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The rockets program is just about finished. I'll have it on the website tomorrow. Here's what it's like with a touch screen. | Senict

The rockets program is just about finished. I'll have it on the website tomorrow. Here's what it's like with a touch screen. | Senict

54 viewsFeb 19, 2023

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11 viewsJan 4, 2017

As many of you know, I've been working to ensure that the free activities on my website will still be available when Flash is removed from browsers in January. I'm working hard but it's taking longer than I expected. What many people don't know is that if you download the activities to your computer, they will continue to work in January and into the forseeable future. There's other benefits too. This video explains why it's a good idea to download activities and shows, step by step, how to set

As many of you know, I've been working to ensure that the free activities on my website will still be available when Flash is removed from browsers in January. I'm working hard but it's taking longer than I expected. What many people don't know is that if you download the activities to your computer, they will continue to work in January and into the forseeable future. There's other benefits too. This video explains why it's a good idea to download activities and shows, step by step, how to set

367 viewsNov 21, 2020

It's day two of the free SENict Advent Calendar and today you do get to make a snowman. Download for Windows PC here: https://www.ianbean.co.uk/adventdload/ | Senict

It's day two of the free SENict Advent Calendar and today you do get to make a snowman. Download for Windows PC here: https://www.ianbean.co.uk/adventdload/ | Senict

90 viewsDec 2, 2023

Day 5 of the free SENict Advent Calendar and today we're taking a ride with Rudolph the Green Nosed Reindeer. Designed to support Pete Wells's sensory story, it works with switches, touch, mouse and eye gaze. https://www.ianbean.co.uk/adventdload/ | Senict

Day 5 of the free SENict Advent Calendar and today we're taking a ride with Rudolph the Green Nosed Reindeer. Designed to support Pete Wells's sensory story, it works with switches, touch, mouse and eye gaze. https://www.ianbean.co.uk/adventdload/ | Senict

82 viewsDec 5, 2023

Day 14 of our free accessible Advent Calendar and today we're getting musical. Move your mouse over (or touch) the reindeer to make some music... with farts! Well it's better out than in. https://www.ianbean.co.uk/advent21/ | Senict

Day 14 of our free accessible Advent Calendar and today we're getting musical. Move your mouse over (or touch) the reindeer to make some music... with farts! Well it's better out than in. https://www.ianbean.co.uk/advent21/ | Senict

19 viewsDec 14, 2021

Day 5 of our free accessible Advent calendar and we're joining the Christmas ducks for a festive sing-along. I originally wrote this activity back in 1999 and it was a firm favourite with my students at Priory Woods. I updated the activity for newer computers a couple of years ago. https://www.ianbean.co.uk/advent21/ | Senict

Day 5 of our free accessible Advent calendar and we're joining the Christmas ducks for a festive sing-along. I originally wrote this activity back in 1999 and it was a firm favourite with my students at Priory Woods. I updated the activity for newer computers a couple of years ago. https://www.ianbean.co.uk/advent21/ | Senict

75 viewsDec 5, 2021

And... we're off! Download the free SENict Advent Calendar for switch, touch, mouse and eye gaze here. https://www.ianbean.co.uk/adventdload/ | Senict

373 viewsDec 1, 2023

I've been working on a couple of new activities which focus on visual stimulation using abstract video patterns. They may be a little too big to run online but I'll try and get them on the download pages soon. Here's an example. | Senict

414 viewsSep 25, 2019

Day 20 of our free, accessible Advent Calendar and it's another vintage Christmas singalong. This cause & effect activity is designed for switch users at the 'press it again' level. https://www.ianbean.co.uk/advent21/ | Senict

14 viewsDec 20, 2021

Here's just one of the 27 programs PD Centre subscribers can download from my website for free. Designed for early interaction it features switch, touch, mouse and eye gaze access, high contrast targets and other setting to enable you to personalise the program for your learners. If you have a SENict Mem Stick, you'll find it in the SENict Software folder. https://www.ianbean.co.uk/members-area/ | Senict

91 viewsFeb 25, 2022

In the days before green screen cameras and stop motion animation apps, there was the Digital Blue Movie Creator and the creativity of our good friend Pete Wells. | Senict

263 viewsSep 13, 2018

I thought you might like to see the 'younger' version of the keyboard recognition program. Just needs some tidying up. I press the wrong key a couple of times so you can here the 'fail' sound. Finished and on the website probably tomorrow. | Senict

191 viewsApr 4, 2023

Here's a look at the new iTalk 4 device that's now available from Ablenet. It reminds me a little of the 4talk4 we used to sell at Inclusive a few years ago but updated and so much lighter and easier to use. Four front switches activate five levels of four messages. Up to four switches can be connected at the rear of the device so each message can be used with bespoke switches. It's another very useful tool in our toolbox for AAC users and has a useful application in teaching switch skills too,

