Present Pal Blog: Tips, Stories, and Insights for Confident Presenting
What is your learning style?
Everyone’s learning style is different and, especially when you have a disability or are neurodivergent, finding the best ways that you learn is crucial for meeting your needs in your educational development. So before you get started with your presentation, it’s important to find out which learning model suits you best, to alleviate some anxiety and give you the best chances of presentation success.
Present Pal has arrived!
Today, we’re excited to announce Present Pal V3 — an app to help individuals excel in communication tasks in education, the workplace and beyond. Present Pal has been rebuilt from the ground up to make it even easier for our users to create their notes, rehearse their content and present it confidently.
5 tips from a student for successful remote learning
Hello! My name is Aurelija and I am the Content and Communications Coordinator here at Present Pal. I’m also a final year student at the University of Glasgow where I study Portuguese language and Business & Management. I’m here today to share my top student tips for distance learning. I hope these tips for studying will help you feel more prepared, motivated, and ready to take on Spring Semester with confidence!
A Year With Present Pal: 2020 Wrapped Up
As the year comes to a close we’d like to reflect together on the successes and challenges that 2020 brought to our team. In this blog post, we want to invite you to take a trip down memory lane with us and look back at the biggest milestones of 2020, encourage you to grab a warm drink and enjoy the Christmas Ad that the whole team created and see what’s on our recommended holiday season watchlist!
Online DSA Assessments, UDL and Equity
Are you a DSA Assessor interested in UDL? How can you incorporate UDL into online assessments? Read on to find out! #UDL #DSA #EquityinTech #RemoteLearning
Virtually Back to School: Parents and IEPs
Does your child have an IEP? This week we’re helping parents navigate remote learning this semester! Read on to find out how Present Pal can help #UDL #IEP #Accessibility #RemoteLearning
Remote learning series
Wondering how to navigate presentations in a remote setting? 🤨 Check out our new remote learning blog series! This week our tips are for #Educators navigating the remote classroom! #UDL #RemoteLearning
Note Creation: Everything You Need to Know
Present Pal has come a long way from Chris’ original creation to combat presentation anxiety. Developed due to a real-life challenge he experienced at university for which there was no support available, the app is continuing to help individuals create, rehearse and present. Our team has grown and so has the app! The Present Pal team are delighted to offer you ‘Present Pal 3.0’ which is now available on the App Store and Google Play.
What is World Autism Awareness Week and how can you support it?
This year for World Autism Awareness Week we want to help raise the awareness of autism and employment. We spoke with a charity called Project Search to learn more about how they are helping individuals with autism get into employment.
Let's Celebrate World Braille Day!
For World Braille Day we spoke with Jonathan Attenborough (no relation to David but just as awesome!) to get his perspective on Braille, why it’s so important and how it has adapted with the use and creation of Assistive Technology.