Using and Developing Tech Solutions for Students with Disabilities – on the BETT stage in London (link to full lecture in post)

2, April 2019

In January (pretty cold for a Mediterranean girl like me) I traveled to London and presented at BETT, one of the biggest annual international conferences for technology in education. I presented on the main stage and the topic of my lecture…

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Making Costume Dreams Come True – 4.0

2, April 2019

What a tradition we have started! Beit Issie Shapiro just held their “Making Costume Dreams Come True” event for the fourth year in a row! We had about 30 participants this year, each a child with disabilities who uses some…

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ThisAbles – A Perfect Combination between Universal Design, Technology, Practicality, and IKEA.

26, March 2019

ThisAbles is a new initiative that provides 3D-printed solutions to make IKEA products accessible. Congratulations to IKEA, Access Israel, and Milbat NGO for this incredible and innovative project! So inspiring! To read more about the project click the link: IKEA’s…

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Eye Gaze and Head Tracking in iOS Devices

1, March 2019

As professionals working with children with complex disabilities, we have seen how eye gaze technology has changed the lives of many of our students. When severe physical limitations prevent successful or efficient use of touch screens or switch scanning, eye…

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Fun with Math Apps

22, January 2019

At the Beit Issie Shapiro School for Special Education, we are always looking for new ways to make the concepts and practice of math more relevant and engaging. Once a week, the occupational therapists and the teachers work together to…

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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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