25TRA237 Intro To Assistive Technology For Students Who Have Physical Disabilities
Date: Thursday 13th February 2025
Time: 7 - 8 pm
Venue: Online via Zoom
This webinar is suitable for for Primary and Post Primary teachers, SETs and SNAs.
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 Natural Speaking
- About free speech-to-text software in Google Docs, Microsoft Office 365 and on your phones
- About free text - to - speech on a variety of platforms to support reading/stamina difficulites
- How to get access to electronic learning materials and texts and to share learning materials digitally
- About a variety of alternative text input options
National Webinar with Deirdre Madden (Access UCC Disability Support) & ESCI
Course Details
| Course Start Date / Time | 13-02-2025 7:00 pm |
| Course End Date / Time | 13-02-2025 9:00 pm |
| Cut off date | 13-02-2025 7:15 pm |
| Available place | 1000 |
| Fee | Free |
| Number Hours | 2 |
| Speaker | Deirdre Madden |
| Location | Online |