TREATS
Technology Resources for Education's Assistive
Technology Solutions
Weekly Resources
for the Assistive Technology Service Provider Community
Words Compiled by David Grapka (David@Trecenter.org)
Technology Resources for Education
(T.R.E.) Center TRECenter.org
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QUOTES OF THE WEEK: “Two persons cannot long be friends if
they cannot forgive each other's little failings.” Jean
De La Bruyere
UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING
WEBSITES OF THE WEEK:
· http://www.freedomscientific.com
Freedom Scientific aims to make accommodation easier with Test Talker,
which allows teachers to scan printed test and worksheet material and
administer assessments electronically using text-to-speech technology.
· http://www.pgdp.net/c/default.php
Distributed Proofreaders was founded in 2000 by Charles Franks to
support the digitization of Public Domain books.
· http://www.blackmask.com/cgi-bin/newlinks/page.cgi?d=1
One of the world’s largest providers of digitized texts.
· http://news.com.com/Your+brain+Search+engine%2C+or+calculator/2100-1008_3-5768611.html New Research says your brain doesn’t work
like a computer.
· http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution "Interactive
Constitution" lets you search the Constitution & find relevant
passages and explanations. Discover how
the Constitution relates to more than 300 topics, from civil rights to school
prayer, including Supreme Court decisions.
· http://enabledonline.com/accessT/A_UniversalDesign.php
What’s new in the world of UD for older Americans.
· http://www.citeducation.org/mathmatrix/default.asp
The Math Matrix does a great service in comparing the UD features of commercial
software titles. A similar matrix exists for UD features of Reading Software
which could also use some suggestions at http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/matrix/default.asp
(Lisa Wahl)
· http://blindreaders.info/ This site is a
guide to sources of information in alternative formats (braille, recorded
cassettes, large print, e-texts, web audio) accessible by people with print
disabilities--those with visual and physical handicaps as well as dyslexia.
· http://www.quantumsimulations.com/demo.html
For a virtual demonstration of Quantum's AI tutoring software - a software
program with artificial intelligence (AI) that is in the final stages of
development that can actually explain problems that the student types in, and
it's accessible with JAWS!.
ACCESS SOLUTIONS:
· http://www.cantoraccess.com/keyaccess/keyaccessfaq.htm
for a free "Keyboard Access FAQ." Version 1.3 includes more
comprehensive answers to questions about how to make the keyboard interface
more efficient, how to navigate around web sites, and how to jump from frame to
frame on web sites? (Alan Cantor - acantor@cantoraccess)
· http://www.sensorytools.com/galileo.htm
For this scanner, you just lay the material on it, push a button, and it reads
the text. (sharon@EILTSFAMILY.ORG)
ADMINISTRATOR SOLUTIONS:
· http://www.distance-educator.com/dnews/Article13777.phtml
Ohio Distance & Electronic Learning Academy (OHDELA)
Has Earned AYP Under Federal 'No Child Left Behind' Act
· http://nyscseonline.org. CSE On Line training is open to
anyone who registers-schools, parents, organizations. (Charlene Gurian)
· http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/idea/home.html
The proposed federal regulations to implement IDEA were posted in the Federal
Register as of June 21, 2005. The 75-day comment began last week. Please share
as appropriate. (Cathleen A. Castle)
· http://www.distance-educator.com/dnews/Article13819.phtml
Download Report: 21st-Century Skills. A
coalition of education, business, and technology organizations is calling for
new measures of the skills needed to succeed in a fast-paced global economy.
· http://www.distance-educator.com/dnews/Article13818.phtml
Why should administrators use surveys?
CONSULTING SOLUTIONS:
· http://www.howthingswork.com A good resource
for a quick overview of how things work and for making you look like the
expert. Steve Mertz (smertz@msn.com)
· http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7conflict/
You can download a free PDF file of Helping Others Resolve Differences:
Empowering Stakeholders, including a paper on pre-caucusing that appeared in
the Group facilitation: A research and applications journal.
· http://www.hotconference.com/GFSC/partners1.php We
are using Hot Conference with people from all over the world in Global
Facilitators Service Corps (GFSC) and with excellent results. And if you purchase
it (very inexpensive) the company donates 25% to GFSC.
· http://www.skype.com has an ordinary
multi-person chat possibility coming for folks who have to stick to small-band
low-speed connections.
· http://www.thinkofit.com/webconf/ and http://www.kolabora.com/ are the classic guides to all sorts
of conferencing software.
· http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arp/dtuwb.html
For an exercise on discussing the undiscussable.
· http://www.geocities.com/csh_home/downloads.html
For an exercise on discussing the undiscussable, go to "resources"
and look for "Discussing Undiscussables.”
ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS writing supports from sharon@EILTSFAMILY.ORG