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[senit] choice making programs

Mandy Griffin mandy at southview.essex.sch.uk
Wed Jan 9 21:27:51 GMT 2008

Article: [senit] choice making programs

For our wheelchair users we cut out a template of a hand with a pointy 
index finger made a pointing device out of some thin ply attached to a 
stick. 

----Original Message----
From: webmaster at aylesburyvale-sec.bucks.sch.uk
Date: 09/01/2008 15:56
To: <senit at lists.becta.org.uk>
Subj: Re: [senit] choice making programs

I knew a short (sorry - vertically challenged) teacher who
used a drumstick to reach the top of the large IWBs in some
rooms

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: david fettes <davidfettes3 at yahoo.co.uk>
To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: Re: [senit] choice making programs
Date: 09-Jan-2008 11:02:31 GMT

> maybe next time but all classes have iwbs already and
> as low as poss. so i'm just looking for a program at
> the moment. also the budget wont stretch that far
> unfortunately. if nothimng else i'm hoping that
> chooseit maker 3 when ever it comes out will have this
> feature and also the feature to shift between swicth
> access and non-swicth access without the activity
> having to restart from the beginning.(where one
> student needs switch access and another can't use
> swicth access in group activity)
> 
> david
> --- sally millar <sally.millar at ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Hmmmm - think about buying a height adjustable
> > whiteboard or plasma screen?
> > Sally
> > 
> > ***
> > 
> > >hi is there anything like the fantastic chooseit
> > maker
> > >but with the cells at the bottom of the screen for
> > use
> > >on the white board with students in wheelchairs or
> > >short students? even reaching to a height on the
> > >touchscreen is an effort for some students. of
> > course
> > >you can make it in powerpoint/clicker etc but
> > >chooseitmaker is great in its speed and
> > adaptability
> > >except for this point.
> > >david
> > >
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