Welcome to the Back to School edition of our e-zine
by Siobhan Long
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September is a busy month for everyone: students, families, teachers, special needs assistants and lecturers. Here in Enable Ireland, we are acutely aware that technology is moving at a fast pace and that there are many developments which will be of interest to those involved in education. In this issue you can read about how students from Enable Ireland's school in Sandymount got to interview Gordon D'Arcy, how one student who is blind accessed her degree course with the help of AT, and how children's literacy development can be so practically supported through the use of AT. You can also read about digital schoolbags and the importance of choosing the right hardware to optimise access for students who use assistive technology.
Just before the summer holidays, we had the finals of this year's Community Design Challenge, where students from Dublin Institute of Technology's Product Design course and engineering students from Purdue University in the United States, collaborated with Expert AT Users to create new design concepts to meet everyday challenges. The winning design concept was the Eye Bowl, a bowling app for people who are vision impaired. You can check out this year's CDC here.
We are always seeking out contributors to our e-zine, so please do get in touch with Shirley Deakin (sdeakin@enableireland.ie) if you'd like to write a piece for our next edition. We'd love to hear from you!
We hope you will find this edition of our e-zine both interesting and informative.
Siobhan Long
Manager
National Assistive Technology Training Service, Enable Ireland
slong@enableireland.ie
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