Issue 1, 2nd February
2007
- Professional Development: SVRC PD activities for Term
I and Term II, Literacy Seminars for 2007, Carrie Smith Memorial Scholarships,
Advocacy Training, Deafblindness website, Call for Papers – 2007 Round
Table
- Camps and Activities: Athletics carnival & picnic
day, In the Driver’s Seat - 2007, MS Summer Cycle Event, Arts Access
– feedback requested, National Braille Music Camp, Come & Try
Tandem Bike Riding Day, Come & Try Bowls Day, Summer Snorkling Trip
to South Moll Island
- Braille: Braille maths in the new UEB - Cheat Sheet,
Duxbury and the new UEB, Quantum Braille Literacy Scholarship
- From the Field: Postal Concessions for the Blind
- News: Staff News
- Top
Issue 2, 16th
February 2007
- Professional Development: SVRC Annual Program, SVRC Activities
for Term I, Our PD Programs get off to a running start – Feb 12, And
on Feb 13, Vision Impairment Studies at Deakin, PD for Integration Aides,
Vision Australia: Braille Course, Education Seminars, Journal of Visual
Impairment & Blindness, Dec 2006
- Camps and Activities: Other SVRC Activities, GAP Activity
Projects, Arts Access, Melbourne Symphony – seating for VI, Guide
Dogs Victoria Open Day, Vision Australia Residential Training Programs
- Resources: LP Edition of Melway, DVDs with Audio Description,
VCE books in audio format, Kids and Posture
- News: Bicentennial of the birth of Louis Braille, Student
Speakers Wanted, Your Contact Details
- Top
Issue 3, 5th March 2007
- Professional Development: PD activities for Term I, Blind
Students PD Day: Report, Guide Dogs Open Day: Report, ABA Meetings, UEB
Primer Update, JVIB – February 2007
- Camps and Activities: Other SVRC Activities, Athletics
Carnival and Picnic Day, National Braille Music Camp, Wizard of Oz with
Audio Description
- Websites and Access Technology: Nystagmus.co.uk, New
Stargart’s website, New website for teaching VI students, Space Camp
MP3 files, Fusion - the New Electronic Magnifier
- Staff and Student News: Student Speakers Wanted, Student
News, Poem: My Appearance, Raising Money for the Elephants, VCE Exam Timetable
- Top
Issue 4, 16th March 2007
- Professional Development: PD Activities for Term I &
II, Report on a Very Busy PD day – March 15, Round Table Conference
– Adelaide
- Camps and Activities: Other SVRC Activities, Athletics
Carnival and Picnic Day, Goal Ball Players needed, Social Walk & Fishing
Day – April 3, Trip to Sand Sculpting at Rye – April 5, VA Study
Group – 21 March
- Access Technology: Accessing Schools’ Intranets
- From the Field: Air Travel with a Vision Impairment,
Stargardt’s Website (Correct Address), Braille Equals Equality
- News: LP Edition of Melway – Donation, Student
News
- Top
Issue 5, 30th March 2007
- Professional Development: PD activities for Term II -
2007, Developing Effective Spellers PD Day
- Camps and Activities: Education Week Activity –
Tuesday 8 May, Space Camp 2007, Sailing Adventures, Come and Try Bowls Day
– Bendigo, Email Group for Young People with Vision Impairments
- Access Technlogy: BrailleNote FAQ, GPS Offer
- News: Gillian Gale Retires, Visiting Teacher Available,
VT Request: Is anyone using Moon?, Please Return Perkins Braillers, Freebies
– Audio Tape Storage, Student News
- Top
Issue 6, 27th April 2007
- Professional Development: PD Activities for Term II -
2007, Special PD for VTs, Teaching Art, Reader’s Workshop, JVIB
- Camps and Activities: Athletics Carnival Day –
What FUN it was!!!, Education Week Activity, Space Camp 2007, Walk/Tandem/Dance,
Paralympic Talent Search
- VI & IT Resources: New: ‘Focus on LV’,
Braille Literacy, Early Learning Software, BN Update, “I Do Like It!”,
Keyboard Shortcuts for Bullets
- News and Hints: Free Directory Assistance, Avoiding Infection,
VTs Available, Student News
- Top
Issue 7, 11th May 2007
- Professional Development: SVRC PD Activities for Term
II, Special PD for VTs - Computer Skills, VT Conference, Website on Learning
Through Listening
- Camps and Activities: Education Week Activity –
report, Recreational Activities with Vision Australia - Outward Bound /
Tenpin Bowling / Square Dancing, Guide Dogs Victoria News, Vision Loss Support
Group Meeting – July 21
- News: Try a jim’s Dog Wash, Staff and Student News,
Thanks to European Eyewear
- Top
Issue 8, 25th May 2007
- Professional Development: PD Activities for Term II
– 2007, Other Activities, Report on PD Day – 15 May, Term 2
VT PD Day – June 1, Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea, PD Program
for 2008, SPEVI Get-Together – May 28, Another date for your diary!
