Multilingual Font Collection I recently came across the Google Noto Fonts page, where you can download Unicode fonts for an incredible range of scripts all in one place....
Native American Link-up I'm participating in a link party over at Comprehension Connections whose theme this week is Native Americans. For Women in History Mon...
Academic readiness writing Paraphrasing ... an essential skill for academic writing In academic writing you support your ideas with the ideas of others, then cite and reference these 'authors', following whichever r...
Leibster Award and a Thank you. While I was out of town, I was nominated for the Leibster Award by Teaching with a Twist (Meredith). This is an award given to bloggers wit...
Main Webpage Updated The Unleash Your Multilingual Mac webpage has been updated for Yosemite here. Comments/corrections welcome as always.
OS X 10.10 Yosemite: New Language Features Upon initial testing I have found the following: +New Localizations: Spanish (Mexico) +New Spell Checkers: Turkish +New Dictionaries: Port...
Where Do I Start with AAC? The question I probably get asked the most is, “Where do I start?” Teachers, SLPs, and parents don’t always know what to do with the new aa...
presentation pronunciation speaking Improve your pronunciation This is a skill (which requires some knowledge) that is too often neglected except for the lower levels of ESL classes. As a consequence, o...
Academic readiness Reading writing Using blogs and other website sources for academic purposes In response to a student asking about using a webpage as a reference, I found this page from the official APA Style Blog It is importan...
Busy October, Be Aware: Awareness Month for AAC, Dyslexia, Mental Health October is a very busy month in terms of special remembrances and observations. First of all, it is World Mental Health Awareness Month, an...
activities business presentation speaking Improve your speaking and presentation skills with Toastmasters For further information about Toastmasters at VIU, contact Blessing at: tsolurodavid@yahoo.com If Thursdays don't work for you, the...
vocabulary Best Vocabulary Strategies -- Slideshow from a Workshop Click the image to go to the slideshow.
Are Your AAC Users Prepared to Talk About Halloween? October is here. I love the fall and here in Southern California it is finally thinking about cooling off. Although, today is supposed to ...
writing "Academic Style" or "How to Write so that Others Understand You and Are Impressed" Style is vitally important in writing. Your overall writing presentation, the words you use and how you use them has a great impact on you...