Books for All CALL Scotland Books for All Dyslexia Scotland AGM 13 th November 2010
Communication, Access Literacy and Learning School of Education University of Edinburgh l l l Books for All “CALL Scotland provides services and projects, working with all those involved in meeting the special needs of people who require augmentative communication and specialised technology. ” Established in 1983 Funded by Scottish Government Education Department (60%) and health department (5%), contracts with local authorities and research projects http: //www. CALLScotland. org/. uk
CALL Scotland l Strategic Leadership l Pupil Assessment and Support l CPD and Training l Information and advice: books, guides, resources, videos, web site l Loan of assistive technology l Knowledge Transfer, research and development Books for All
Today’s Topic l Reliant on readers, Stuck with Scribes, or Independent with ICT? or. . . l How can I get the stuff I need in a format I can read and use? Books for All
EXAMS!! Books for All
SQA Assessment Arrangements Books for All “Assessment arrangements should ensure that all candidates have an equal opportunity to show that they can achieve the national standards required for Units and Courses. ” Introduction to Assessment Arrangements SQA, November 2008
SQA Assessment Arrangements 2009 l Requests for Assessment Arrangements made for 13, 041 candidates (8% of candidates) l Requests made for 45, 612 entries (6. 2 % of entries) Books for All
2010 assessment arrangements Books for All Extra Time 36, 962 Digital Question Paper 2, 001 Separate accommodation 28, 689 Calculator 684 Reader 16, 863 Transcription without correction 590 Scribe 14, 313 PA referral 465 Use of ICT 7, 622 Modified content 267 Prompter 2, 404 Adapted certificate 139 Coloured Paper 1, 964 Paper signed to candidate 52 Rest Period 1, 636 Candidate Signs Responses 38 Enlarged Print 1, 209 Live presentation 36 Transcription with correction 1, 110 Braille 59
Curriculum for Excellence Books for All 'Our aspiration is to enable all children to develop their capacities as successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors to society. ' A Curriculum for Excellence: The Curriculum Review Group (2004).
How can you be a… Successful learner - if you can’t access books and other materials l Confident individual - if you depend on others to read to you or write for you l Responsible citizen - if you don’t have access to information l An effective contributor - if you can’t find out what’s going on in your community or in the world at large l Books for All
Money money… Books for All
Costs of readers/scribes Books for All 16, 868 reader requests; 14, 313 scribe requests l ~ 30, 000 individual exams l ~ 45, 000 hours l Say average £ 20/hour for reader/scribe? l = £ 900, 000 l Say £ 10/hour for invigilator? = £ 540, 000 l TOTAL = £ 1. 35 m in Scotland per annum
SQA Digital Papers www. Adapted. Digital. Exams. org. uk Time for a joke? PDFAloud speech tools Sentence being read and each word highlighted Form fields for answers Books for All
Adapted Digital Papers 2006 -2010 Books for All 2500 2000 Number of requests for ADPs 1500 Number of candidates for whom requests for ADPs were made 1000 500 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Who uses Digital Papers? Books for All Social Language or Emotional Speech Visual Hearing Learning Behavioural Deaf, Impairment, 1% Physical Health Difficulty, Blind, 0% Impairment, Disorder, 1% Disability, 3% 2% Autistic Problems, 3% 2% Spectrum, 4% Other Moderate Learning Difficulty, 11% Physical or Motor Impairment, 13% Mental Health Problems, 0% Dyslexia, 38% Other Specific Learning Difficulty, 22%
2010 requests by local authority Requests Fife 306 Dundee City 201 Edinburgh City 175 Argyll and Bute 122 Aberdeenshire 115 South Ayrshire 108 City of Glasgow 102 Dumfries and Galloway 102 Perth and Kinross 100 Falkirk 98 Highland 65 Scottish Borders 64 West Lothian 59 Stirling 58 Independent 55 Moray 39 North Ayrshire FE College Angus East Renfrewshire Inverclyde Aberdeen City Shetland Islands South Lanarkshire Midlothian East Lothian Renfrewshire East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire Eilean Siar (Western Isles) North Lanarkshire Clackmannanshire Requests Books 30 for All 28 23 21 20 19 16 16 14 13 12 8 4 4 2 1
‘Top 15’ schools in 2010 Centre Queen Anne High School Campbeltown Grammar School St Paul's RC Academy The Royal High School Kinross High School Stranraer Academy Prestwick Academy Ashcraig School Mintlaw Academy Bo'ness Academy Harris Academy Holy Rood High School West Calder High School St John's RC High School Peebles High School 2009 122 37 32 82 59 62 60 37 48 68 20 30 23 9 35 2010 233 122 114 111 100 89 89 69 61 54 46 41 39 34 33 Books for % change All 91 % 230 % 256 % 35 % 69 % 44 % 48 % 86 % 27 % -21 % 130 % 37 % 70 % 278 % -6 %
Successful learners? Confident individuals? “We had 2 rooms set up with double sized tables to allow a comfortable amount of room for laptop and papers. Each candidate was allocated a table which was the same for each exam. All tables were numbered and we made use of screen dividers which created a booth effect and cut down distractions and gave a certain amount of privacy in the small classroom. We had 9 candidates sitting the exam in digital format and 2 writing in the same room for the Standard Grade English exam. Candidates names and numbers were on the desks, and times. ” Books for All
