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Are you a beginner when it comes to interactive whiteboards? Or
have you got started but want to make better use of the
technology? Interactive whiteboards are definitely THE new
technology but many teachers are still unsure of their potential
and tend to use them as a presentation tool.
Come along to stand ICT11 at the SpecialneedsIT exhibition and get some advice and ideas from enthusiastic professionals. There will be demonstrations all day to inspire and motivate teachers.
We will have ideas and resources from Foundation to KS4 as well as materials suitable for ESOL and adults with severe learning difficulties.
Many of the exhibitors will be showing how their products perform on the whiteboards so you can check out the software as well as coming away with hints and tips you can use back in the classroom.
Speakers confirmed to date include:
Angela McGlashon: Using a whiteboard to put the
sparkle back into learning for those students with SEN.
Dave Stevens, Claro Software: Screen ruler and other facilities for print
disabled learners.
Sal McKeown of Becta: Supporting adult learners with ICT.
Eugenie Morley: Using Textease to Promote Inclusion and Accessibility.
Denise Whyman, Don Johnston input: Start to finish - and that's just the beginning!
CENMAC: What We Can Offer.
Imogen Wedgewood, CENMAC: What We Can Offer / www.checkthemap.org one FREE place to find ALL Learning Disability services, resources and events.
Jonathan Thomson, Alphasmart: Two Neos will be up for grabs!
Annika Hallsvik, Frolunda: It's new, it's Swedish and it works. come and
see Lexion for learners with dyslexia.
Trevor Millum, Resource Education: Number Bunnies.
Kevin Lynch: Clicker 5 – reading and writing support for all abilities.
Georgina Stein, Canterbury Christ Church University, Keyboard Crazy - instilling young people with a real sense of achievement, www.canterbury.ac.uk.
Ian Bean: Learning At Your Fingertips.
Matt Harrison and Rob Nicholls: The Portland project -CTAD and Portland college.Sue Stevens: Whiteboards and the ICT curriculum.
Jane Mitchell: Mastering memory.
June Snape: Literacy activities from Semerc software.
Tina La Marca, Widgit: Communicate by Choice.
If you have created educational resources that are ideal for a whiteboard, you could win a copy of SwitchIt! Maker 2.
For your chance to win, please send a copy of the resources, an outline of how they are used and your contact details to Sally McKeown of Becta.
There are two categories of entry: Primary and Secondary Education.
The winning entries could be demonstrated at Special needs IT. Those selected for demonstration will win a copy of SwitchIt! Maker 2, which makes it easy to create on-screen cause and effect activities using your own images, videos and sounds.