- Camps and Recreation: Melbourne Social Group for VI,
Space Camp News
- Access Technology: Three Fantastic Scholarships from
Quantum, Online Bilingual Dictionaries
- Staff and Student News: Supportive School Recognition,
Staff & Student News
- Top
Issue 9, 8th June 2007
- Professional Development: PD Activities for Term II –
2007, SVRC Parent Support Group Meeting, Report on PD Day – June 1,
Report VT PD Day – June 1, Report on SPEVI Get-together – May
28, Next SPEVI Get-together: August 8, Focus on Writing – July 21
- Recreation and Activities: Ski Baw Baw, Tandem Bike Ride,
Paralympic Talent Search
- From the Field: AFB CareerConnect, JAWS Scholarship Program
2008, 2007 Braille Competition, Guide Dogs Victoria News, Vision Australia
Orthoptists
- News: Staff & Student News
- Top
Issue 10, 22nd June 2007
- Professional Development and Useful Information: PD
Activities for Term III – 2007, Resources for Supporting Multi-impaired
Students, Free Materials on Vision, Vision Related Dates, Guide to Australian
Eye Health Data
- Access Technology: Yay!!! HumanWare CCTV at SVRC, “Cheat
sheets”, “Reviews” and “Computer for Tips”
Windows, BrailleNote Revealed, Monty and UEB, WYNN Scholarship
- Recreation and Activities: Premier’s Reading Challenge
for VI Students, Parent Support Group, VI Social at Frankston Bowls, Guide
Dogs Victoria News, CMS – Up-coming Events, Fishing Day for Disabled,
Football for Blind Students, Swimming Survey – students with VI, Fundraising
Dinner Dance for VI TenPin Bowling
- Staff and Student News: Congratulations to Jill Keeffe
(OAM), Architect Appointed to Begin Renwick Centre Designs, Surplus SVRC
desks, A Handy Tip (Do Not Call Register)
- Top
Issue 11, 20th July 2007
- Professional Development: PD Activities for Term III
– 2007, Other PD Activities, Integration Aides who wish to Qualify
as Teachers, New Journal of O & M, Seminar on assessment of writing
& spelling, Discount membership ICEVI, Round Table 2007 Papers
- Access Technology: Yay! More Humanware Technology at
SVRC!, Even more accessible Google
- Recreation and Leisure: Joining the Chorus, Social Indoor
Bowls, Bocce & Ten Pin Bowling, Doubles Swish Tournaments, Asia Pacific
Essay Competition, Swimming classes for VI children
- From the Field: Note to VTs of Brailling students doing
AIMs, What is Inclusive Education?, Website for Troubled Youth, Book on
Asperger’s, Vision Australia School Enrolments, First Release of Census
Data on Disability, Prize for Innovations in Tactile Literacy, Audio music
courses for VI, (the new) Harry Potter in Braille
- Staff and Student News: SVRC Knitting for Charity, News
- Top
Issue 12, 3rd August 2007
- Professional Development: PD Activities for Term III
