Last year I wrote about the exciting literacy project I was involved with at Willans Hill School in Wagga Wagga on the Spectronics blog. The inspiration for my original blog (apart from overwhelming excitement about the changes we were seeing) was an interview with Prime Television. Last week, the school was visited by the television
Guided Reading is the process by which we can help students to be strategic in their reading – and improve their skills at getting information from books. It is a crucial part of balanced literacy instruction and is part of the Early Years classrooms in Australia, the National Literacy Strategy in England and Wales and
Unus Tactus is a really fabulous new App for the iPhone – which allows a user to access a simple picture based phone directory to make calls. Creating an entry is short and simple – just press the plus icon at the top of the screen and add a new person – type their name,
This blog post has been updated. Please see the new entry at http://www.janefarrall.com/blog/2013/09/29/how-do-i-use-a-switch-with-an-ipad-ios-7-overview/ Over the last four weeks, as I have been spending time in schools and giving workshops, one of the most common questions I have had is “How do I use a switch with an iPad?”. Talking with Alex Dunn from Inclusioneers on
Willans Hill One Year On – still providing literacy for ALL students
Last year I wrote about the exciting literacy project I was involved with at Willans Hill School in Wagga Wagga on the Spectronics blog. The inspiration for my original blog (apart from overwhelming excitement about the changes we were seeing) was an interview with Prime Television. Last week, the school was visited by the television
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