Camden City Learning Centre SEN ICT Conference

12th February 2010

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  This conference aims to demonstrate ICT opportunities for our children and young people with special and additional educational needs and disabilities.

• There will be a keynote speaker, a variety of stands for you to explore over the extended lunch break and taster workshop sessions for some hands-on time.
• Our ICT conference will bring together expertise, skills and ideas to inspire the use of technology with your SEN students
• A chance for you to network with other professionals, teachers and advisers in Camden

Keynote Presentation – Needs not Labels - John Galloway
When thinking about pupils with special educational needs we often use their diagnosed difficulty as a shorthand way of describing them. “He’s Dyslexic,” “She’s hearing impaired,” “Aspergic.” Whilst useful to give a quick insight into the kinds of difficulties pupils are having, it disguises the wide range of needs any of these conditions can encompass, and misses out those pupils who don’t have a convenient label.
If we focus on actual needs we can more closely match our provision, in this instance in ICT, with their learning. A child who has problems with phonics, for instance, could be Dyslexic, or hearing impaired, or have Downs syndrome, or a speech and language difficulty – yet all of them could make use of the same resource. This approach recognises the complexity of the individual’s special needs, as well as identifying resources with the widest possible use.
E-safety Resources for SEN students – Mary Rebelo CLC Teacher/Trainer and CEOPS Ambassador
Some groups of children could be more vulnerable and more at risk than others when using ICT. These can include children with emotional or behavioural difficulties, learning difficulties, and other complex needs, or  those whose English is an additional language. This presentation will look at a range of free materials available to help you to teach your SEN students about e-safety, including web resources, and resources written in BSL, Clicker 5 and Communicate in Print.

WORKSHOPS
Free and Available - John Galloway
There are many ways we can use ICT to support pupils with SEN, that are free and readily available. This session will:
look at the tools built into any machine to support special needs,
demonstrate how generic software (such as Word) can be SEN friendly,
showcase what's on the web that's useful.
Communicate In Print – Martin Fisher
A workshop that will look at how to use symbols to support inclusion in mainstream learning environments. It will also include a hands on session on using symbols to make a visual timetable with Communicate: In Print.
Clicker 5 – Jonathan Read
Join Jonathan Reed from Crick Software for an introduction to the award-winning software program Clicker 5. He’ll demonstrate the program so that you can see how it can enhance the learning of all your pupils. You will also take part in a hands-on practical session to illustrate how easy to use Clicker 5 is and how it can support teaching in any subject
Mobile phones in an Assistive Technology Context - Neil Milliken-  Head of Mobile Development,  Iansyst Ltd
A workshop that demonstrates how teachers and teaching assistants can use technology such as Outlook or Google apps to synchronise with mobile devices to help their students get organised. The students can then use assistive technology on the mobile devices to help them with their organisation.
 The staff can set up tasks and reminders about things the students need to do and attach learning materials to the tasks and calendar appointments. These can then be emailed to the students who can pick them up on their mobile devices and use assistive technology to have tasks and reminders read to them and explained thereby increasing their engagement and independence.
Stop Frame animation – Mary Vassallo
Stopframe animation is an engaging way of pupils telling stories or exploring themes. This workshop will be a taster session using shadow puppets and free animation software to create a short animation on a PHSE theme.
Simple Video Editing – Louise Wade
This workshop aims to give participants the basic skills of video editing using the free PC application Windows Movie Maker II. This will entail importing still and video clips into Windows Movie Maker, editing clips, adding titles and audio to creating a presentation which can be exported as a movie. The students will be delighted with their multimedia resources they have created or it can be used as evidence for assessment
Skills for Using your Interactive Whiteboard for SEN students - Mary Rebelo
An Interactive Whiteboard provides opportunities for SEN students to access technology in a highly motivating way. This workshop will demonstrate some freely available ready made resources, and will give you a brief hands on chance with Smart and Promethean Software to create some simple effective resources.
Semerc – Jonathan Thompson
Semerc is a leading UK provider of solutions for inclusion in education. It provides programmes to develop emotional literacy.

EXHIBITORS

2Simple – Katie Hart – Senior Consultant
2Simple’s ethos is to keep IT simple; making high quality software that is simple enough for everyone to use and powerful enough to meet the needs of all users. 2Simple has a wide range of titles covering Literacy, Numeracy, Art, Music, Control, Multimedia Authoring and Game Creation to name a few.
Currently supplying over 70% of UK schools, and in all of Camden LA Primary Schools, 2Simple has become a household name in education and was named ‘ICT Company of the Year’ at the 2009 BETT awards.  You can try out any 2Simple Software program on approval.  Simply ask!

Helen Savery - Number Shark and Word Shark- Whitespace Ltd
Wordshark and Numbershark are specially designed to encourage and motivate those who are disheartened by the challenge of learning to read and spell or understanding numbers. The structure of the programs provides encouragement and rewards together with "overlearning" to capture and retain the success achieved.

iANSYST Ltd is a one-stop shop for technology-based products which help dyslexic and disabled people make the most of their abilities including text-to-speech, speech, mind-mapping, literacy and numeracy software as well as hardware devices. Comprehensive information and advice about products and services are available on our website

Widgit has pioneered the use of symbols and symbol software to support learning and the acquisition of literacy.
Creators of the best-selling Communicate:In Print, the symbol-supported DTP for creating all your printed resources and Communicate:Symwriter which provides the perfect tool for simple word and symbol processing for emergent writers.

Crick Software is a leading supplier of educational software. Flagship product Clicker, a multimedia and writing support tool is used in over 90% of UK primary schools, and has been purchased for all Camden LA Primary Schools. Recent release WriteOnline, is an innovative online word processor enhanced with additional support features that can be personalised to address individual student needs.

Inclusive provides hardware and software for those with SEN. Our height adjustable Interactive Plasma Screen provides an inclusive alternative to a whiteboard. A range of access devices help all pupils to use a computer while Inclusive's software helps develop skills like switch use, making choices, literacy and numeracy.