– 2007, Leisure Expo for Disabled
- Events and Activities: Dictionary Detective Day, Report
on Support Group Meeting with James Elder, It’s University Open Day
Time, Sports Carnival in Adelaide
- From the Field: Guide Dogs Victoria News, Scholarships
for Tertiary Studies in 2008, Ordering Reading Stands, Book Downloads
- News: GDV Morning Tea, Aide with Braille Skills Needed,
Staff & Student News
- Top
Issue 13, 17th August 2007
- Professional Development: PD for Term 3, Report on 8th
August PD Day at SVRC, Report on 8th August SPEVI Gathering, Braille Literacy
Workshop, Reading Non-fiction Seminar, JVIB June 2007
- Camps and Activities: Dictionary Detective Day, Driving
Camp, Congress in Spain 2008, Great Victorian Bike Ride 2007, Bird Watching,
Ski Trip, “Social Life” in Southern Region, Report on Guide
Dogs for Teenagers Program, GDV Sydney Program - closing date 31 August,
Braille Fun Day in Southern Region
- Access Technology: Vision Australia Further Education
Bursary - closing date 29th October, Adaptive Technology News & Review
Website, Jackson Models, Tips for Buying Laptops and Other Technology
- From the Field: RIDBC Teleschool, Sports/Fitness and
Blindness, Resources for Siblings
- News: Reading Stand For Sale, Staff and Student News
- Top
Issue 14, 31st August 2007
- Professional Development: SVRC PD for Term 3 and 4, SPEVI
Day, Vision 2008 – Conference in Montréal, AASE Conference
Program
- Activities and Recreation: Camps and Activities Reports
- Expo and Try a Career Day, Dictionary Detective Day, Swish Reminder, Marathon
Running, Mad about Harry?, Guide Dogs ‘a day in the life’, Blind
Cricket – Sept 1, Tandem Bike Ride – Sept 12, Discover Dancing
– Oct 10, Possible Chess Club for People with Vision Impairments,
Leisure Expo – Oct 18, Disability Discrimination Act - Your Rights
and Responsibilities
- Access Technology: Mountbatten now with Music, Technology
Tips, Website on Access technology
- Feature Article: Continuing Professional Education:
Some Principles to Guide the Road Ahead - Article by Sharon Lachmund and
Mike Steer
- News: Staff and Student News, Volunteer Needed: Are you
crafty?, Our new sign!
- Top
Issue 15, 14th September
2007
- Professional Development: SVRC PD for Term 4, SPEVI Day
Program, Results of Research: the IVI_C, Round Table 2008 Call for Papers,
NDS Children’s Conference, Parents Victoria Online Conference 2007,
It’s Vision Time
- Recreation and Activities: Report on Dictionary Detective
Day, Blind Cricket for Juniors, Vision Australia: Support Skills Program
/ Residential Training Program Try Day 2007
- From the Field: Hear A Book Integrates with VA, Australian
Aid Resource and Training Guide, Need help to get into Melbourne Uni?
