April / May 2011
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Editorial Feature
Socially Optimizing Solutions
By
Mo Buti
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When we hear about interacting socially, many of us think of a party or a family get-together. But how many times a day do we have to talk to someone for even the most basic tasks of everyday living. Going to the grocery store, buying lunch or just catching the right bus can often lead to an exchange with someone else.
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ARRA Funds: Hows That Working for You?
By
Major W. Simms
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The Laptop Project began one afternoon with the unexpected announcement that ARRA Funding was headed our way through the West Virginia State Department of Education. Like most news, it came with good and bad news. The funding source would only last for two years and the accountability factor was quite high.
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DISKoveries - New Software, DVDs and Professional Resources
By
Joan Tanenhaus
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Editor's Note: Part two of DISKoveries: Apple iPad and Apps for Special Needs will appear in the June/July, 2011 edition. Switch Skills 2 & Switch Skills 3 (Inclusive: www.inclusivetlc.com) Both of these excellent new programs from Inclusive are designed to practice and improve switch timing skills. They include simple activities to use with a single switch - great for those who have cause and effect concepts but need to practice switch timing and understanding computer cues.
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Tic Tac Toe: A complicated game of connecting the dots
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Jennifer Courduff and Donna Mawhorter
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Tic tac toe ... remember that game? Simple enough. You have to get three Xs or Os in a row to win.
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Tool Review: Livescribe Echo Smartpen
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Wendy Herzan and Bill McLaughlin
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Working in a post-secondary environment in the roles of adaptive technologist and counselor, we routinely review and evaluate devices and software packages to make recommendations for students.
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Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears... Speech Recognition Software - its current trend and future potential for students with dyslexia
By
John Phayer
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The purpose of this article is aimed at discussing the concept of voice recognition software, its educational uses within a classroom and the problems associated with this technology, as well as briefly describing its future potential for students with dyslexia. Readers will first be presented with background information about this technology commonly called speech recognition software. This will be followed by a detailed description of the different classes of speech recognition applications and their general uses.
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