Bridges News — Reading
Discreet, Reliable – ReaderPens' User Stories in Workplace, Post-secondary Transitions 0
Portable, discreet, simple: Reader Pens fulfill a need for reliable literacy support at key learning transition stages. In this post we profile some real-life Canadian experiences: high-school to post secondary, college and university to the workplace, and adult learners upgrading skills for new careers.
- Bogdan Pospielovsky
- Tags: accessible text Dyslexia education technology Literacy Reader Pen Reading
New ChooseIt Maker Rises From Flash’s Ashes 0
Popular easy-to-author choice making app, ChooseIt Maker 3 (CM3) replaced by a new and improved ChooseIt Maker (CM). The overhaul of CM was forced by Adobe ceasing support of Flash as of 31st December 2020.
Brandon Readtopia implementation 0
In 2019, supported by Bridges Professional Learning, 10 classes in Brandon Manitoba consisting of teams of 4 teachers each, implemented curricula for student with complex learning needs (i.e. AAC users, cognitive, sensory challenges, physical disabilities):
- Readtopia, the comprehensive experiential instructional reading program.
- Equals math curriculum that connects functional math to abstract ideas.
- First Author comprehensive writing curriculum that teaches how to write and measures writing progress (introduced this year)
So far, despite the pandemic, the Brandon curriculum project has been a wonderful experience and a great success
COVID Update: Special offers for HKL, CM3 and more from Inclusive IT 0
New home licenses, extended free trial versions and free iPad apps from HelpKidzLearn. Including ChooseIt Maker 3, Attention and Looking and others, ade for switch, touch and even eye gaze access these tools and apps are available for parents to use at home during the COVID crisis period and beyond.
- Bogdan Pospielovsky
- Tags: cognitive challenges education technology High Instructional Needs Literacy Math Reading Special Education Special Needs Curricula