Top 3 Trends from ISAAC 2016

Top 3 Trends from ISAAC 2016 It wouldn’t be an ISAAC Conference without getting up close to the latest tech and learning about the trends that are shaping AAC today. We’ve rounded up a list of the top trends, tools, and tech that caught our eye at ISAAC 2016. Read More

Bridges new website is LIVE!

Bridges has a brand new website that makes searching for, learning about, and purchasing Assistive Technology easier than ever. To celebrate we’re having a launch sale.  All-Turn-It Spinner, Don Johnston Switch Interface, Connection in the Workplace and other curricula, Jelly Bean Switch and more! We’ll be adding more items, so be sure to sign up for…

6 + 1 Super Cool AT stories from 2016 ATIA conference

This year’s  Assistive Technology Industry Association’s conference in Orlando turned out to be a really exciting few days.  We got to attend sessions, meet with our manufacturing partners and prowl the massive exhibit hall hunting for cool stuff. This year, the weather was unseasonably hot outside (peaking at 27C.  Most years, the weather is more…

October is AAC Awareness Month

October is AAC awareness month! So Bridges will be providing resources, tips, and news, as well as making some new product announcements related to AAC devices. Look out for these AAC related happenings in October. Breaking the ICE Conference – October 3rd : Breaking the ICE is a unique opportunity for AAC device users and…

What we’ve learned at Bridges LIVE this year!

1)      Multi-platform is the new eco system At BridgesLIVE events we’ve seen BYOD in action.  From iPads, to Surface tablets (actually a lot more than I expected,  several per each BLive), from wheezy but still chugging XP laptops, to Macs and Windows, 7, 8 and even an Android tablet and Chromebook or two.  Two years…

Bridges LIVE! Coming to a City Near You

We’ve just hadour first Bridges LIVE! event in Mississauga and it was a great success.  The enthusiasm of attendees, the discussions around trends in AT, new eye gaze technology and iPad access options, teaching strategies for students with profound challenges, tools on the cloud… as usual we probably learned as much from our participants as they…

MEville to WEville Success Stories from Alberta

As part of an ongoing literacy initiative, Literacy for All — A Community of Practice, Alberta teachers are sharing their experiences with MEville to WEville on a publicly readable Wiki. “We learned that ALL students can learn literacy skills through comprehensive literacy instruction in inclusive classrooms when we use the right supports and modifications,” wrote one teacher. “The kids are really responding…

SOLO Unlimited for BC Schools Only $2400 Through PSAP

For a Limited Time, And a Very Limited Quantity. The Provincial Software Acquisition Plan (PSAP), administered by SET-BC (Special Education Technology, British Columbia) is offering just over 60 schools the opportunity to purchase an unlimited license to SOLO for only $2400.  This is the full SOLO suite including Read:Outloud, Co:Writer, Write:Outloud and Draft:Builder and allows…

LDCSB’s educATe Site Launched

London District Catholic School Board’s  educATe website is officially up and running after a day of presentations and hands-on exploring on Friday Sept 21st.  We started this PD day with two hands-on sessions in a board office computer lab with about 40 Educational Assistants (EA’s). Then in the afternoon we toured educATe with about 200…

Bridges Announces ECT Training for 2012-2013

Bridges will be offering ECT training for the 2012-2013 school year in Mississauga and Winnipeg. ECT training has two goals. The first, and primary goal, is to facilitate an increase of augmentative communication use in target students. The secondary goal is to give communication facilitating adults (SLPs, teachers, parents, care-givers, para-educators, and others) strategies for…