Bridges News — High Instructional Needs

October is AAC Awareness Month 0

October is AAC awareness month! So Bridges will be providing resources, tips, and news, as well as making some new product announcements related to AAC devices.

Look out for these AAC related happenings in October.

What we’ve learned at Bridges LIVE this year! 0

1) Multi-platform is the new eco system

At BridgesLIVE events we've seen BYOD in action. From iPads, to Surface tablets (actually a lot more than I expected, several per each BLive), from wheezy but still chugging XP laptops, to Macs and Windows, 7, 8 and even an Android tablet and Chromebook or two. Two years ago people brought their own iPads. Now folks bring a laptop, a tablet and a phone all running different OS’s. I had a few people who brought both a Windows laptop and a iPad or Chromebook -- each attendee is their own tech eco-system.

Bridges LIVE! Coming to a City Near You 0

We’ve just had our first Bridges LIVE! event in Mississauga and it was a great success. The enthusiasm of attendees, the discussions around trends in AT, new eye gaze technology and iPad access options, teaching strategies for students with profound challenges, tools on the cloud… as usual we probably learned as much from our participants as they from us!

Bridges Announces New Low Cost Eye Gaze Systems 0

Bridges, the Canadian source for eye gaze technology, is pleased to announce the arrival of the portable, affordable eye gaze systems, The Key and The Comm.

Both the Key and the Comm are powered by a full Windows 8 tablet and USB connected eye gaze system.

The Key is designed for affordable alternative access while the Comm is an eye controlled face-to-face communication tool.