read & write gold 4 juneau school district 2012

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Read and Write Gold 4 for Mac

Molly Ridout, Heather Swanson

Grant ActivitiesFederal Tech Act Project

• Information & Awareness

• Demonstrations

• General AT Presentations

(small or large group)

• Short Term Loans

• Reutilization of equipment

Who is ATLA?

CRAIGS LIST FOR AT

WWW.AKTRADINGPOST.ORG•Service that connects people and organizations

with available assistive technology (AT) and durable

medical equipment (DME)

•Searchable web-based database

•Provides Alaskans access to

technology that may be located

anywhere in the state

ATLA can assist by finding the

best AT solution to overcome barriers

Try-Before-You-Buyshort term loans

trial software

demonstration areas

research and resources

Feature Matching

What’s the next step?

Servicing

the state

beyond

the grant…

Nongrant ActivitiesFee Services

• Device and software

reseller

• AT training on a variety of

custom topics

• AT assessments

Who is ATLA?

Where is ATLA?

Basecamp

3330 Arctic Blvd., Suite 101

Anchorage, AK 99503

Available

throughout

Alaska

• Demonstration

Centers

• Virtual Help Desk

System

• Webinars

• Resources

Who can ATLA help?

Be in Alaska

Need

assistive

technology

Be alive

Qualifying Criteria

Community Living Education Employment IT / Telecom

ATLA does not…

Fix, maintain, or train

general computer needs

Provide funding

Bill medicaid / medicare

Therapeautic evaluations

occupational, physical, speech

Durable medical needs(wheelchairs, walkers, vehicle mods, vents, etc..)

ATLA AT areas

• Augmentative & Alternative

Communication

• Computer Access

• Deaf & Hard of Hearing Aids

• Environmental Controls

• Learning & Cognitive

Supports

• Vision Impairment Aids

• Other

Assistive Technologyany device or system that allows someone with a

disability, injury, impairment, or deficit to

perform tasks they would otherwise

be unable to do

AT Assessment Principles

Assistive technology

• is a process not a product.

• is a team process.

• is a system of devices and

services.

• requires new skills.

• is a step towards

independence.

Technology itself

is not the goal…

The individual’s

participation in

their chosen

activities is the

goal.

READ & WRITE GOLD MAC

WHY this program

for Literacy Support?•Non-proprietary

•Works natively with other key

programs

•Supports existing curriculum

•Customizable to student needs

•Available for both Mac & PC

users

•Comprehensive plans for District

wide implementation

TECHMATRIX.ORG

http://www.techmatrix.org


HELP IS JUST A CLICK AWAY

http://www.texthelp.com/north-america/support/videos/


WAIT! It gets better…


There’s a TOOLBAR for that!

• customizable

•floats on top of commonly used programs

•Writing, Reading, Study, and Research Tools


READING FEATURES

• Reads Word,

PDF, & the Web

• Bi-Modal (Text to Speech

while Highlighting)

• Multiple voices

and preferences


READING FEATURES

•Audio Feedback

•Talking Dictionary

•Screenshot Reader

•Screen Masking

•Speech Maker


• Reads Bookshare

• Import books directly

• Set Bookmarks

• Navigate

DAISY READER

TEXT AUDIO

Converts text from

WORD, SAFARI, or a PDF

to a MP3 or AIFF file


WRITING FEATURES

•Spell Check

•Word Prediction

•Talking Dictionary

•Homophone

•Keyboard Customization


OTHER USEFUL TOOLS

•Scanning

•Translator

•Fact Finder

•Fact Mapper

•Screen Masking

•Study Skills tools


STUDY & RESEARCH FEATURES

• Works in Word, Safari

• Four Color Highlights

Collects Highlighted passages into new Word Document

HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS

Study Skills Activity

•Go to the Juneau Empire website

•Find the article about XYZ

•Turn off Continuous Reading & Web Highlighting

•In the first 2 paragraphs

• highlight all of the words that end in “ion” in

GREEN

• highlight all of the words that end in “ing” in

PINK

•Collect highlighted words into a Word document

•Add the intended definition to each of the words

READ & WRITE GOLD MACWRITE, RESEARCH, & STUDY SKILLS EXERCISE


READING EXERCISEInupiaq Activity

Assignment #1

1.Go to a Flashcard website and make a MP3 file that

a student could listen to on their iPod while studying

the words on a handout.

•http://quizlet.com/1370224/inupiaq-culture-flash-cards

•http://flashcards.dictionary.com

•http://library.thinkquest.org/22550/inupiaq.html

Assignment #2

•Open the Power Point and add the following sound

files to the Power Point.

1. An introduction to the presentation

2. Sound file for each of the Inupiaq phrases

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