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Cubetto Robot Kit Brings Coding to Students with Special Needs

Cubetto Robot Kit Brings Coding to Students with Special Needs 0

The Cubetto Robot kit's unique tactile interface and thoughtful design can bring the coding strand of STEM learning to students with cognitive, physical and sensory challenges.
Readtopia: New Special Needs Reading Curriculum Coming

Readtopia: New Special Needs Reading Curriculum Coming 1

Preview new reading curriculum for middle to high school students with special needs called Readtopia. Combines documentary videos, texts, literature, graphic novels and direct instruction on decoding and comprehension, created by a team including Karen Erickson, Caroline Musselwhite and Jerry Stemach.

Snap&Read Universal Comes to the iPad, and More New Features Too!

Snap&Read Universal Comes to the iPad, and More New Features Too! 0

Text to speech tools offer instant support for pdf’s, websites or any other text that’s electronic, on the computer. But what if your student gets printed worksheet, article or even – yes we definitely still use these things in classrooms -- a book!

An iPad with the just released Snap&Read app turns printed text into accessible text, easily, intuitively, in seconds. In Snap&Read that doesn’t just mean text-to-speech. Text levelling, new templates to highlight and extract to, second language support – all the tools are there, just like on your PC.
5 Tips to Take Eye Gaze Further in Your Classroom

5 Tips to Take Eye Gaze Further in Your Classroom 0

Sometimes its hard to figure out where to start with eye gaze.  We put a shout out to our instructors, colleagues and experts in Canada and abroad for advice on where to begin and some tips and tricks for getting started.