- Staff and Student News: Braille in the Community Competition,
Invitation for Book Launch: “Look Out Marcus!”, Does anyone
have a spare Mimio?, News, Christmas Morning Tea Invitation
- Top
Issue 16, 12th October 2007
- Professional Development: SVRC PD Activities for Term
IV – 2007, Report SPEVI Day 2007, Open days @ IEdirections, Grad Dip
in O&M, Every Child Matters Conference
- Camps and Activities: Happy Camping (Skiing/Tobogganing
etc etc) at Mt Baw Baw, Driving Camp, Richmond Glaucoma Meeting, VA Study
Group, National Youth Roundtable 2008, Paralympics Talent Search
- Access Technology: Alternative Format Production : Or
“Creating Accessible Information”, Tracking and Scanning in
LP & Braille, Talking PowerPoint, Screen Magnifier for the Web
- News: Alternative Format for 2008, Seven Ways to Succeed
in Exams, Car Reversing Alarm, Hearing Check by Phone, Staff and Student
News
- Top
Issue 17, 26th October 2007
- Professional Development: PD Activities for Term IV –
2007, Travel Training Day, ABA Meeting
- Camps and Activities: Driving Camp, Try Day / Support
Skills, Swimming Carnival (& p 8-13), Accessible Movie (Sydney)
- Access Technology: Free Switch Games, Free Screen Magnification,
Virtual Magnifying Glass, Quantum Scholarship, Backpack for Laptops, Free
Etext
- From the Field: GDV News, Copyright Amendments
- Staff and Student News: Xmas Morning Tea, Xmas Card Competition,
Brailling Aides Needed, Braille Pen-Pal Wanted, News
Top
Issue 18, 9th November 2007
- Professional Development: SVRC PD 2007, SVRC PD 2008,
DeafBlindness PD
- Camps and Recreation: Driving Camp 2007, Space Camp 2008,
Paralympic Talent Search, Swimming Carnival
- Access Technology: tinySpell, Maths in High School, Heinemann
Australian eDictionary, Free Old Technology
- From the Field: Disability Related Website, Look Out
Marcus!, Assisting Students in Mainstream Classrooms, Students Need Sleep,
Vision Information Brochures, Proposal to Eradicate Avoidable Blindness
in Asia-Pacific, Asia-Pacific Photo Competition
- Staff and Student News: News, Drawing in Dots: Sailboat,
Resources for Brailling Preppies
Top
Issue 19, 23rd November 2007
- Professional Development: PD 2007, Access Technology:
VisionTech Updated, BrailleNote (Visual Display & JAWS in Braille, Quick
Tac – Free Software, Accessing the Black/White Board, NVDA –
Free Screen Reader for PC, KeyVoice – Voices Keystrokes, Emprint Spot
Dot, BrailleNote Transplant, Source Forge – Office Files to DAISY
- From the Field: ‘You Don’t Have To’,
Listening Skills for Students, IDEAS New Disability Website, Accessible
Communications – Workplace Guide, Kath & Kim Audio Described
- News: Changes at the SVRC, Vacancy in Alice Springs,
Braille in the Community Competition, Christmas Card Picture Design, Interactive
Smart Globe, Drawing in Dots – A Christmas Tree, Borrowing Lists,
Student Results
- Top
Issue 20, 7th December 2007
- Professional Development: SVRC PD 2008, Our 2007 Access
Technology Expo – Report, Alternative Format Conference, Braille Conference,
Presentations on the Humanware Website
- Access Technology: SVRC Etext Production 2007, New Access
Technology at SVRC, Equipment Grants 2008, i-access Online Launched, BN
Tip: Ethernet Card, QT: Free Memory Stick Offer, accessED – WC3 Conformance
- Feature Article: Echolocation – An Exciting O&M
Skill
- Staff and Student News: VAPVI News, Famous People who
have Vision Impairments, Student Meets Bachar Houli, Student Writing, Student
Scholarships, Work Experience Wanted, Learn Braille on the Peninsula, Students
in the News, VCE 2008
- Top
Issue 21, 14th December 2007
- Professional Development: PD 2008
- Camps and Activities: Braille Week, Driving Camp 2007/2008,
Kick Start
- Feature Article: Making It! Successful Transition Competencies
for Youth with Visual Disabilities by Dr. Karen Wolffe, Career Counseling
& Consultation
- Access Technology: Free Magnifying Glass for PC, LibriVox,
Practise Your Braille Over the Holidays – Use DBT Translator Demo
- Staff and Student News: Assignment in Vietnam, Returns
and Orders, News
- Top