Communication Connections

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AAC Specialist Teacher with CALL Scotland. Interests: AAC, AT, literacy, complex ASN & MFL (lots of acronyms!). All views my own. 📷 communication_connections

Video collage showing jokes being told with different TD Snap pagesets.
Screen recording of a Wakelet titled 'Free symbol resources.' There are various columns, each with a different symbol set category heading and containing free printable resources with symbols of the same category.
Collage of two photos, each showing a mobile phone displaying the Vocable AAC app on a mobile phone. On the left the button 'Please be quiet' is selected using head tracking access method and on the right the button 'I am hot' is highlighted, also with head tracking access method.
A student with face blurred out, in a power wheelchair is sitting in front of an eye gaze device which is mounted on a floor stand. The eye gaze device shows a rating scale with the headings 'fast, ok, slow.' On the tray of the wheelchair there is an AAC device with a rating scale displayed on screen with the headings 'yes, maybe, no.' There is also a joystick on the tray.
Collage of two photos. Top photo shows child's hand typing on the keyboard on an iPad with the Grid for iPad app. Bottom photo shows a child's hand tapping buttons on a an iPad on a topic page with conversation repair vocabulary on TD Snap for iPad.
Photo of a Go Talk 4+ and Go Talk 9+ communication devices each with overlays with symbols and words. There are laminated symbol strips attached to the top in the style of a tabbed booklet
Photo shows a child holding an iPad with the TD Snap communication app displayed on screen. The page has vocabulary related to communication repairs. The child is pointing to a symbol and the message window is full of vocabulary and shows various buttons have been pressed.
Photo shows a table, on top of which is a mobile phone with the WeaveChat communication app's scrolling board and an iPad with Smartbox's Grid SuperCore 50 app open on the keyboard page. A child's hand can be seen tapping a symbol on the mobile phone.
Woman stands in front of a screen with a PowerPoint slide titled 'our accessibility journey'
Video of a mobile phone graphic displaying the ASL & Technology website. The video shows the different sections of the website: What to expect in person and online, support and information for joining online, programme of presentations, information on suppliers attending, venue information and a link to register.
Photo of a small light table with a child's hand in shot playing with colourful transparent plastic shapes. At the top of the light table there is a symbol communication board printed on clear transparency film.
Photo of a group of six superhero figures. Four are holding black plastic ID card holders with screenshots of different AAC apps inside, two are holding printed communication boards.
Photo of two lanyards, each with a mini symbol communication board and set of small cards showing a symbol and word, with tabs on each one with the matching symbol. One lanyard set uses Widgit symbols, the other uses PCS symbols.
Photo of a woman standing behind a lectern and microphone facing a crowd, the backs of heads of crowd can be seen at the bottom of the photo. There is a large projection of a presentation slide on the wall above the woman's head. The presentation slide shows a photo of a table with various objects, symbol resources and a communication app on an iPad. The text on the slide reads 'Sensory Stories Incorporating AAC, literacy and technology. Ceanna MacGregor, CALL Scotland.'
Video collage of a child pointing to various symbols and communication boards attached to a lanyard.
Photo of an iPad with communication app displayed on screen. A hand is hovering over the iPad with index finger selecting the 'yes' button. Lots of 'yes' symbols with words are seen in the message bar.
Photo of two plastic toys, a green Minecraft creeper and tiny batman, surrounded by 3D printed miniature AAC devices.
Two video clips of interactive pages on Smartbox Grid communication software. The first video shows an adult hand navigating various pages on an iPad. Each page has three different opinions shown with corresponding symbols and text. The second video shows the same pages with the same vocabulary symbols and text and is on a laptop.
Photo of a desk with three iPads, two showing difference communication apps and one showing a children's video.
The image shows a black board with various printed symbols attached to it. The symbols are arranged in a grid pattern and show different assistive technology tools. The top row has three icons with a blue character showing a thumbs up, a character with arms outstretched, and a character with a thumbs down. In the column beneath the character showing thumbs up, there are symbols. From top to bottom they read "touch access" with a hand pointing to a touchscreen, "joystick" with an image of a joystick and "keyboard" with an image of a keyboard. The second column beneath the character with arms outstretched are two symbols, "trackball" with an image of a trackball device and "switch" with an image of a yellow switch button. In the last column beneath the character with thumbs down is a symbol with a "keyguard" with an image of a keyguard for a keyboard.
The video starts with a finger pointing to a symbol communication board with a children's book also in shot. Next there is a video clip of where to find and how to download a related writing activity for the Grid for iPad app. Then there are some photos of the different writing activities available for the app.
Collage of Bookbug printed symbol resources and digital symbol resources. There is a video clip of the Symbols for All website showing the Bookbug section and the range of resources available.
Photo where a child's hand can be seen pointing to a strip of symbols attached to the top of a communication board.
Collage of four photos showing printed materials with numbers and symbols related to the 5 Little Frogs nursery rhyme. There are two kinds of toy frogs, one set of green bath toys and one set of colourful plastic frogs with and extended bit of plastic to press down and cause the frogs to jump. In three of the photos there is also an iPad showing the communication app TD Snap.