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Andrew Cumming

Supporting Forest School activities with Clicker

16th January 2019
by Andrew Cumming

Using Clicker outside of the traditional classroom to enhance students' learning and understanding of their local environment.

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Phil Hackett

A quick peek at Clicker 7 Arabic

9th January 2019
by Phil Hackett

A quick peak at some of the key features of the new Clicker 7 Arabic.

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Tania Johnston

Clicker Board and Sequencing

2nd January 2019
by Tania Johnston

I have created a short video to show how the Build a Snowman Sequencing set can be extended to support instruction writing, making use of the great features in Clicker Board.

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Alex Willcox

Clicker in the Caribbean

17th December 2018
by Alex Willcox

The Dunnottar School and Vocational Centre in Castries caters for over one-hundred students with special educational needs. For the past six years, Kate McKay has been volunteering a month at a time at the school as well as helping to raise funds for them. In a first for the Caribbean, Kate introduced Clicker to their classroom and it has made an immense difference to the students’ writing and self-esteem.

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Andrew Cumming

How would I use Clicker in my classroom?

13th December 2018
by Andrew Cumming

As teachers, we all want to know the answer to the question, “Will it work for me?”

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Phil Hackett

Mada Assistive Technology Center officially launched Clicker 7 Arabic at an event on the 7th November 2018.

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carol-allen

As we move towards a greater understanding of the effects that anxiety can have on our physiological, psychological and social well-being, we see that many of the ‘difficult’ behaviours experienced in a busy classroom can have the same origin.

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Ben Tookey

Clicker 7 Release 9

5th December 2018
by Ben Tookey

Clicker 7 Release 9 is now available to download in our Support section.

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Tania Johnston

Christmas literacy focus

28th November 2018
by Tania Johnston

Using seasonal or topical themes can be a fun way to reinforce important literacy objectives.

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Gemma Dean

Labelling activities using Clicker Board

21st November 2018
by Gemma Dean

At a recent Clicker training session with a school, the staff and I were discussing labelling activities, and I showed them how you could create these using Clicker Board.

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Ben Tookey

Craig joins the Support Team!

14th November 2018
by Ben Tookey

We are pleased to welcome Craig Whittington to the Crick Software Support Team.

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Phil Hackett

Earlier this year we announced the release of a full Arabic translation of our award-winning literacy software - Clicker 7...

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Marcus Dux

Learning about Rosa Parks

2nd November 2018
by Marcus Dux

I really enjoyed last week’s episode of Doctor Who, which celebrated the story of Rosa Parks and her impact on the civil rights movement in the US.

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catherine jell

Exam success with DocsPlus - Al Bateen Academy

31st October 2018
by Catherine Jell

Recently, we spoke to Rachel Hinds, Head of Inclusion at Al Bateen Academy in Abu Dhabi. When she moved from teaching primary to teaching secondary, Rachel was looking for a more ‘grown up’ version of Clicker to support students with special needs and provide more affordable exam access arrangements.

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Joanne Gibbins

High-frequency words with Clicker

24th October 2018
by Jo Gibbins

It is really important that children learn how to read and spell the common words (often called high-frequency or sight words) that make up a large proportion of the words they will see and use most often in their everyday reading and writing...