I am so happy to be taking this course and learning about all of the great assistive technology that is out there. BUT... there is a down side to this. While those of you in Nova Scotia are extremely lucky to have talented personnel like Barb working in your school boards, there is no assistive technology consultant in my district. We did have someone working with as an information technology facilitator at the department level although she left at the end of October. There have been major changes in the IT sector in the PEI government and hopefully things will be remedied soon.
In top of that, I just learned from a co-worker that we have the older edition of Kurzweil (not the 3000) in our school. After telling her about all of the neat gadgets this program has to offer, I think that I convinced her that we are in need of the new program!! Also, we don't have Start-to-Finish books in our school although we can get access to them if needed.
Now you know!
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Cathy - hopefully you'll pave the way for change in PEI in the area of AT. Let me know how we can help. All it takes are people who are committed and those who can "see the light". Take care
Hiya Cathy
Tryst me - I feel your frustration! I work outside of the schooboard and while I know there is a great deal available, I have trouble finding someone who will tell me how to get it. Also, my students often are on social assistance and cannot get enough foos to eat, let alone computers and programming. Thanks goodness barb is so generous with her time.
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