Re: [CESI List] Teaching a child with dyspraxia how to type

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Hi,

Can anyone recommend a suitable programme for a 14 yearold boy with dyspraxia to learn how to type.

All suggestions greatly appreciated. 

Jan

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    "Neil O'Sullivan" <nei...@innovate-together.com> Sep 19 08:00PM +0100  

    Hi Folks, Here is an email I thought some of you might be interest to some
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    Neil
     
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    Edward Kelly <educati...@hotmail.com> Sep 18 05:45PM +0100  

    Hi All,
    Some time ago I was looking for information/resources on starting a school TV. John linked me to http://www.ncte.ie/tytv/index.html - a NCTE TY-TV project. However, the notes in doc and pdf format are no longer active. I was wondering if anyone out there might have saved/downloaded them - I´d greatly appreciate them. I have looked at fis.ie but the resources are designed with primary not secondary school in mind.

    Thanks in advance :-)
    Eamon

    Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:07:39 +0100
    Subject: Re: [CESI List] School TV
    From: jrus...@gmail.com
    To: cesi...@googlegroups.com
     
    Hi Eamonn,That could well have been me! I demonstrated a piece of green screen software from a company called Serious Magic at a CESI meet in Dublin many, many moons ago. Serious Magic were bought out by Adobe; unfortunately Adobe have discontinued the product in June of this year. I still have the 30-day trial file somewhere (All 6.5 Gb of it!).
     
    The program was used as part of an NCTE project TY-TV --- there is a full schedule of project lesson outline on the NCTE website however the actual notes in doc and pdf format are no longer linked!!
    I probably still have the lessons in e-format somewhere so if you want them let me know and I'll search for them!RegardsJohn
     
     
     
     
     
    On 19 August 2013 13:17, Edward Kelly <educati...@hotmail.com> wrote:
     
     
     
     
    HiI am doing a "school tv" with a group of 20 +/- secondary school students - starting in September. We will have 2 hours to work on it every Wednesday and will hopefully produce 5-10 minutes video which will be accessible on the school website. ICT is compulsory in the school so students are quite computer literate and cover digital storytelling, website design, scratch and EDCL-like stuff. We will also have ipads from this September.
     
    I would be interesting in any ideas/suggestions people might have i.e. things that might/have worked, software, links to school websites etc. I remember a CESI workshop a few years ago where someone demonstrated a green screen software (???).
     
    ThanksEamon
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
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    "Tom Lonergan \(PDST\)" <tomlo...@pdst.ie> Sep 18 05:59PM +0100  

    Hi Eamon,
     
    I’ll make an inquiry here tomorrow and see if they are still available.
     

     
    Regards
     
    Tom Lonergan
     
    PDST Technology in Education (Formerly NCTE)
     

     
    From: cesi...@googlegroups.com [mailto:cesi...@googlegroups.com] On
    Behalf Of Edward Kelly
    Sent: 18 September 2013 17:45
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    Subject: RE: [CESI List] School TV
     

     
    Hi All,
    Some time ago I was looking for information/resources on starting a school
    TV. John linked me to http://www.ncte.ie/tytv/index.html - a NCTE TY-TV
    project. However, the notes in doc and pdf format are no longer active. I
    was wondering if anyone out there might have saved/downloaded them - I´d
    greatly appreciate them. I have looked at fis.ie but the resources are
    designed with primary not secondary school in mind.

    Thanks in advance :-)
    Eamon

     
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    Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:07:39 +0100
    Subject: Re: [CESI List] School TV
    From: jrus...@gmail.com
    To: cesi...@googlegroups.com
     
    Hi Eamonn,
     
    That could well have been me! I demonstrated a piece of green screen
    software from a company called Serious Magic at a CESI meet in Dublin many,
    many moons ago. Serious Magic were bought out by Adobe; unfortunately Adobe
    have discontinued
    <http://www.adobe.com/products/visualcommunicator.edu.html?promoid=IJZPE>
    the product in June of this year. I still have the 30-day trial file
    somewhere (All 6.5 Gb of it!).
    The program was used as part of an NCTE project TY-TV
    <http://www.ncte.ie/tytv/> --- there is a full schedule of project lesson
    outline on the NCTE website however the actual notes in doc and pdf format
    are no longer linked!!
     
    I probably still have the lessons in e-format somewhere so if you want them
    let me know and I'll search for them!
     
    Regards
     
    John
     

     

     

     

     
    On 19 August 2013 13:17, Edward Kelly <educati...@hotmail.com> wrote:
     
    Hi
     
    I am doing a "school tv" with a group of 20 +/- secondary school students -
    starting in September.
     
    We will have 2 hours to work on it every Wednesday and will hopefully
    produce 5-10 minutes video which will be accessible on the school website.
    ICT is compulsory in the school so students are quite computer literate and
    cover digital storytelling, website design, scratch and EDCL-like stuff. We
    will also have ipads from this September.
     

     
    I would be interesting in any ideas/suggestions people might have i.e.
    things that might/have worked, software, links to school websites etc.
     
    I remember a CESI workshop a few years ago where someone demonstrated a
    green screen software (???).
     

