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  1. STORY TAILOR - MY FIRST STORIES INCLUDE ME SERIES --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 08/2012) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Story Tailor - My First Stories Include Me is a word processor program designed to encourage children in reading and writing skills for individuals who have developmental or physical disabilities. Students develop an appreciation of storytelling and creative writing as they use the full-featured word processor to rewrite or amend the text for themselves. With a simple click, they can add frames to draw pictures to illus...[More Information]

  2. STORY TAILOR - SKILLS THROUGH POETRY AND PLAY SERIES --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 08/2012) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Story Tailor - Skills Through Poetry And Play Series is a word processor program designed to encourage children in reading and writing skills for indivudals who have developmental or physical disabilities. Students develop an appreciation of storytelling and creative writing as they use the full-featured word processor to rewrite or amend the text for themselves. With a simple click, they can add frames to draw pictures...[More Information]

  3. SUNNY DAYS --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 08/2012) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Sunny Days is an instructional program designed to improve the user's word recognition, spelling, and reading skills. Sunny Days allows the teacher to select from a set of over 100 core words or create custom word lists. All programs are presented in game format and may be controlled with a single switch. COMPATIBILITY: For use on Apple II computers. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: A switch interface and a single switch are requir...[More Information]

  4. TALKING TEXT LIBRARIES I, II, III & IV --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 05/2006) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Computer reads stories aloud while flashing words on the screen for students to follow. Students control what is read, re-reading as often as wanted. Available in grade-specific library packages of fairy tales and folk tales, historical and informational stories. Each library features; graphics to enhance involvement, print capability so students can re-read on own. Library I are classic tales like Three Billy-Goats, Gi...[More Information]

  5. THE LOST R -- REASONING --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 07/93) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Low vocabulary tutorial to help secondary students develop reasoning skills necessary for effective learning and daily living. Requires Apple II, II+ or Iie, 48K memory, one disk drive, DOS 3.3 Applesoft software....[More Information]

  6. THINKING NETWORKS --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 08/2012) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Thinking Networks is a collection of reading and story writing programs designed to improve thinking, reading and writing skills for reading levels 2 through 9. The programs also develop and expands vocabulary, and fosters creative writing at all grade levels. The programs use a strategy called "semantic networking" to help students comprehend how reading selections for narration and prose selections are organized. PROG...[More Information]

  7. TORTOISE AND THE HARE CD-ROM, THE --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 10/2000) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Tortoise and The Hare CD-ROM is a reading tutorial program designed with Ke:nx Easy Overlays in order to provide access for children with physical disabilities who are unable to use a computer keyboard or a mouse. The program features a scanning, speaking highlighter, talking keys and is designed with colorful graphics. OPTIONS: MAC school version, Easy Overlays for alternate keyboard, and Easy Overlays for Switch are ...[More Information]

  8. UNDERSTANDING QUESTIONS I --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 06/2006) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Understanding Questions I is a reading comprehension program that presents who, what, when, where, why, and how questions and two possible answers, only one of which is correct in context--e.g., "Where is he eating? (1) Leonard, (2) kitchen". The user presses the number key (1 or 2) that corresponds with the correct answer. Three hundred questions are included. Feedback is given on each response. Bar and line graphs may...[More Information]

  9. UNDERSTANDING QUESTIONS II: MORE QUESTIONS --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 06/2006) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Understanding Questions II: More Questions is a reading comprehension program that presents who, what, when, where, why, and how questions and two possible answers, only one of which is correct in context--e. g., "Why is she fishing? (1) for fun, (2) the lake." The user presses the number key (1 or 2) that corresponds with the correct answer. Over five hundred questions are included. Feedback is given on each response. ...[More Information]

  10. UNDERSTANDING STORIES I --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 06/2006) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Understanding Stories I is a reading comprehension program that presents a short story and a series of three statements, only one of which is true according to the story. The user presses the number key (1, 2, or 3) that corresponds with the correct answer. Fifty story sets (stories and choices) are included. Feedback is given on each response. Bar and line graphs may be presented to display current and past session per...[More Information]

