The Nun who influenced most of the major reggae stars of the past 30 years or so

So we have booked our stand at BETT 2011.  Me and the team will be at stand SN 9 in the SEN section towards the back of  the Grand hall. Nice to be on the main floor and not up on the balconies  or side rooms. Last year we were right outside the SEN theatre [...]

Had a really fun afternoon yesterday visiting the HUB at Sandersons Wynd primary in Tranent. Greta atmosphere in the school and we are really pleased that they are keen to collaborate with Joy on her Erasmus placement.  Shirley Lawson has already blogged our visit and uploaded a really lovely video showing one of the pupils [...]

Skoog and trabasack – we try out the SKoog with trabasack and are pleased with the result!

Infinite Magazine runs a feature on Skoog.  The annual review of Edinburgh’s Research and Innovation department – ERI – is “bursting with ideas”  as the University innovation inot winning businesses.  Nice strap line on the Skoog article   – The Sound of Success, and “An innovative musical instrument is giving severely disabled children the chance [...]

Great site for all things accessible  Ableize !! The UK and Ireland’s largest and most viewed resource of disability mobility and special needs. Find disabled products, services, sports and holidays also the largest collection of disabled clubs, groups and charities in the UK. All this plus children’s and child care, education, wheelchairs and vehicles,  mobility [...]

Stumbled across this interesting article on ‘accessible’ music. The musicians way Talking more from a general standpoint and I think some good points are made.  There is nothing wrong with a good simple melody or composition.  As a performer it frees you up to concentrate on how you deliver it, to focus on expression and [...]

Last week  I visited Alan Martin down in Liverpool to take some photos and help out with a PHAB club meeting where he was demonstrating the Skoog to the club members.  It was a really fun evening and thanks to the enthusiasm of Alan and everyone who took part we got some really great photos. [...]

Just back from a good session at drake Scotland.  Fantastic studio they have there and great that Skoog is featuring as a resource. Met some more of the wider team there and did an hour or so’s orientation on the Skoog and the new Beta version of the Software.  One of the key things was [...]

John Galloway works as advisory teacher for ICT/SEN and inclusion in Tower Hamlets, London, and as a freelance writer and consultant.  He is the author of Harnessing Technology for Every Child Matters and Personalised Learning. This review first appeared on his blog.  He recently reviewed the Skoog for the inclusion section at Agent for change  - Love [...]

Ben and Skoog will be helping out on stand ICT 25 at  the 2010 SEN London Exhibition We will be there with our new distributor TAG on the Sherston Publishing/SEMRC stand So come along and say hi, and see whats new with Skoog.  We will be deomstrating the new MIDI option to the software.  Hope [...]

Hey hey hey everyone, check the new website. We now have a top tunes section, part of the learn pages, which has tunes, links to listen or buy the MP3′s and note files to download.  We will be uploading videos to show you how to play each one shortly.  We also hope you will start [...]

Ran across this school concert on youtube.  The use of simple repeating patterns to really engage and create a wonderful performance is really inspiring.  Will be working on a lesson plan for a similar structured, layered performance for Skoogs.  I think bringing in more opportunities for melodic variation within the rhythmic themes would be great [...]

Have been searching around the web for interesting things and was a bit perplexed that we didn’t pop up in searches for ‘new musical instrument’.  As that is exactly what the Skoog is, I thought I had better blog about it to try and get us noticed by people who are interested in finding out [...]

Skoog at the SLF 2010 a good time was had by all, Skoogmusic – accessible music, disability, technology.