2011 - 2012 School Year
Dragon Camp
Saanich students and their teams recently gathered for a fun student activity day and learned how to use the voice recognition program, Dragon Naturally Speaking
More Fun at Kurzweil 'Camps'!
Students from the Vancouver school district recently attended a student activity day that focused on using Kurzweil 3000 to support their writing.
Including ALL Students: A Day of Strategies with Pat Mirenda
On January 24th, 2012 Dr.Pat Mirenda presented for over 90 British Columbia Educators at Schou Education Center in Burnaby. The focus of her presentation was "Including Students with Developmental Disabilities in the General Education Curriculum."
Kelly Fonner Switches on the Charm!
On January 10th, Kelly Fonner presented her full day workshop entitled "The Assistive Technology Assessment and Consideration Process" to a group of educational professionals.
Cool Communicators Camp Summer 2011
Last summer 50 AAC using campers attended three Easter Seal and SET-BC supported summer programs in Cowichan, Squamish and Winfield.
A Whale of a Book!
What happens when you mix one part clever students, one part Clicker 5 and a dash of instruction? Creativity, engagement and fun!
AAC Community Day in Coquitlam
On Monday November 21st 2011, an enthusiastic group of students participated in Coquitlam School District’s fourth annual AAC Community Day.
Kurzweil Camp comes to Kamloops
Thirteen students from grades 4 to 12 attended a Kurzweil Camp recently in Kamloops. The students came from seven elementary schools and two high schools
Open Book Opens Books!
SET-BC recently hosted a very successful Student Activity Day focused on supporting independent access to print materials.
Kurzweil Camp Coquitlam
On November 4th a keen group of middle school boys attended a Kurzweil Camp at Bramblewood Elementary in Coquitlam, British Columbia. Each of these SET-BC students uses a laptop computer with Kurzweil 3000 to support their reading, writing and studying in the classroom.