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Tania Johnston

Clicker Board and Sequencing

January 2, 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

December 17, 2018
by Alex Willcox

The Dunnottar School and Vocational Centre in Castries caters to over one hundred special education students. 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 one of their classrooms 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?

December 13, 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 of 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" behaviors experienced in a busy classroom can have the same origin.

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Ben Tookey

Clicker 7 Release 9

December 5, 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

November 28, 2018
by Tania Johnston

Using holiday themes can be a fun way to reinforce language arts objectives.

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Gemma Dean

Labeling activities using Clicker Board

November 21, 2018
by Gemma Dean

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

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Ben Tookey

Craig joins the Support Team!

November 14, 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

November 2, 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

October 31, 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 elementary school students to teaching middle and high schoolers, 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

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...

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Marcus Dux

I recently joined the Crick Software team as an Education Consultant, and now knowing all the products inside out, I’ve realized just how useful Clicker and DocsPlus would have been during my time in education!

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Ben Tookey

For writers with low vision, you can configure DocsPlus so that the following items are displayed in the same color scheme...