     
    Thanks
     
    Eamon
     

     

     

     
     
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    Karin <karinw...@gmail.com> Sep 19 04:37AM -0700  

    Hi Eamon,
     
    Here is a a PDF of the TY-TV Manual that is referred to on that website. It
    is also available online at
     
    www.scoilnet.ie/genpdf.aspx?id=9353
    Regards,
    Karin Whooley
     
     
    On Monday, 19 August 2013 13:17:54 UTC+1, Edward Kelly wrote:

     

    Edward Kelly <educati...@hotmail.com> Sep 19 05:44PM +0100  

    Thanks Karin for pdf/link. It'll be a great help.Thanks Tom also.Eamon
     
    Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 04:37:05 -0700
    From: karinw...@gmail.com
    To: cesi...@googlegroups.com
    Subject: [CESI List] Re: School TV
     
    Hi Eamon,
     
    Here is a a PDF of the TY-TV Manual that is referred to on that website. It is also available online at
     
    www.scoilnet.ie/genpdf.aspx?id=9353
     
    Regards,
    Karin Whooley
     
     
    On Monday, 19 August 2013 13:17:54 UTC+1, Edward Kelly wrote:
     
     
    HiI am doing a "school tv" with a group of 20 +/- secondary school students - starting in September. We will have 2 hours to work on it every Wednesday and will hopefully produce 5-10 minutes video which will be accessible on the school website. ICT is compulsory in the school so students are quite computer literate and cover digital storytelling, website design, scratch and EDCL-like stuff. We will also have ipads from this September.
    I would be interesting in any ideas/suggestions people might have i.e. things that might/have worked, software, links to school websites etc. I remember a CESI workshop a few years ago where someone demonstrated a green screen software (???).
    ThanksEamon
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
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    Niall Cunningham <niallgcu...@gmail.com> Sep 19 12:03PM +0100  

    Do any CESI friends know where I can purchase a replacement motherboard for
    a HP Printer laserjet 100 color MFP M175a? Thanks in advance!

     

    Íde ONeill <ideo...@eircom.net> Sep 18 08:49AM +0100  

    Hi guys
     
    Can anyone recommend software that can be used to isolate an individual in a video file i.e.: isolate an individual by circling them.
     
    I have looked at Camtasia, Active Presenter and Ezvid but as far as I could establish, once you insert the circle it remains for the remainder of the timeline.
     
    Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
     
    I would really appreciate any help on this.
     
    Many thanks
     
    Íde

     

    Cormac Cahill <cormac...@me.com> Sep 18 08:54AM +0100  

    If your just trying to highlight an individual for a brief moment maybe you could just do a quick zoom in and zoom out to them. Might not suit your purposes but could be the easiest thing to do.
     
    Cormac
     
    Seolta ó mo iPhone
     

     

    Cormac Cahill <cormac...@me.com> Sep 18 12:49PM +0100  

    You'd only be able to zoom into one at a time. If you wanted to highlight a few at the same time that wouldn't work so well. I'll ask around and see if anyone has any ideas.
    Cormac
     
    Seolta ó mo iPhone
     

     

    "Pádraig Ó Dubhaigh" <padraigo...@gmail.com> Sep 18 11:13PM +0100  

    Hi Íde
     
    this can be done in Final Cut Pro X on a Mac, afraid I don't know of a PC
    alternative for this.
     
    Good tutorial video here http://vimeo.com/29233416
     
    Pádraig

     

    Brian <brianc...@gmail.com> Sep 18 08:28PM +0100  

    Hi folks,
    Can anyone tell me why the air play button won't show on my
    iPad ? I'm trying to use it in conjunction with my interactive whiteboard .
    Thanks ,
    Brian
     
    Sent from my iPhone

     

    Hassan Dabbagh <hassan...@gmail.com> Sep 18 08:33PM +0100  

    Anytime that has happened to me it was because the iPad was sitting on the network correctly.
     
    Are you connected in school?
     
    Are you using school wifi?
     
    Is the Apple TV connected to the same network as the iPad ?
     
    Hassan Dabbagh
    087 9044716
     

     

    Brian <brianc...@gmail.com> Sep 18 08:47PM +0100  

    Hi folks,
    Thanks for the help.
    Yes am using school wifi and have reflector app installed. Just can't seem to get the AirPlay button up
    On my iPad.
    Regards,
    Brian
     
    Sent from my iPhone
     

     

    "Mary Linehan, IT Co-Ordinator" <mary.l...@midletoncollege.ie> Sep 18 08:52PM +0100  

    have you double clicked the home button and scroll to the left?
     
     
     

     

    Personal <jimre...@gmail.com> Sep 18 09:15PM +0100  

    I don't really use pcs but I was installing reflector on one today (windows 7 I think). It seemed to me after it was installed I had to open it twice to get it and he ipad to see each other. Also on the mac version of reflector there is an option to password protect it. I'm sure it's the same on windows??
     
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    Brian <brianc...@gmail.com> Sep 18 09:24PM +0100  

    Thanks to all for your help . Ill have a go Hassan and let you know how I get on.
    Regards,
    Brian
     
    Sent from my iPhone
     

     

    Hassan Dabbagh <hassan...@gmail.com> Sep 18 09:36PM +0100  

    :)
     
    Password protection is a must but I know that human nature being what it is means sometimes we always don't set up the passwords and if this is the case then devilment will follow ....
    Although reflector does get some great reviews, dare I say it..... , It's not the most stable app in the world so I agree completely, try opening it more then once.
     
    Hassan Dabbagh
    087 9044716
     

     

    Jim Redmond <jimre...@gmail.com> Sep 18 09:39PM +0100  

    Agreed, find it very dodgy sometimes. Bad wifi leads to awful Reflector.
    Having said that it's a good, quick and cheap alternative to Apple TV
     
     
     
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Anne McLoughlin

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Try Nessy Fingers.. Fun and easy. However, you need to monitor as they will cheat.  

Type to Learn is another programme which is great for older kids and is better for learning keys.  But as it's American, peripheral keys are not in the right place.

There is another called English Type ( I think) but I've never used it.
Anne McLoughlin

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Perhaps check out http://www.ninjatypers.com, they may have a group near you.
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