June / July 2006
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Editorial Feature
Taming the terrible twos: Technology and time
By
Patricia Myers
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Seven recommendations to tame the time dilemma teachers face when purchasing, implementing and integrating assistive technology into academic settings.
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Leveling the playing field with technology solutions for individuals with Asperger Syndrome
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Sheila Smith and Sean Smith
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Introduction
Since 1997, Individual Education Program (IEP) teams have had to consider whetherAssistive Technology (AT) is a needed tool/accommodation for a child receivingspecial education services. While many IEP teams work collaboratively to determineAT needs, too often, teams are not certain of how technology can address thechild’s individual challenges.
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Literacy supports for children on the autism spectrum
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Laura Giovanetti
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As we learn more about teaching students with autism, we understand the power of technology as a motivating and reinforcing tool. Children we have worked with who have limited attention and limited language skills respond positively to assistive technology that focuses on literacy development. Materials that teachers can easily create using low and high tech means have been shown to improve literacy skills.
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Product Feature
MOBS of fun for learning
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Karen Jackson Stindt
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MOBS! Oh, no – not hoards of people running willy nilly, but a software program that lets you make computer books and put them on a bookshelf on the computer for students to read independently.
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Making Connections
Tools that keep the assistive technology community collaborating
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Adam Wing
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The assistive technology community is different from other groups that seek to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities due to one distinct factor. We rely on and embrace technology as the instrument to most effectively provide assistance to the individuals we serve. By using software, hardware, and other innovative tools, our mission is to increase the functional capabilities of individuals with special needs.
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Solutions for Inclusion
Making musical masterpieces: How assistive technology can engage learners with autism
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Christine De Graft-Hanson
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We are all born with the innate ability to appreciate and respond to music. Christinede Graft-Hanson, SEN and assistive technology consultant for inclusion softwarepublisher, SEMERC, explains how music programs can both engage and benefit learnerswith autism or an auditory style of learning.
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Product Spotlight
Clicker 5 now available for Macintosh OSX
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Crick Software has released a Macintosh-compatible version of the award-winning Clicker 5, making software even more versatile for the classroom.
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Co:Writer for Neo now available for students of all ages
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Don Johnston Incorporated announces that Co:Writer is now available on the AlphaSmartNeo, a lightweight laptop specifically designed for schools, from RenaissanceLearning, Inc. This software and hardware combination supports student writingthrough immediate feedback on grammar, word choices, and sentence structure usingan affordable one-on-one computing solution.
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ScanTalker 2.0 bar code solution released
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Freedom Scientific announces the release of ScanTalker version 2.0, a powerful bar code scanning application for the PAC Mate BX and QX series. Featuring an extensive product database and support for omni-directional scanning, ScanTalker enables users who are blind to independently access, in speech and Braille, information about products they purchase.
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Freedom Scientific announces PAC Mate 4.0 with new student and professional features
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Freedom Scientific announces the release of PAC Mate 4.0. This is a major update for the PAC Mate BX and QX series and offers a number of new features and enhancements that will greatly benefit both students and working professionals. PAC Mate 4.0 is a direct response to user requests.
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Announcing Kurzweil 3000 for Windows Version 10
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Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc. <www.kurzweiledu.com>, a reading technologyinnovator for individuals with visual or learning disabilities and a CambiumLearning Technologies company <www.cambiumlearning.com>, unveiled Kurzweil3000 for Windows Version 10 at the 2006 California State University of Northridge(CSUN) “Technology and Persons with Disabilities” Conference . Kurzweil3000 is the premier reading, writing and learning software for struggling students.
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AssistiveWare announces VisioVoice for Mac OS X, a multilingual companion for VoiceOver
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AssistiveWare announces the future release of VisioVoice for Mac OS X. VisioVoiceis a product for blind and vision impaired Mac users that adds multilingual supportto Apple’s excellent VoiceOver technology as well as providing a numberof other speech and vision related features to enhance access to Mac OS X.
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Innovative software programs from Tom Snyder Productions included in new Apple Digital Learning Series
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Two software programs from Tom Snyder Productions, a leading publisher of educationalsoftware and a Scholastic company, will be included in the recently launchedApple Digital Learning Series, a collection of value-priced curriculum solutionsdesigned to increase achievement in key curriculum areas.
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AbleNet presents the new FL4SH scanning communicator
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AbleNet, one of the world’s leading providers of assistive technology for persons with disabilities, is proud to announce it’s newest product, FL4SH. This innovative device is designed to give students more control over conversation and communication.
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Get ready to tango! Introducing the next generation of AAC
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The tango! is the first Speech Generating Device (SGD) to incorporate the vast power of consumer electronics and many insights from the world of mass media. The tango! features the field’s first built-in camera, voice morphing technology, a combination of hard and soft buttons for the ultimate in ergonomics, and state-of-the art sound design that allows voices to be heard even in noisy environments. The product is also gorgeous to look at, reflecting Blink Twice’s belief that communication begins before any words are spoken.
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FSReader now supporting RFB&D digital talking books
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A new update to FSReader is now available from Freedom Scientific. This highly-anticipated update allows users to access the wealth of audio material available from Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D).
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Ai Squared launches News section of Web site
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This month we’ve added a “News” section to the Ai Squared Web site, located at <www.aisquared.com/news>.
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SMART makes developing curriculum-based digital lessons easier with new version of SMART Board software
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SMART Technologies Inc. announces that SMART Board software 9.5 for the Microsoft Windows operating system and Apple Mac OS X is now available. Integral to every SMART Board interactive whiteboard, SMART Board software 9.5 makes creating, managing and using digital content easier for teachers – ease of use is a key consideration in this and every version of the world’s most widely used interactive whiteboard software.
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General News Item
Minnesota Department of Education is leading the way in improving student achievement
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The Minnesota Department of Education has taken an aggressive approach to meeting the needs of children with disabilities across the state. They sponsor multiple professional development opportunities every year to increase and support skills in AT and universal design for learning.
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