About

The ideas for the software on this site are Philip Whittaker's. He was ICT Support Teacher for Inclusion in the Scottish Borders. Now retired, he was the chairman of the Doorway Accessible Software Trust that managed this site and developed new activities for it.

Doorway has since been transfered over to CALL Scotland at the University of Edinburgh.

The original Doorway activities were first implemented on Acorn RISC OS Computers in the early 1990s by Andrew Burt and Philip Whittaker, using the Doorway Multimedia development system created by Roger Spooner and Andrew Burt.

Thanks

Philip Whittaker

Thanks to Philip for the software ideas on this site. He was ICT Support Teacher for Inclusion in the Scottish Borders. Now retired, he was the chairman of the Doorway Accessible Software Trust that managed this site and developed new activities for it. Tireless work for many years which is greatly appreciated.

Individual Donations

We are grateful to:

• Colleagues of Eileen McCormack of Rugby who died on the 13th April, 2013, for a donation in her memory.
• The Watson Family of Birgham, Berwickshire.

Donations by Schools

Prospect Bank School, Edinburgh.

Fundraisers

Thanks to Sharon Montgomery, 10k fundraising run in May 2012.

Charitable Trusts

We are grateful to The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust for funding the development of these activities: Odd and Even; Single Handed Typing; Text Type 2; Moving Targets and Addition and Subtraction.

The Robertson Trust and the Agnes Hunter Trust have jointly funded 'Doorway Supermarket'.

Charity Begins at Home (Kelso)

We would like to thank Charity Begins at home for their grant to cover seeding costs for the development of Doorway Supermarket.

Scottish Councils

We would like to thanks these Scottish Councils for supporting the development of new activities:

• Aberdeenshire Council
• Aberdeen City Council
• Argyll and Bute Council
• City of Edinburgh Council
• Dumfries and Galloway Council
• East Dunbartonshire Council
• Falkirk Council
• Fife Council
• Glasgow City Council
• Highland Council
• North Lanarkshire Council
• Scottish Borders Council

The Scottish Sensory Centre

The Scottish Sensory Centre, Edinburgh University has given Doorway Online a grant towards the planned Text Type 3 which will be compatible with tablet computers.

Volunteers

We would like to thank volunteers for their help:

• Vicki Logan, Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Scottish Borders, for help with the design of the Text Type activities for VI learners, and for being the voice of that and other activities.
• Rachel Whittaker, Primary Teacher, Dundee, for her major contributions to the design of the activities, and for being the voice of the recent Doorway Activities.

Thomas Lee

Thomas is the multimedia designer responsible for creating the activities found on Doorway Online. While creating the activities, he has ensured that the images he designed were clear and easy to understand and that the user interface was attractive and intuitive. 

Doorway Multimedia

Thanks to Roger Spooner and Andrew Burt, the original developers of Doorway for Acorn RISC OS computer, for their permission to use the Doorway name and some of the concepts of the software.

Scottish Borders Council

Thanks to the following Scottish Borders Council staff for their encouragement and help with funding for the original Doorway Online activities: Maria Lucia MacConnachie, Additional Needs Manager; Marjorie Rae, Additional Needs Co-ordinator; Pat Nicholson and Keith Russell, headteachers; Douglas Angus, QIO; Jaqueline Garry, CPD Manager.