The Bulletin 2008
(Fortnightly newsletter of the 'Statewide Vision Resource Centre')
- Professional Development: SVRC PD activities, ICEVI Conference, Round Table Conference, SPEVI Conference, Albinism Conference, Teacher Study Days, Australian Blindness Forum & What is NULM?
- Recreation, Camps and Activities: Braille Window Project, Premier’s Reading Challenge, Tandem Bike, Priscilla, Rowing, Sailing, Future Recreational Activities, Parenting with a VI, BCA DeafBlind Meeting
- Feature Article: Water Skiing for People who are Blind or have a Vision Impairment
- Access Technology: MS Reader – Voice Output with Highlighted Text
- News: Learn Braille in Southern, Brailling Aide Needed, Staff & Student News, SVRC Staff List
- Professional Development: SVRC PD for Term 1, Report on VT PD Day, 2008 the Year to Learn Braille, SPEVI Victoria News, Museum of disAbility, Online Newsletter, Blind Climber
- Recreation and Activities: Recreation in Geelong and Bendigo, VA Residential Training Programs
- Feature Article: Some Advice for Students Entering Tertiary Study
- Access Technology: Direct Braille with Perky Duck, Audio Books Direct, Bierley Shopper
- News: Premier's Reading Challenge, Vacancy
- Professional Development: SVRC PD - Term 1 and 2, PD Preparation at the Renwick Centre North Rocks, Melbourne in April – ICEB / Round Table / Braille Window Project, Access Tech Workshop EXPOS, National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)
- Activities and Recreation (for students and/or parents): Space Camp 2008, Guide Dogs News, Gap Year, Art Workshops in the Brimbank Area, Blind Cricket, New Movie: The Black Balloon, Albinism Survey, Glaucoma Australia, NULM Parent Summit, National Parenting Group
- Access Technology: Spot Dot: Braille and Print on the Same Page!, ABF Recycled Equipment, Direct Braille with Quick Paw, Read Documents with your Mobile Phone
- Feature Article #1: Ten Top Tips for VTs
- Feature Article #2: Getting Ready to Work
- News: Handy Hints – Cutting/Pasting, Drawing in Dots – Stick Figures, Student Writing, Student News
- Provision of Materials in Alternative Format
- Professional Development: SVRC PD, RIDBC PD, David Hornsby/Debbie Sukarna Reading/Writing Workshops
- Access Technology: Preparing Etext for the BrailleNote, UEB Cheat Sheets, Making Reading from the Web Easier, Natty Notes Recorder
- Feature Article: What Research Tells Teachers About Vision Impairment and Bullying
- From the Field: Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge 2008, Self Esteem: A Case Study, Round Table News, VA Study Groups 2008, National Disability Awards, MD Week, International Guide Dog Day, Web Resource for Families, New Toy and Nursery Safety Line, Fashion and/or Makeup!, My Vision Works Art Exhibition
- News: SVRC News
- Professional Development: SVRC PD, Conference Snippets, Visiting Teacher Tool Kit, JVIB
- Access Technology: Freedom Scientific Invitation
- Feature Article: Touching Tales
- Recreation, Camps and Activities: Tandem Bike Ride to St.Kilda, Crafty Idea, Seven Marathons in Seven Days
- From the Field: Braille News, Bicentenary of Louis Braille’s Birth, Making Sense of Tactile Graphics
- News: SVRC News
- Professional Development: SVRC PD, Gene Therapy for Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis, Professional Learning at Renwick, Getting Things Done
- Access Technology: Free Audio Books, Customising the System Tray on Your Task Bar, Tactile Map Software
- Feature Article: Interview with Lee Kumutat
- Recreation, Camps and Activities: Cycling Paralympic Talent Search, Braille Music Camp,
- From the Field: Blind Citizens Australia Has Moved, Braille Teddy Bear, Plan now to celebrate 200 Years of Braille, For Sale
Recycled Equipment Website, Highlights from the Guide Dog's Get About Newsletter,- News: SVRC News
- Professional Development: SVRC PD, Friends of SPEVI, Further Studies in Vision Impairment
- Access Technology: VoiceOver Screen Reader, Enlarging Cursors in Apple Macs, UEB and BrailleNote
- Feature Article: Macintosh Accessibility Options for Vision Impaired Users
- Recreation, Camps and Activities: Space Camp 2008, Honour the Gift of Louis Braille, Tandem Bike Riding
- From the Field: Vision Kits
