February / March 2003
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Editorial Feature
All Things Matt
By
Matthew Roberts and Matthew Wangeman
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This installment Matthew discusses a few Windows XP tips, while Matt adds his two cents about a program to help anyone that manages an assistive technology loan closet. Matt would like to offer his sincerest apologies to all the Mac users out there for not including Mac content in this article. It's just that the Windows users appear to need more help.
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Balanced literacy for emergent readers The fifth component to the four block model
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Diana Dix
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What is balanced literacy? Is it a textbook, a program, a philosophy or just whatever works? It's all of those things, but used in a way that is structured to meet the needs of the students in your classroom today. Research has shown that children learn to read in a variety of ways, and as instructors, we must touch all those ways each day in our classroom in order to move our students toward the goal of literate citizens. The Four Blocks Literacy Model is a constructivist framework for supporting learners reaching their goal as literate individuals.
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DISKoveries
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Joan Tanenhaus
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Special Needs
Thanks again to all the companies producing software for children and adults with Special Needs. Here are some of the recently published products:
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Portable computing - A whole new ball game!
By
Brian Friedlander
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Just when you thought that you were getting comfortable with the ins and outs of the AlphaSmart 3000, the AlphaSmart Company releases the Dana and everything is topsy turvy. For many years the venerable AlphaSmart 3000 served the needs of many students with handwriting and language-based difficulties and it did so in an elegant and simple-to-use manner. With the release of Dana the AlphaSmart Company is treading on new ground and is offering a portable computing device with a great deal of power and flexibility, but along with those features comes a steeper learning curve to harness the full power of the device.
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Reading difficulties in the general education classroom: A taxonomy of text modification strategies
By
Dave Edyburn
Product Feature
Learning together in real life contexts
By
Jackie Levin and Mary Sagstetter
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Special education students across the country are making news...literally...with The Star Reporter, a new assistive technology-based learning experience created by AbleNet Inc.
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Product Spotlight
The magic of speech
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Speech comes naturally to most children by the age of two years. Without developing language a child can become a social outcast, left alone or even bullied by other children. Children with speech delays and difficulties often just need a helping hand.
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Seat replacement maximizes comfort
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Altimate Medical Inc. introduces the new Roho Seat option for the EasyStand 5000, 5000 Youth, and 6000 Glider. The Roho Seat, featuring Roho dry floatation technology, maximizes pressure distribution and provides added comfort while standing.
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Portable desk
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The Adapt-A-Lap is a hands free reading easel and portable desk which is small and light enough to take anywhere. It is designed to hold a book, magazine, reading or writing materials, or a notebook computer at the best and most comfortable height, angle, and position for the user.
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KeyStrokes(r) 3.0
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Niemeijer Consult today announced the upcoming release of KeyStrokes(r) 3.0 on-screen keyboard. Many physically impaired Mac users have been hesitant to make the switch from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X. To support early adopters of Mac OS X, we are offering a zero-upgrade fee to KeyStrokes 3.0 for anyone who has already purchased KeyStrokes 1.5 for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X or does so now.
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Leave no child behind
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Kirsten Howard, a first grade teacher at Young Achievers Science and Mathematics Pilot School, in Jamaica Plain, MA is able to overcome a challenge that all teachers in America face: ensuring that her students, each with different backgrounds, learning styles, abilities, and disabilities, achieve academic success from one standard curriculum. Ms. Howard's solution: Universal Design for Learning.
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Keeping students on track
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Sunburst Technology announces a new line of affordable standards-based software for schools that targets basic math and reading skills. The new "Key Skills" line provides teachers with an easy-to-manage system that helps individual students develop the skills they need to succeed in math and reading. The programs also contain a full-featured assessment tool for teachers that records student performance and creates a variety of assessment reports.
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PDA screen enlargement
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No more squinting with our unique Magnifico. Just clip in on to your PDA , it will adjust to any size PDA, and you are in business! Use with your portable keyboard to create a configuration light years ahead of your laptop in terms of compactness. Or just clip on to your PDA without using the keyboard and that will do the trick as well.
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Duxburry Braille translator Win 10.4 now shipping!
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Duxbury Braille Translator, a multi-platform, multi-language Braille translator for anyone from the casual user to the power user, just got a whole lot better!
DBT WIN 10.4 key features:
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Low tech tool kits
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The LoTTIE (Low Tech Tools for Inclusive Education) Kit is a collection of low and mid tech tools designed for teachers, classroom aides, and support professionals to use with students (grades K-12) who have special needs. The LoTTIE Kit fills an important gap in the field of assistive technology evaluation and use. The kit provides the teacher with a full range of low tech tools in a convenient case for storage and transport.
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Unique keyboard design
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Tactus Keyboard Corporation has released a new keyboard which greatly facilitates the task of touch typing. The product was presented at the NECC2002 in San Antonio, Texas, and is available directly from the company.
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WordQ
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WordQ software is a writing tool used along with standard word processing software. It suggests words for you to use and provides spoken feedback. Users of all ages who have problems writing and editing can benefit.
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Spanish version of OpenBook 6.01
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Freedom Scientific has released its Spanish language version of OpenBook 6.01 scanning and reading software. It includes extraordinary features for blind and low vision users needing unmatched access to text and text imbedded in graphics, such as PDF files.
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browsealoud brings Internet accessibility
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browsealoud is a brand new product to the market designed and developed by textHELP! Systems Ltd., a software house based in Northern Ireland who specialize in interface design and multimedia development. Access Ingenuity is pleased to represent browsealoud in the United States.
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