The Bulletin 2005
(Fortnightly newsletter of the 'Statewide Vision Resource Centre')
- Professional Development: SVRC Professional Development 2005, SVRC PD Costings, SPEVI Conference: Some Feedback, Round Table Conference 2005 – Information and Call for Papers, Unified English Braille Code Workshop, ABA Meetings 2005, RVIB College Courses, CVI Webcast Series with Dr Hyvarinen, JVIB – January 2005
- Camps and Activities: Variety’s Annual Teddy Bear’s Picnic, Report: Great Victorian Bike Ride 2004, GDV Events and Report on Sydney Trip
- Adaptive Technology: Launch of Adaptive Technology Room at Coburg Library, Brailliant Braille Displays, Product Review: Premier CD/DVD Creator, BrailleNote: How it’s Helping One Family
- Staff and Student News: In the News - Bry describes what it’s like to have albinism, SVRC Holiday Production
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- Professional Development: PD Program 2005, Term 1 VT Day, SPEVI Conference: Some More Feedback, Renwick Course, Induction for New Special Educators, UEBC Workshop, JVIB
- Adaptive Technology: Shareware/Freeware/Demos, ReadPlease, BITs, BrailleNote Discount, Armadillo Army: Vision Training Maze Game, PIA: Braille and Print in the Same Document
- Camps and Recreation: ‘New Vision Camp’ Report, TRAC Music Camp
- Vision Impairment: Macular Degeneration Info Days, Vision Simulation Site, Vision Study, Magnifying Pendants, Bioptic Driving
- Resources: English & Literature Resources, DE&T Communications
- Feature Article: Competencies for VI Specialist Teachers
- News: Loss of VI Leaders, Student News, For Sale, Vacancy, Thanks, Strange but True…
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- Professional Development: SVRC PD, SPEVI Conference Report by Marion Blazé, SPEVI Membership Drive (and there's something in it for you!!!), RVIB College: Upcoming Courses
- Courses, Camps and Activities: RVIB College Study Group, Guide Dogs News
- Assistive Technology: In the Spotlight: Vision Technology Website, Computer Access – Improved Access to the Windows Environment, Using Acrobat Reader, Can JAWS Indicate Bold, Italics, Hyperlink etc?, Braille Cheat Sheet: Use Monty, New Prices for Taylormade Reading Stands
- Feature Article: BiTS: Hats of to the Crow-Eaters: The Library of the Future is on the Way – article by Mike Steer
- News: Wanted
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- Professional Development: SVRC Professional Development - term 1 & 2, O&M: New PD for VTs
- Camps and Recreation: No SCORE for SCORE, SCORE 2004, The Guide Dog: Out and About, City Life Holiday Program
- Assistive Technology: Laptop Ergonomics, Natural Voice, Second Hand Computers, AccessAudio, Telstra’s Disability Equipment, E-Text Tips: French on your Computer
- Senior and Post-School Students: VCE & Careers EXPO, Graduate Recruitment
- Feature Article: Managing Diverse Needs in the Classroom
- Books from the Field: Voices in Disability, History of RVIB
- Braille: Pre-Reading Activities for Blind Pre-Schoolers, Contracted v Uncontracted Braille
- News: 'My Parents are Blind', Eye Facts: Strange but True, Student Writing, Staff and Student News
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- Professional Development: PD for 2005, Hector Maclean on ‘Nystagmus’ – Notes by Marion Blazé, Round Table Conference – Sydney, May 2005, O&M for VTs, JVIB
- Assistive Technology: Pulse Data and Visuaide Merge, New Product: Maestro, Laptop Workstation, Information Access
- Camps and Activities: Space Camp Report 2004 – and SPACE CAMP 2005 EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST!!!, Space Camp Reunion
- Feature Article: UEB in a Nutshell (that’s Unified English Braille)
- For Secondary Students: RVIB Study Group (April), Interactive Book for Unwell Teens,
- News: VI Vacancy in the NT, Staff and Student News, Strange but (Apparently) True
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- Professional Development: PD for 2005, SVRC Open Day – “What a Lot a Dot Can Do!”, Round Table Conference, JVIB
- For Parents: Low Vision Parent Support Group, Australian Association of Parents of the Vision Impaired (AAPVI) Press Release
- Braille: Unified English Braille, Fun with Braille
- Adaptive Technology: Keyboard Access Tips, Maths ListServ, New ‘Hear a Book’ Website
- Senior Students: VCE Timetable
- Space Camp: Reunion AND Where are they Now?