- News: SVRC News, Visiting Teacher Position
- Professional Development: Skill Power Workshops: 1.Using the Computer Without the Mouse 2.Zoomtext Enlarging Software and 3.TCalc Calculating Software, Learning Braille Music, Understanding the Basics of Braille
- Access Technology: iZoom, Electronic Magnifiers
- Feature Article: iZoom and iZoom2go
- Recreation, Camps and Activities: Camp Howqua, Braille Music Camp, Vision Loss Support Group
- From the Field: Susan Spungin’s Retirement, Call for Papers, ABC Book-Accessible for All, Hands-on Handwriting
- News: Positions for braille and etext transcibers, Free to a good home, SVRC News,
- Professional Development: PD Term 3,German Scientists Develop Bionic Eye, SPEVI Dates for your diaries
- Access Technology: Accessibility in Mathematics, TypeAbility:The Typing Program for the Blind, Mini PC
- Feature Article: Family Connect
- Recreation, Camps and Activities:School Holidays: Inclusive Recreation Respite Program, Art deco:1910-1939, Goalball, Adapted and Inclusive PE, Online Games, Play and Learn, Gimmick or Ambassadors for Blind People?
- From the Field: Cheap Spectacles Online, Premier’s Reading Challenge-Update, Braille Puzzle
- News: SVRC News
- Professional Development: PD Term 3, VTAC Information Sessions for Students With Disabilities, Practical Professional Development, Teacher Professional Leave, SPEVI News
- Access Technology: I.B.M. Software Enhances Web Accessibility for the Blind, Quantum Events
- Feature Article: First U.S. Coin with Braille
- Recreation, Camps and Activities: Car Camp 2008, Paralympic Talent Search Program, HREOC welcomes announcement to improve captioning and audio description for local cinemas
- From the Field: New Braille Resources, More Cheap Specs, Did you know? Nobody Knows Who Invented Spectacles
- News: SVRC News, Braille Puzzle Winner, Word of the Year
- Professional Development: Profiling Children with Vision Impairment: The Development of a Childhood Register of Vision Impairment in Australia, Event Reminder
- Access Technology: RoboBraille, Quick Tips for Internet Explorer 7, Exciting Offer from Publisher: Cengage Learning Australia, PM Gems Software.
- Feature Article: Australia Ratifies UN Disabilities Convention
- Recreation, Camps and Activities: Beijing Olympics: Educational Resources,When Blindness Is No Handicap
- From the Field: Professor Jill Keeffe OAM
- News: SVRC News
- Professional Development: Guide Dogs Victoria Upcoming Events, Renwick Courses
- Feature Article: Australian Paralympic Team Announced
- Teaching Ideas: Braille Game, Touchable Boxes, Sukudo Grid
- From the Field:Wombat Walkabout, A Teacher’s Resource for Autistic Disorder and Aspergers Disorder, Quality School Sunglasses,
- Recreation, Camps and Activities:Umpires Needed for Blind Cricket, Water Aerobics – Come and Try Day, Indoor Rock Climbing
- News: SVRC News
- Professional Development: PD and Activities Terms 3 and 4, SPEVI Day – October 6, 2008, Expo 2008, Martin Seligman workshop, New braille proficiency test
Access Technology:New shortcut keys in windows, On-line games for VI, Quantum Technology Training and Development Program- From the Field: Nominations of SPEVI Victorian Counsellors, New form for ordering alternative format materials from SVRC, On-line colour vision test, Braille business cards, Invitation to launch of new Guide Dogs DVD,
- Recreation, Camps and Activities:Support skills/residential training program try day, Tandem bike riding try day, Vision Loss Support Group
- News: SVRC News, Congratulations to Maryanne Diamond
- Professional Development: PD and Activities Terms 3 and 4,
- Access Technology: The EMU Book, Quantum Technology Scholarships: Braille Literacy Scholarship Program for 2008 – 2009, Quantum Technology & Freedom Scientific - JAWS Scholarship Program 2008, Quick Look, Calculator Game, Serotek Corporation , Vision Australia Further Education Bursaries,
- From the Field: BOMBs Away, New Games – Ideas for PE
- Recreation, Camps and Activities:Yarra Planting Festival 08, Chatter Books-September 1, 2008, Audio Book Review, Write On – Writing Competition
- News: SVRC Staff and StudentNews
- Professional Development: PD and Activities Term 4, PD 2009, Research on how to speak to children – slow down!
