assistive technology and ld students hyde park day schools sarah imboden—[email protected]...
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Assistive Technology Assistive Technology and LD Studentsand LD Students
Assistive Technology Assistive Technology and LD Studentsand LD Students
Hyde Park Day SchoolsHyde Park Day Schools
Sarah Imboden—[email protected] Imboden—[email protected] CoffeyJennifer Coffey
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Assistive Hardware• Alpha Smarts-allows you to enter and edit text,
then send it to any computer via USB cord for formatting or directly to a printer. http://www2.alphasmart.com
• Books on Tape-offers textbooks and chapter books as audio recordings http://www.rfbd.org/ www.itunes.com Illinois Network of Libraries Serving the Print Impaired-offers three different options for reading/listening to books on-line. http://www.ilkidszone.info
• Franklin spellers-electronic spell checker http://www.franklin.com
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Assistive Software • Co-Writer—linguistic word prediction to
any word processing or e-mail program. http://www.donjohnston.com
• DraftBuilder—breaks down the writing process into three distinct skills: planning and concept mapping, note-taking and resource citing, and composing a first draft. http://www.donjohnston.com
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Assistive Software continued
• Write OutLoud—talking word processor. http://www.donjohnston.com
• Inspiration/Kidspiration—visual webbing tool that inspires students to organize their thinking. http://www.donjohnston.com
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Assistive Software continued
• Dragon Naturally Speaking—enables students to dictate instead of typing or hand written work. http://www.ScanSoft.com
• iListen—Mac operating dictation program (but not recommended)http://www.apple.com