  11. UNDERSTANDING STORIES II: MORE STORIES --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 06/2006) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Understanding Stories II: More Stories is a reading comprehension program that presents a short story and a series of three statements, only one of which is true according to the story. The user presses the number key (1, 2, or 3) that corresponds with the correct answer. One hundred story sets (stories and choices) are included. The statements may be viewed simultaneously with the story or after the story has been eras...[More Information]

  12. UNDERSTANDING WORD PROBLEMS UNIT --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 8/1999) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Understanding Word Problems is a 3-disk academic, math and reading skills tutorial program written on specific reading levels: disk I is for reading levels 1 and 2; disk two for reading levels 3, 4, and 5; and the third disk deals with reading levels 6 and 7. The problems are randomized to allow for repeated use without memorization by students. Each program includes a worktext, a student management system, and a teacher...[More Information]

  13. VAKT 80 --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 03/93) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- VAKT 80 is a program which simulates the visual auditory kinesthetic tactile or multisensory reading techniques for dyslexia and learning disabled students. Student traces letters on a video screen using a light pen, while a voice output synthesizer simultaneously "sounds out" proper letter-sound of the words. Program was also designed to encourage students with dysgraphia to be neater and more deliberate in their work. W...[More Information]

  14. VOICE READING ABILITY DRILL --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 10/94) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- The Voice Reading Ability Drill uses voice input and voice output to improve reading skills. During training, each word is presented as an illustration, in printed form, and spoken by the speech synthesizer. The student repeats the word to train the voice recognition component in the way that student says it. After training, each word is printed on the screen. If the student reads it aloud accurately, the illustration is ...[More Information]

  15. WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 4/2006) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Reading tutorial software program teaches reading comprehension. Presents sequenced drills consisting of short phrases that student must identify as who, what, where, when or why phrases. Provides explanation of correct response when student makes an error. Lessons may be modified to include vocabulary and phrases from classroom basic reader. Records student errors. Requires Apple II+, IIc, IIe, IIGS, or IBM and compatib...[More Information]

  16. WORD MEMORY PROGRAMS --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 08/2012) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Word Memory Programs is a collection of word recognition and visual memory training programs presented in three steps. Step 1: Word Scan presents a target word in a sentence, followed by random word drills, three words per line, which scan left to right at 30 - 180 words per minute. The student must count each appearance of the target word either by hitting space bar or by counting silently. Step 2: Word Flash presents ...[More Information]

  17. WORDMASTER --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 08/2012) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- WORDMASTER is a computer program for training sight recognition of words that do not follow standard phonetic rules. Up to 25 words can be presented in a maximum of 20 word lists. The instructional program leads the student through four sequential steps: See-Hear-Spell, where the word is shown on the screen and pronounced by the speech synthesizer, prompting the client to spell the word; See-Hear-Match, where the client...[More Information]

  18. WORDPLAY WITH ALPS AND DROOPS --- DISCONTINUED. RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Wordplay with Alps and Droops is an educational program in game format, designed to teach basic reading and spelling skills to dyslexic students. The student becomes a Wordseeker in Wordland, aided by Alps and thwarted by Droops. The games concentrate on three different skill areas: Reading Comprehension, Phonic Analysis, and Spelling. Seventeen different levels of play are possible, each concentrating on a different group of phonic patte...[More Information]

  19. WRITING WITH SYMBOLS Picture of WRITING WITH SYMBOLS --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 02/2008) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Writing with Symbols is a language tutorial program designed for use with children with neurological and physical disabilities. This program enables young children to transition from pictures to the printed word by matching pictures and typing the corresponding words. The words and sentences are spoken as they are typed. The program includes more than 2,000 rebus symbols to illustrate most common words. COMPATIBILITY: F...[More Information]

  20. ZERO TO FIVE --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 9/1999) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Zero to Five (also known as "Project LIFE") is a series of computer programs on interactive laser discs for developing pre-reading skills, vocabulary, grammar principles, and basic sentence structure. The software consists of floppy disks and two interactive video discs. A laser disc player (extra) and controller (included) are required. Three packages are available. Package 1 ($1750) contains the Pre-Reading Series, con...[More Information]

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