Training in Inspirations without mentioning Dyslexia

This week I have run 2 training sessions on the use of Inspirations (mind mapping software), and on both occasions I have made no reference to disability or dyslexia until the very end of the session. A lot of people associate this software with Dyslexia (and the origins of the software is in this area) [...]

Uploading an Inspirations output to Blackboard

Today I ran a training session at a college on the use of Inspirations today, and as part of the session I tried to upload an output to their VLE (Blackboard), which pleasingly worked really well.
I created an inspirations mind map, which included Hyperlinks to other files, I then exported this to HTML, which created [...]

‘To Deny or Not to Deny Disability’

I have been a lot of work recently on projects involving disabled people, and whilst trying to explain to someone the differences between the social model and the medical model of disability, it reminded me about a resource that I used to use in my teaching, written by Vic Finklestein, where in a short story [...]

Truetube

Whilst researching for a training session that I am running next week, I came across this site.
http://www.truetube.co.uk/index.html
From what I can make out, the idea is that the site encourages debate by using video clips as a starter for the discussion. It is trying really hard to be a ’safe to use’ site, targetting the educational [...]

Locating free wi- hotspots

Many coffee shops, pubs, public spaces etc are realising the benefits of offering free internet access. I for one do a lot of travelling, and although I have a 3G modem, in certain places this isn’t fast enough, so am often looking for a coffee shop with wi-fi access. This website can help locate them
http://www.jiwire.com/
Now [...]