Eye Gaze – SENict

Difficult Decisions

Post author:SENict Training
Post published:February 1, 2018
Post category:Eye Gaze Teaching Training Courses

I saw this message posted today on one of the support groups I follow on Facebook. It illustrates one parent's dilemma with assistive technology, but it also mirrors many of…

Free Resources Booklet

Post author:SENict Training
Post published:October 18, 2016
Post category:AAC Classroom Tech Eye Gaze iPads and Android Pointing Device Skills Switch Skills Teaching Touch Skills

Our new free resources booklet is now online and it's packed with free programs, apps and web sites which you may find useful. There's some real gems this time. How…

Free resources booklet

Post author:SENict Training
Post published:October 26, 2015
Post category:AAC Classroom Tech Eye Gaze iPads and Android Pointing Device Skills Switch Skills Teaching Touch Skills Training Courses Visual Supports

Finally got around to uploading our new, free resources PDF booklet to the web site. The 22 page booklet covers visual and symbol supports, computer skills, lesson plans and curriculum…

Bye Bye Slideshow Maker

Post author:SENict Training
Post published:October 8, 2015
Post category:Classroom Tech Eye Gaze iPads and Android Pointing Device Skills Switch Skills Teaching Touch Skills

After hearing about the problems some colleagues have been facing when running the activities they have downloaded from my web site (need admin rights), I decided to move away from the open framework program I was using and write something new. All of my new ‘slideshow’ activities will be published in a new format which will make them accessible to pretty much everyone.

The new format has specific sections for switch users at cause and effect level with both auditory and visual prompts. A touch screen section puts large targets around the screen which students will need to find and touch. Mouse or other pointing device users get a section with a huge mouse pointer and targets that change colour when the mouse pointer is over them. Finally eye gaze users get their own section with large targets and a cross hair cursor to help them pin point the targets. (more…)

New SEN ICT courses announced

Post author:SENict Training
Post published:September 24, 2015
Post category:AAC Classroom Tech Computing Cutting Edge Eye Gaze iPads and Android Pointing Device Skills Switch Skills Teaching Touch Skills Training Courses Visual Supports

I've just posted details of the first in our series of 'Every Moment Matters' ICT courses for colleagues involved in the education of people with severe, profound and complex needs.…

A quick review of MyGaze Foundations

Post author:SENict Training
Post published:June 30, 2015
Post category:Eye Gaze

Like many of my colleagues in schools, I was deeply skeptical when I read some of the claims about eye gaze systems and how they might ‘revolutionize’ (their word not mine,) our teaching of students with profound and multiple difficulties. So like so many of you, I had to find out for myself what this technology brought to the classroom and how I might use it to help unlock some of my students.
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Free Gazespeaker Suite for Eye Gaze

Post author:SENict Training
Post published:June 28, 2015
Post category:Eye Gaze

It seems to me that if you want to make BIG money in the special needs market, the place to be is eye gaze. It’s not uncommon to see pretty mediocre software commanding huge prices simply because it has a ‘For Eye Gaze’ label. Excited this morning to find the free (yes free) Gaze Speaker eye gaze suite. Gaze Speaker is a suite of applications designed for use with your eye gaze setup. The suite features a full AAC environment, a configurable web browser and a skills building section much like the expensive ‘eye gaze skills progression’ software we see from major suppliers. (more…)