Whether you are new to university or returning, there are certain things you do and ways to do them that can improve your chances of succe...
A great day planned for tomorrow -- Welcome back to VIU
English Language Support (Bruce and Les) will be there to welcome new and returning international students. Come by our table at the infor...
Can Your Students Give and Follow Directions? More Barrier Game Fun
Last week I talked about an app that provided lots of opportunities for building language in intervention or at home. I also talked a bit a...
Barrier Games, Following Directions, Giving Descriptions - Is There an App for That?
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...
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