ESCI: Intro to assistive technology for students who have physical disabilities

National Webinar with Deirdre Madden (Access UCC Disability Support) & ESCI
What will I learn?
• What is assistive technology (AT).
• Advice on students using the computer well to make best use of Assistive Technology.
• About touch-typing resources for different hand functions and alternative keyboard and mouse control.
• About free adjustments that can be made to iOS, Android, Windows and Apple to suit different physical abilities
• About Dragon Naturally Speaking
About free speech-to-text software in Google Docs, Microsoft Office 365 and on your phones.
• About free text-tospeech on a variety of platforms to support reading/stamina difficulties.
• How to get access to electronic learning materials and texts and to share learning materials digitally
• About a variety of alternative text input options.
This webinar is suitable for for Primary and Post Primary teachers, SETs and SNAs.
Course Details
Course Date | 13-02-2025 7:00 pm |
Course End Date | 13-02-2025 9:00 pm |
Cut off date | 13-02-2025 3:00 pm |
Fee | Free |
Select Hours | 2 |
Speaker | Deirdre Madden |
Location | Online |