- News: Staff & Student News, For Sale
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- Professional Development: PD for 2005, JVIB
- Camps and Recreation: Space Camp 2005, Guide Dogs News
- Feature Article: Useful Careers Websites - compiled by Erin Shale
- From the Field: Macular Degeneration Website, Blind Readers' Page, Book Review: Beyond the Red Door
- Staff and Student News: Positions Vacant at SVRC and Eastern Region, Research into the Teaching Profession, Ode to the Spell Checker, Student Writing, News
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- Professional Development: PD for 2005
- Camps and Activities: Camps/Activities 2005, ‘What A Lot A Dot Can Do!’ Day – Some photographic reflections, Winter’s Almost Upon Us … Time to Think Snow – RVIB Ski Lodge
- Feature Article 1: Using ICT (Information and Communication Technology) to Develop Literacy Skills with Students who have Complex Learning Difficulties
- Feature Article 2: Getting a Head Start for Year 12: How to Investigate Careers, Courses and Study More Effectively – article by Erin Shale
- From the Field: Europe: Medicine Labels to Include Braille, New Braille Music E-Group
- Staff and Student News: Integration Aide Seeks Work, News
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- Professional Development: SVRC PD for term 2 & 3 2005, ICEVI Conference Scholarship, Free Professional Development through the Hadley School for the Blind, Free Seminar: Supporting Students with a Print Disability
- From the Field: Australia Adopts Unified English Braille, GDV Free Education Kit
- Camps and Activities: SVRC Vision Loss Support Group Report, Braille Games Day, Upcoming Activities at RVIB, Soiree Musicale
- Assistive Technology: Switch Accessible Games, HumanWare, Low Cost Internet for People with Disabilities
- Feature Article: Careers News
- News: Position Vacant, Staff and Student News
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- Professional Development: PD for 2005, JVIB
- Camps and Activities: Braille Games Day, Great Victorian Bike Ride, Lion King Tickets, Uni & TAFE Open Days
- Student and Family Support: Parent Support Group, VAPVI and AAPVI Unpacked!, Website for VI Teens
- Assistive Technology: WordWeb – Free Dictionary for your Computer, Loading and Setting up a Large Cursor Scheme Using ‘XP’, Fun & Learning Weblinks, eBooks for Beginners, Computers for Disadvantaged, TTAPS on S4E, JAWS and Tables, Tiresias Website, English-Chinese (& Japanese) Dictionary, Tatrapoint
- From the Field: Station Accessibility, Interruption to Everest Climb
- News: Braille in the Community Competition, Limericks, RVIB Vacancy, Large Print for the Whole Class, Student Art, Staff and Student News
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Issue 12, 3rd August 2005
- SVRC Professional Development & Events: PD for 2005, Braille Games Day, Support Group, Space Camp 2005
- Other Professional Development: Braille Literacy Workshop, Deafblind International Conference, ICEVI Conference, Understanding VTAC Application Process, Defining Career Pathways
- Workshops for Students: VTAC Information Sessions for Students, RVIB Study Group
- Feature Article: Specialist Teacher (VI): A Great Job, But Are You Happy at Work?
