screen interactive activities to adapt a theme-based unit, reinforce concepts and encourage communication. We will discuss a variety of activities including adapted books, interactive stories and writing activities. You will also learn how to use symbol-based materials to reduce behaviour problems in the classroom plus exciting strategies for creating a communication conducive classroom. Leave this session feeling inspired and excited to use these practical ideas to enrich instruction for all of your students. |
14:00 | The Force Ten
Company Technology for sight and sound hearing loss Presenter: Norman Lilly / Rebecka Bowman The Force Ten Company Ltd is a one stop shop for all vision and hearing related technology requirements. Our range of technology supports people with a vision or hearing impairment in their daily lives. This seminar looks at some of the existing and some of the emerging technology helping those in education today, including the latest in graphical embossing and interactive (spoken) tactile diagrams. |