Apps are appearing more and more in classrooms and intervention settings. Kids’ engagement is often higher with technology and animated app...
Automating Use Of Different Layouts With Different Hardware Keyboards
Users who would like to try having their keyboard layout switch automatically depending on which of two hardware keyboards they are using (e...
Word For Mac Now Does Connected Arabic
After applying an update of 8/11/2015, my Word for Mac 2016 suddenly displays connected Arabic script in a new document (not a doc created b...
Speaking with Their Eyes
Back to school is upon me. This week starts a brand new school year and, for me, a new year of staff training, consulting, and evaluations....
One of These Things is Not Like the Others - or is it?
One of the pivotal language skills that speech-language pathologists work on is categorization of vocabulary. We spend a lot of time workin...
No English Language support in the Writing Centre Aug 10th to 14th
There is no English support in the Writing Centre August 10th to 14th. If you need help, make an appointment to see me in my office, 255/211...
What Are the 2 Things That Need to Happen in Classrooms with AAC Users?
Anyone who has seen my article in the ASHA Leader magazine this month or who has followed this blog or listened to me preach ( - I mean ...
What I Did on My Summer Vacation - Are You Ready to Tell Your Story?
Last summer I wrote a blog post asking whether your AAC users were ready for back to school . I talked about personal narratives. I ask...
Bruce on leave from July 27th to 31st
Bruce is on leave from July 29th to 31st, but appointments and drop in are available in the Writing Centre in the library.
Word For iOS Updated to Support Arabic, Hebrew, and Thai
Version 1.11 of MS Word for iOS, issued 7/24/15, adds support for editing bi-directional and complex scripts, namely Arabic, Hebrew, and Tha...
Can I Make a Comment? 10 Things I Like.
Before I go on with the blog post, let me remind those of you who are here as a part of the scavenger hunt blog hop from Beautiful Speech t...
Top 3 Things I Learned in Vegas (That Didn't Stay in Vegas)
I just got back from the Teachers Pay Teachers Conference in Las Vegas last week. I went because 1. I keep striving to make my blog more ...
What's in a Word? Top 10 Communication Functions.
What is the purpose of the message? When students use only one word utterances/pictures we don't always know. Most often we rely upon t...
Word For Mac 2016: Still No Arabic, But Devanagari Seems To Work
The release version of Word for Mac 2016 was provided to Office 365 subscribers July 9. My initial tests indicate there is still no support...
Do You Use Technology in the Classroom? Here's an App to Try with Struggling Spellers
I'm linking up with Teaching Trio's Technology Thursday to talk about technology in the classroom. I have posted before about usi...
What is the #1 Strategy for Teaching AAC? Forgetting this Can Be Hazardous Your AAC User’s Communicative Health.
Week after week, day after day the number one conversation I have with parents, teachers, and SLPs is, “Where do I start with AAC?” My fi...
iBooks Author Update Adds ePub 3 Export Feature
The iBooks Author 2.3 version released June 19 includes 2 new templates for the creation of ebooks in the epub 3 format. This is important ...
A Few of My Favorite Things Linky Party. My 3 Favorite Resources
I am taking part in the "Few of My Favorite Things" linky sponsored by Teaching Trio. I am posting my 3 favorite resource websi...
Can You Listen to One More Word About Cortical Vision Impairment?
Whether or not students have vision issues is a big consideration when you're trying to provide them with an alternative mode of communi...
What's the Number 1 Way to Improve Early Literacy and Language Skills?
I just read an interesting article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal on-line that I found interesting only because it was so affirming for me....
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