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IssieBoard: A Virtual Keyboard with Customizable Options – New updates: a third language, and diacritics (nikud or “vowels”) for Hebrew and Arabic!

23, December 2018

Typing on a virtual keyboard can be challenging for many people, an issue we experienced first-hand in our work at the Special Education School at Beit Issie Shapiro. When the incredible developers at SAP Labs, Israel, approached us for ideas…

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IssieDice: How do YOU play?

20, November 2018

Have you heard about IssieDice? It’s a customizable dice app created by the Technology Center at Beit Issie Shapiro and SAP Labs, Israel. You can read more about the app and how to create your own dice on our blog…

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Dreidelit: A new app just in time for Chanukah!

13, November 2018

Excited for Chanukah and dreidel games? Do you know someone who has trouble spinning a dreidel? If so, the app Dreidelit is for you! We at The Technology Center of Beit Issie Shapiro, are very excited to introduce you to our new app, Dreidelit,…

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iOS 12 for the iPad…what’s new? What’s changed?

8, October 2018

Apple just released iOS 12 and typically those of us with older devices get apprehensive with each new iOS release, worrying that our devices may continue to decline in their performance, but it seems with iOS 12 this will not…

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IssieCalc – A Customizable Calculator for all

16, September 2018

We’re very proud to introduce the next app in our series developed together with our partners from SAP Labs, Israel, IssieCalc: a customizable calculator. We’ve followed the principles of inclusive design to create an app that would be useable and…

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Eye Gaze: Introducing Computer Control to Young Children

31, July 2018

At Beit Issie Shapiro, we have many students using eye gaze systems, both in our Early Intervention program and at our School for Special Education. For most of them, much of their use is through the Grid3 software, for purposes…

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2Talk: New and Improved :)

24, July 2018

We are very excited to share that 2Talk, our app for creating communication boards, has been updated and redesigned, and is now available in both the App Store and Google Play. The app is great for users just beginning their…

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Posted in AAC

Sphero SPRK+: Play and Education in the Technology Era

3, July 2018

As technology rapidly advances, it brings with it many interesting innovations, including new varieties of robots. The SPRK+, by Sphero, is a great example of  fun toy, that’s easy to use, making it a great option for children and adults…

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Our New Blog!

14, May 2018

The Technology Center at Beit Issie Shapiro is very proud and excited to share our new updated blog! Among the upgrades and updates, our biggest news is that our blog is now available in Arabic!! From today, all the news…

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Four (+1) Activities for Passover

30, April 2018

Passover is right around the corner and that holiday spirit can already be felt through the school halls. Classrooms are busy cleaning, learning about holiday concepts and some have already had their mock Seders. In preparing for and celebrating Passover…

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