- Assistive Technology: Adobe Acrobat Key Commands, PAC Mate, BrailleNote
- From the Field: Harry Potter Fever, Disability Funding, Now Name for RBS.RVIB.VAF, GDV CMS News, BCA Trivia Night, Donations for the Solomons
- News: Positions Vacant, ‘Braille in the Community’ Competition, Staff and Student News
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- Professional Development: SVRC PD and Other Events for 2005
- Camps and Activities: Space Camp 2005, Braille Games Day report – What fun we had!, The Games we Played – or 'how to adapt your own', Literacy & Numeracy Week Activity, Guide Dogs Programs – Terms II & IV 2005
- Staff and Student News: Congrats to July VCE Achiever Award Winner, Staff News
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- Professional Development: SVRC PD and Events for 2005, Tactual Graphics Workshop Report, VT PD Day Term 3 Report, Low Vision Parent Support Group Term 3 Report, GDV Forum re Students with Multiple Impairments, Overseas Aid and Development Workshop
- Feature Article: Towards Greater Social Competence: Social Autopsy as a Tool for the VT
- Assistive Technology: Picking DAISY, GTCalc
- Scholarships: Opportunity Scholarship, Freedom Scientific / Quantum Technology Scholarship (Win JAWS)
- From the Field: Brooke Fox’s New Music CD, For Taxpayers with VI, BJVI: Call for Articles, Donation of Braille and CD Books to Sri Lanka, Braille Music
- For Students: RVIB Study Group, GVBR 2005
- Staff and Student News: Reimbursement for Private Car Usage, Braille in the Community Comp, News
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- Professional Development: SVRC PD for 2005, Software for Students with Learning Disabilities Workshop, Transforming Disaiblity Conference, Window Eyes: Some Notes
- Events and Activities: National Literacy and Numeracy Activity Report and Pics, Upcoming SVRC/VT Activities, Driving Camp, Great Victorian Bike Ride, Personal Safety for Travellers Workshop, Ormond Hall Concert
- Education News: Disability Standards for Education, Victorian Essential Learning Standards, Language Disorder Program Handbook 2006
- From the Field: Round Table Website Members Section, CERA New Study Update, Quantum Technology / Freedom Scientific Scholarship, JSPEVI, Mimio Sales, Braille Maths Cheat Sheets
- SVRC News: Braille in the Community Competition, Student News
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- Professional Development: SVRC PD for 2005, SVRC Events for 2006 (including Term Dates for 2006), Adaptive Technology Conference
- Camps and Activities: SVRC Activities for Term 4, Driving Camp, EXCITE Camp, Support Skills / Residential Training Programs Try Day, VA Study Groups, Ten Pin Bowling Try Day, National Public Toilet Map
- Adaptive Technology: BrailleNote mPower BT32 or PacMate 40 - A Comparison (or click here for link to this page), PDF in High Contrast, What's New with Clicker 5
- Feature Article: A Hot Time in Braille Heaven
- Feature Checklist: Exam Supervision
- From the Field: VA Further Education Bursaries, VAVPI & AAPVI News, GDV News
- News: Staff and Student News
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- Professional Development and Upcoming Events: SVRC PD for 2005, Upcoming Events, EXPO
- Camps and Activities: EXPO, Aurora Grand Opening, “Stepping Out” Camp, VIPA Christmas Night Out, Southern Cross Games, 2005 Space Camp Reunion Celebrates
- From the Field: SPEVI News, JVIB, Assessment of Reading P-2
- Assistive Technology: DAISY News, New Pocket-Size Braille System, New Mountbatten Website
- Feature: Keeping Friends
- News: SVRC ‘Braille in the Community’ Competition – And the Winners Are…, Staff and Student News, Booklists - WE NEED THEM NOW!!!
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- Professional Development: SVRC PD for 2005
- Camps and Activities: Upcoming Events, Social & Community Awareness, Great Vic Bike Ride, Circus Skills
- From the Field: School for the Blind Resources, Developing a Career Plan and Looking for Work Website, South African Stamp, New Aussie Vision Website
- Play: The 12 Features of Play, Adapting Games for Blind Children
- Feature Article: A Boa in my Brailler
- News: Staff and Student News
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- Professional Development: SVRC PD for 2005, Round Table Conference 2006 – Call for Papers
- Camps and Activities: Circus Skills Day, Social and Community Awareness Training Day, Skill Power, Camps/Activities Fundraiser, Disability Fliers
- Assistive Technology: Quantum Technology / Freedom Scientific Scholarship Winners, Talking Games
- Staff and Student News: News, Vacancy in the NT, Brailling Aide Available in 2006, Student Work: The Sleepover, A Big Thank You!
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- Professional Development: SVRC PD for 2005 and 2006, New book for people with VI
- Camps and Activities: End of a Mad Mad (but Great) Week, Skill Power Program Ends, Driving Camp 2005 and 2006
- Workshops and Training: Workshop: At Home in the Shed, Kickstart 2006
- From the Field: VAPVI AGM - President’s Report, Round Table 2006 Call for Papers
- From the SVRC: Christmas comes to the Resource Centre, Students in Year 12 in 2006, Vacancies at Statewide Resource Centre
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