October / November 2007
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Editorial Feature
Scaffolding the writing process: How do I move my students from non-writers to independent writers?
By
Suzanne Feit
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Writing is really a cognitive skill. It is a means to get ideas on paper. This sounds simple, but if the only tool available to a student is a pen or pencil, then writing initially becomes a fine motor challenge.
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Assessing comprehension of science curriculum in students with physical disabilities
By
Ann Brundige
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This is the second of three articles on comprehension assessment in three different multimedia systems, IntelliTools Classroom Suite, two paired SoftTouch, Inc. applications (My Own Bookshelf and Test Me Score Me), and Clicker 5 (Crick Software, Inc.). Learning Magic, Inc.
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The History of Closing The Gap - Part two of a two-part series
By
Dolores Hagen
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It was October of 1983 when Jeanne Saddler of the Wall Street Journal came to visit the first Closing The Gap conference. When she wrote that front page article recounting her experience, there were 344 attendees and 37 exhibitors at the old Lemington Hotel, but that conference changed our world and that of countless others. The whole world (at least those who read the Wall Street Journal) knew that computers could change the lives of those with disabilities.
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Technology solutions to enhance therapy for communication and cognitive deficits for under $30 - Part one of a two-part series
By
Joan Green
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Portions of this article have been excerpted from “Technology for Communication and Cognitive Treatment: The Clinician's Guide” – available at <www.ittsguides.com>.
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DISKoveries
By
Joan Tanenhaus
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This issue of DISKoveries contains reviews of new software programs, adaptive computer equipment and related products, developed especially for those with special needs. If you are attending the Closing The Gap conference, visit the Exhibit Hall and the booths of many of these companies to see the products first hand. Thank you for producing the quality products that we use in our classrooms, therapy sessions and at home.
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AT In Depth
Assistive technology assessment: Are our assessment strategies providing the needed information?
By
Jane Korsten
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Who should do the assessment and where? What should assessment include? When is assessment over and when does implementation start? When should recommendations be made? What information (data) is necessary to support funding requests?Jane Korsten
This article will address these questions from a historical perspective and discuss current best practices in assistive technology assessment from both philosophical and pragmatic perspectives.
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Product Feature
Write today, write tomorrow, write to learn!
By
Jean Slater
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Simply defined, writing is imparting meaning through print. All of us know, however, that communicating our thoughts through print is not simple. Writing is a complex process involving cognitive, expressive language, fine-motor, and organizational abilities.
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Product Spotlight
Ai Squared announces their new portable magnifiers
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Ai Squared is proud to add two new devices to their product line – the Nemo and the Max. These new affordable devices are designed to increase your ease of reading printed materials. Just as ZoomText lets you see and hear your computer with perfect clarity, these portable devices allow you to extend magnification beyond your computer screen, whether you're at home, the supermarket, on vacation, or out to dinner, wherever life takes you!
Their partnership with Enhanced Vision has made it possible to get these life-changing devices into your hands.
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Curriculum Associates releases new reading series for developing student's social studies vocabulary
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Curriculum Associates, a leading publisher of research-based supplemental curriculum materials and tools for today's diverse classrooms, announces the release of its new reading program series “Passwords:Social Studies Vocabulary.” The series builds content literacy for striving readers in grades one through twelve, including English Language Learners (ELL),enabling them to succeed in the classroom and on tests.
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Supernova - the world's only combined magnification and full screen reader for Windows Vista
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Version 8 of Supernova heralds the release of the World's only full screen reader with inbuilt screen magnification that supports Microsoft's newest operating system, Windows Vista.Supernova Version 8 will empower visually impaired users, worldwide, running any of the four Vista editions to chose the speech output, screen magnification, refreshable Braille and color changing settings that best suit their needs.
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Introducing GhostReader text-to-speech for Mac OS X
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AssistiveWare / ConvenienceWare has announced the release of GhostReader text-to-speech software for Mac OS X. GhostReader1.1 replaces TextParrot 1.0 and introduces a number of new features with an enhanced user interface. Just as ghostwriters write for other people, GhostReader can read for you!GhostReader is a universal binary, multilingual speech solution for Mac OS X that allows users to listen to their documents with naturally sounding voices in a language of choice.
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Research shows Wright Group/McGraw-Hill's "Breakthrough to Literacy" program has positive impact on pre k-3 students
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New gold standard research shows Breakthrough to Literacy, an evidence-based reading curriculum from Wright Group/McGraw-Hill, is an effective early literacy program, improving instruction and academic performance. The two-year experimental study, “Project Upgrade,” took place in the Miami-Dade County childcare system, conducted by Abt Associates Inc, with assistance from educational research organization MDRC and the Columbia University National Center for Children in Poverty.
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Life beyond disability: new device helps patients stand and move
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Life beyond disability: new device helps patients stand and move
Pamela Cobler was a teacher and part-time model who was active in gymnastics, volleyball, swimming and horseback riding. All of that changed in May, 2001, when Cobler, a native of Martinsville, Virginia, suffered a life-changing spinal cord injury in a motorcycle accident that left her unable to walk.
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DisabilityInfo.gov unveils new state search function
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DisabilityInfo.Gov introduces new state and local resources map to assist visitors in locating disability-related information close to home.
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'Moving Forward With Technology' educators give free Webinars two thumbs up! 2007-08 series planned
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Don Johnston Incorporated and the Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd) have completed their first season of free on-line Webinars, titled "Moving Forward with Technology."
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New Standard Keyboards signs distribution agreements in Europe and with assistive technology resellers
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New Standard Keyboards (NSK) recently signed several distribution agreements to make the company's ergonomic,53-key, alphabetical keyboard available throughout mainland Europe and to two key assistive technology resellers based in the U.S.
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Freedom Scientific announces a new classroom solution to its ONYX camera line
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Freedom Scientific has introduced the ONYX Deskset 17 featuring the powerful ONYX camera mounted on a rotating arm to a 17-inch flat panel monitor. The ONYX Deskset 17 provides low vision users with ultra-sharp auto-focused viewing in distance, intermediate, and up-close magnification, all in a portable package that is extremely easy to use.The ONYX Deskset 17 produces exactingly clear magnification of up to 85 times and offers three distinct viewing modes: distance views, document views, and self views. In the distance mode, even objects from across large rooms or auditoriums can be seen in sharp focus.
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PixWriter 3.WOW!
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PixWriter 3.WOW! Now the most effective Picture-Assisted Writing program is even better. Familiar users will not loose any of their favorite features. Teachers can continue to create writing word banks by typing a word, pressing the space bar and watching as the computer creates a button with the word, Literacy-Support Picture and voice.
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Weekly Reader partners with AbleNet in publishing adapted editons for students with moderate or severe disabilities
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AbleNet Inc., has announced an innovative new series of adapted student publications and teachers' guides. AbleNet, long known for its expertise in the development of research-based curricula and assistive technologies for special education classrooms, developed the publications in partnership with Weekly Reader, one of the country's most respected publishers of materials for elementary and secondary schools.
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