- Access Technology: What You Need Now – WYNN software from Quantum, Fun Talking Calculator, New Perkins Brailler
- From the Field: Report: Vision Loss Support Group Meeting, Swish on Saturday, BCA – State Convention, Good News for Orientation and Mobility, IJOM, Dickinson Literary Award, AAPVI-Parent Impact, Have you seen the new AAPVI Website?
- Recreation, Camps and Activities: Companion Card, Venue Access, Study Groups
- News: SVRC Staff and StudentNews
- Professional Development: PD and Activities Term 4, PD 2009, SPEVI, TVI-What are the indispensable skills and knowledge?
- Access Technology: Web Anywhere: Screen Reader for the Internet, Free Access Finder, Mobile Phones, Free Talking Books for Readers of All AgesFeature
- Article:Daisy Offers A Literacy Revolution
- From the Field: Thanks for your stories, Write On Competition Closes Soon
- Recreation, Camps and Activities: Stone Shaping Workshops, Made to Be Held Tactile Exhibition, Christmas Card Design, The 2008 Combined Vision Agencies Athletics Carnival, Dot Power
- News: My Work Placement, SVRC Staff and StudentNews, Requests start Rolling in for 2009
- Professional Development: Professional Development and Activities Term 4 2008, Professional Development 2009, SPEVI Day Report Monday October 6 2008, Book
- Review: Word in My Hands, Guided Braille Reading
- Access Technology: BrailleNote Demonstration Proficiency Certificate,Adaptive Equipment for Textiles
- Article: Inekards
- From the Field: My Child –New Website,Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH) Consulting, Guide Dogs Victoria Newsletter
- Recreation, Camps and Activities: Come And Try Water Skiing at Geelong, Sunday Pass, Variety Club Christmas Party, All Abilities Surfing for Girls, Write On!
- News: SVRC Staff and StudentNews
- Professional Development: Professional Development and Activities Term 4 2008, Getting in Touch With Literacy Conference,Vision Impairment Qualifications, Round Table Conference 2009-Call for Papers
- Access Technology: Expo of Access Technology for Vision Impaired, Touch Typing Software, The Family Centre on Technology and Disability
- Article:Trekker Breeze GPS Navigation
- From the Field: Guide Dogs Victoria Invitation for Visiting Teachers
- Recreation, Camps and Activities: Vision Australia Kickstart 2009, In The Driver’s Seat
- News: SVRC Staff and StudentNews, TVI Slam, Christmas Card
- Professional Development: Professional Learning and Activities Term 1 2009,
- Access Technology: Kayendee Reading/Writing Aid, Did You Know?
- Article:Echolalia
- From the Field: East Melbourne Optometrist & Low Vision Centre, Bag Books –tactile stories for people with learning disabilities
- Recreation, Camps and Activities: Vision Australia Client Representative Council,My Eye My Melbourne
- News: SVRC Staff and Student News, Competition Winners Announced, Variety Club Bike Recipient
- Professional Development: Professional Learning & Activities Term 1, 2009, PDI Website
- Access Technology: Our 2008 Access Technology Expo
- Feature Article: Of Web Pages and Navigation
- Recreation, Camps and Activities: VCE Forum for Students who are vision impaired, Come and Try Fishing Day, Blind Person’s Travel Pass, Audio Description, Student Writing, Parent Support Group Meeting
- From the Field: Program for Students with Disabilities – Equipment Grants for 2009, Vacancy, Louis Braille the Musical, East Melbourne Optometry & Low Vision
- News: Staff and Student News
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