Software and Hardware Toolbox

Software and Publisher

Cost & Available From

Description

Comments or modifications

Tom Snyder Productions

www.tomsnyder.com

System req: Mac-PowerPC or better, MAC OS 8.1/133 Mhz, CD-ROM; IBM-Win 95 or higher, pentium 100Mhz,CD-ROM

1-800-466-3713

Create, illustrate, & print time lines; used in this unit for story sequencing

Can include images from web and clip art

Edmark

www.edmark.com

System req: Mac-color Mac 256, 8 MB Ram, CD-ROM, sys 7 or higher, 13" monitor or larger, hard disk w/ 4MB free; IBM-Win3.1, 8MB Ram, CD-ROM, 25Mghz 386 or better, super VGA, hard disk w/ 4MB free

1-800-691-2986

Incorporates visual and auditory prompts to assist w/creative writing; used in this unit to focus on paragraph writing while implementing a creative background.

www.inspiration.com

Sys req: Mac-System 7.0 or higher, 2 MB available RAM, 640x480 display, 16 colors or

Better, 5 MB available hard drive min, 30 MB available, CD-ROM; IBM-486 processor or higher, Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT4.0, 8 MB RAM, VGA, SuperVGA, or other Win compatible graphics card, 5 MB available, 20 MB, CD-ROM

Int'l (503) 297-3004

This product creates organizers of information such as concept maps, outlines, and diagrams; may be used in this unit to develop an organizer for literary elements such as plot, settings, etc. in order to write paragraphs about the book.

For exceptional populations, this program can be adjusted to an extremely large view. It allows pictures and graphics from the web to be inserted, which can help a student with reading deficits associate text to picture.

Chateaux of the Loire

1988 Voyager Company/ Janus Films and Voyager Press

Laserdisc or DVD Player needed

Unknown, out of print

Or locate local video, CD-Rom, or DVD on castles, famous homes

This product contains pictures of the finest French castles and text to accompany the history of them.

For students who have trouble relating the content, this program provides exceptional visually stimulating pictures. Provides an excellent mental model

Accommodations

Cast eReader

Write Outloud

Intellitalk

Web Links for Information

http://www.cast.org

http://www.donjohnston.com

http://www.intellitools.com

Speech feedback to typed text can promote independence in creating compositions.

Use as alternative to standard word processor to add accessibility.

ReadPlease

ScreenReader

Talk Aloud

Web Links for Information

http://www.readplease.org

http://www.texthelp.com

http://www.talkaloud.com

Low cost options for screen readers.

Accommodation for reading Web pages and text on the screen.

http://www.wemedia.com
FREE (Win) Talking Browser, scroll the page to locate link for download. Not a screenreader but a full functional browser with speech.

Alternative Web Browser

Accommodations for students with reading problems.

Don Johnston, Inc.

Don Johnston, Inc.
http://www.donjohnston.com

Software authoring tool to create slide shows and booklets.

Text is converted to speech during animation. Use as an alternative to PowerPoint.

Knowledge Adventure

Knowledge Adventure, Inc.
http://www.knowledgeadventure.com

Multimedia authoring tool to create slide shows and booklets.

Using a add-on utility, Blabbermouth, any highlighted text can be converted to speech. Use as an alternative to PowerPoint.