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| 09 November 2010 |
Apple adds special education section to App Store If you are interested in special education apps for iOS devices, visit Apple’s ’Special Education’ section in the iTunes App Store. |
| 08 November 2010 |
Major US education access program includes YouTube in quality standards The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP), a major education access program in the USA, has expanded its range of service endorsements for... |
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| 21 October 2010 |
Speech-to-text services increase classroom access An article in Hearing Health Magazine has promoted the use of speech-to-text services in the classroom. Such technology allows for spoken words to be... |
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| 17 September 2010 |
Pilot trials technological solutions for regional hearing impaired students A new pilot, launched today at Cerdon College, Merrylands NSW, which aims to maximise learning of deaf and hearing impaired students in mainstream... |
| 14 September 2010 |
The UK's National Schools Film Week 2010 The annual National Schools Film Week (NSFW) in the UK kicks off again in October with more than 200 captioned and audio described sessions. |
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| 11 August 2010 |
New US National Education Technology Plan criticised by disability groups The United States draft National Education Technology Plan 2010 has been criticised by disability groups for not going far enough to ensure that... |
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| 24 June 2010 |
School captioning solution wins 'New Inventors' Australian access company Ai-Media triumphed on the ABC’s New Inventors television program last night with its Ai-Live school captioning solution. ... |
| 22 June 2010 |
Live classroom captioning to be showcased on 'New Inventors' On Wednesday 23 June at 8pm, Ai-Media’s new access solution Ai-Live will be showcased on ABC1’s New Inventors. Ai-Live is groundbreaking as it... |
| 02 June 2010 |
Ofcom reports on assisted living technologies for older and disabled people Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, has commissioned a report on the potential impact of assisted living technologies (ALTs) on the social... |
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| 26 May 2010 |
DVDs celebrate Deaf students' success Griffith University has produced a set of four DVDs, Signs of Success, which look at the experiences and achievements of Deaf and hearing impaired... |
| 24 May 2010 |
Building resilience in Deaf and hearing impaired students EDSA (Educators of Deaf Students Association) and the Deafness Centre, Children's Hospital Westmead, hosted a conference last week entitled ‘Building... |
| 07 May 2010 |
Macquarie University Accessibility Unit in the spotlight The work of Macquarie University’s Accessibility Unit has been featured in an article, ‘Clearing a path to learning’, in the Sydney Morning Herald... |
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| 27 April 2010 |
Media Access Australia reviews the Draft National Curriculum Media Access Australia’s (MAA) education team has completed a review of the Draft National Curriculum, and Education Manager Anne McGrath recently... |
| 23 April 2010 |
Ai-Media announces unique new service for deaf students Deafness services innovator Ai-Media today launched ‘Ai-Live’, a world-first service that provides live captioning of classes to deaf and hearing... |
| 19 April 2010 |
Accessibility and usability concerns voiced over ICT in National Curriculum The question of whether to embed ICT (Information and Communication Technology) across all subjects in the National Curriculum, or include it as a... |
| 16 April 2010 |
AI Media launches Education Division Australian access company AI Media has appointed well-regarded educator Leonie Jackson to head up its new Education Division. Jackson has 18 years... |
| 14 April 2010 |
Specialist masters programs for access reflect a fast growing industry The University of Surrey in the UK has two masters programs dedicated to a qualification that prepares graduates to work in both the practical and... |
| 07 April 2010 |
American project develops standards for accessible education software A three-year project funded by the National Science Program, and carried out by the National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM), has developed... |
| 01 April 2010 |
Draft National Curriculum offers chance to champion access Educators, parents, students and the general public are reminded that comments and feedback for the draft National Curriculum from Kindergarten to... |
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| 25 March 2010 |
The benefits of inclusive education Two American academics, Leslie Soodak and Elisabeth Erwin, argue that for inclusive education to work properly it has to be more than placing... |