Software for Digital Papers l To Books for All access the papers: l Acrobat Reader 8 or 9 (free) l www. adobe. com l To have the paper read out: l Adobe Reader Read Outloud (free) or l PDFaloud (£ 295 site licence from LTS) or l Another TTS program e. g. Read and Write Gold, Claro. Read, Natural Reader etc
Past papers at home. . . Books for All
SQA Assessment Arrangements Books for All l Official policy and guidance l Digital Past Papers for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 http: //www. sqa. org. uk/assessmentarrangements
If you need digital exams. . then you probably could also use. . . digital prelims digital tests digital textbooks digital study guides digital worksheets digital homework etc. . . Books for All
Improving communication and the delivery of school information 64. Books for All “Responsible bodies should ensure that any information that is important to enable pupils to learn or to be able to participate in school activities can be provided in an alternative form if the pupil may have difficulty reading information provided in standard written form. ” Scottish Executive (2002) Planning to Improve Access to Education for Pupils with Disabilities; Guidance On Preparing Accessibility Strategies. http: //www. scotland. gov. uk/library 5/education/gpas-00. asp
Books for All So where can we get digital books and curriculum resources?
Book search Book Where from and what Standard Grade Chemistry (Hodder) Standard Grade English Revision Notes (Leckie & Leckie) Tee. Jay Level D Maths (Tee. Jay) CALL Scotland (PDF) Private Peaceful (audio), by Michael Morpurgo Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer Books for All Scotland Database (PDF) Books for All Scotland Database (Large print) Calibre Amazon (Kindle) Books for All
Books for All web site www. Books 4 All. org. uk Books for All
Digital books Books for All Int. 1 Biology textbook PDF (adapted) from Hodder Gibson Harry Potter novel Plain text from www. seeingear. org, read with Word. Talk Royal Mail Book Awards book Adapted PDF from publisher ORT book Scanned and made into a Clicker 5 talking book 5 -14 test Heinemann maths Biology Homework Sample prelim DOC with forms Text. Ease DOC
Digital formats and readers Books for All Format Reader Text to speech? PDF Adobe Reader (free) Yes: ‘Read Out. Loud’ is built in to Reader, but it is limited – try one of the others DOC Microsoft Word No: try Word. Talk (free) or another text reader DOC Open. Office / Writer (free) No: try a general purpose text reader Daisy Amis Reader Yes: both Amis and Easy. Reader have (free) excellent text to speech Easy. Reader (£ 40) LIT Microsoft Reader (free) Yes: OK – better than Adobe Reader, say, but not as good as the Daisy readers
Some text to speech programs Program PDFaloud (£ 295 school licence) Adobe Reader Books for All Microsoft Word Open Office Web browsers Word. Talk (free) Read and Write Gold (£ 320) Claro. Read (£ 49 - £ 159) Natural Reader (free)
Word. Talk Books for All Word. Talk is an awardwinning FREE text reader for Microsoft Word, developed by Rod Macaulay at TASSCC in Aberdeen. l Download it free from CALL’s web site at www. wordtalk. org. uk l
The Scottish Voice http: //www. The. Scottish. Voice. org. uk Books for All
Books for All CAN’T BUY IT OR FIND IT? MAKE YOUR OWN!
CLA Scottish Schools Scanning/Photocopying Licence 2009 Books for All “where an Authorised Person is visually impaired or otherwise disabled and by reason of such visual impairment or disability is unable to read or access a Licensed Copy. . . ” the Licensee (the local authority or employee of the authority) may make a copy: “in any alternative format that is more accessible…whether in digital or audio format, large or small print copies…or in other formats” http: //www. cla. co. uk/Schools_licences. php
Who are “Visually Impaired Persons”? l Taken to include: l blind Books for All and partially sighted people l those whose sight cannot be improved by the use of corrective lenses l those who are unable through physical difficulty to hold or manipulate books l those who are unable through physical difficulty to focus or move their eyes l Or who are physically unable to use published formats”
“or otherwise disabled” Books for All “a person has a disability for the purposes of this Act if he has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities” s 1, DDA 1995
Making accessible copies of books and other curriculum materials: l l l Books for All First, check the book isn’t on the CLA ‘list of excluded works’ The school must own an original copy of the book If an accessible copy is commercially available, you must buy it – you can’t make your own You do not need permission from the publisher or rightsholder You must include a copyright statement. You may add digital facilities for navigation and to enable access
Books for All l www. books 4 all. org. uk l www. adapteddigitalexams. org. uk l www. wordtalk. org. uk l www. thescottishvoice. org. uk l www. callscotland. org. uk Books for All
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