1.1K viewsOct 28, 2019

Back in 2002, I also used to make and share talking books. I remember making this one with teacher Mick Wheldon and our SLT Assistant whose name I sadly forget. It was downloaded 1000s of times and converted into the first of the ReadIt! series of talking books by Inclusive Technology. | Senict

475 viewsJan 11, 2022

Do you know the difference between mouse over and targeted activities? If you are using eye with students experiencing severe, profound and complex needs, you probably should. Here’s three eye gaze activities. In each, I’m moving my mouse around the screen as fast as I possibly can. This simulates a child sitting in front of the screen but not actually looking at anything on it. Their eyes just flicking across the screen. Note that the first two (mouse over) activities play their rewards even th

85 viewsJan 31, 2022

Just had a conversation with a couple of colleagues about the benefits (?) of using augmented reality (AR) devices with children who have Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties. I'm sorry, call me old fashioned but I believe that these children, some of which face the greatest of challenges simply understanding the envionment in which they live, need to experience the real world more, not some computer generated world. I'm all for new technology and offering our students opportunities for n

528 viewsSep 17, 2018

Here's a couple of minutes of video to show how the new launcher for SEN Switcher works. You can download the program from here: https://www.ianbean.co.uk/sen-switcher/ | Senict

221 viewsDec 2, 2020

Here's another of the programs you'll find on the SENict Software website. Choose Transport is a transport themed choosing program for one or two switch scanning, pointing devices, touch screens and eye gaze. The program allows for personalisation to help you match it to the access needs of your learners. Like all of the 30 teaching activities on SENict Software, it can be used online or downloaded and run from the school network. A subscription costs just £66.00 per year and incudes all of our

126 viewsMay 13, 2019

Digging through some older videos for the YouTube channel and came across this special moment for me. This is from a keynote I gave at the Spectronics Conference in Australia back in 2012. The context is that I was talking about the 'Killer App', that one important element that changes technology from something we do to being a useful tool for engagement learning and communication. Here's the big reveal | Senict

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React Shapes 2 is a cause and effect activity with high contrast animations set to motivating music. Can be used to support topic work on 2D shapes. Subscribers to my website can download this and the other 27 SENict Software programs free. https://www.ianbean.co.uk/ss-teaching-activities/ | Senict

22 viewsDec 15, 2021

Working on a series of activities featuring Andy Pidcock's new song, 'Nobody Knows'. This is the choosing activity. I'll make a cause and effect and 'this or that' activity for two switches later today. | Senict

313 viewsMay 3, 2020

Not forgetting younger students. How about dancing spiders? | Senict

439 viewsJan 25, 2016

I found some old CDs packed with video clips from my time at Priory Woods School. Here's ICT in 2002. Huge thanks to the staff and students... I learned so much from you all. | Senict

407 viewsNov 9, 2016

Move Cause and Effect is another of the free programs available to PD Centre subscribers. Here's it being used with the touch settings. Single large target which always appears at the same place on the screen for early targeting and small targets which appear in different locations for refining targeting. More info: https://www.ianbean.co.uk/ss-move/ or download for Windows PC: https://www.ianbean.co.uk/ss-downloads/ | Senict

281 viewsOct 13, 2023

Still places left on my Tar Heel Gameplay webinar on Wednesday. I'll be showing you how to make cause and effect activities, interactive story books and games plus choice making activities you can make for your students to use at home. All work with switches, touchscreen and mouse. I'll share and show you how to make lot's of examples and provide an invaluable step-by-step guide you can use to create your own activities. https://www.ianbean.co.uk/zoom-meetings/tarheel-gameplay/ | Senict

209 viewsFeb 6, 2021

Here's another free activity you may have missed. A choosing activity designed for touch screens and whiteboards to support your morning ritual. The activity uses familiar symbols and plays the appropriate CBeebies video when the day is chosen. You don't need to be online to use this as the program stores the videos on your computer. Choose to have all days active or just today. Find it on my website here: https://www.ianbean.co.uk/senict-topics-routines/ Please note this is a large file which m

836 viewsJan 30, 2020

It's almost Halloween so I've made the Spooky program free for anyone to download until the 1st of November. The program works with switches, touch devices, pointing devices and eye gaze. Get it here: https://www.ianbean.co.uk/ss-downloads/ More information about Spooky and how to use it is here: https://www.ianbean.co.uk/ss-teaching-activities/ Spooky is just one of 31 programs available for free to PD Centre subscribers. | Senict

518 viewsOct 8, 2023

A lovely memory from a Spectronic Conference on the Gold Coast back in 2010. | Senict

395 viewsJan 26, 2019

Almost 15 years ago, Priory Woods won a Childnet International Award for creating the world's first web site with online accessible games and activities for children with additional needs. So much has changed since those early days of the internet but the needs of our students have remained the much the same... exploring and interacting with the world around them and developing capacity to communicate to the best of their ability. I'm proud to have played a small part in achieving those goals fo

4.2K viewsJun 27, 2016

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