IBM SPECIAL NEEDS INFORMATION REFERRAL CENTER RESOURCE GUIDE FOR PERSONS WITH LEARNING IMPAIRMENTS P.O. Box 2150 Atlanta, GA 30301-2150 Continental USA - Telephone: (800) 426-2133 (Voice) ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙Telephone: (800) 284-9482 (TDD) IMPORTANT NOTICE This report helps to identify products which may assist disabled individuals in accessing IBM Personal Computers and the IBM Personal System/2 family of products and to identify support groups which may assist disabled individuals. The information includes only a portion of the products and vendors available. IBM does not recommend, endorse or assist customers in any way in the selection, review or acquisition of non-IBM products, including those listed in this publication. IBM takes no responsibility whatsoever with regard to the selection, performance or use of the products herein listed. All understandings, agreements or warranties must take place directly between the program/product suppliers and prospective users. 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Box 2150 Atlanta, GA 30301-2150 (800) 426-2133 (USA Voice) (800) 284-9482 (USA TDD) TABLE OF CONTENTS _________________ HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 EDUCATIONAL COURSEWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Reading/Language Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills . . . . . . . 43 Productivity Tools and Word Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs . . . . . . . . . 83 IBM Thinkable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 IBM SUPPORT PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Educational Offering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Learning Initiatives International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 SUPPORT GROUPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE _____________________ This guide presents information about some of the technology and services available to help persons with disabilities. Much of the information deals with devices that can be attached to IBM computers to allow a disabled individual to lead a more independent and productive life. THE GUIDE IS ORGANIZED AS FOLLOWS: INTRODUCTION This section provides a general overview of the ways computers can help persons with learning disabilities. EDUCATIONAL COURSEWARE Products are arranged alphabetically within their respective categories. The product information includes the manufacturer and a brief description of the product. Refer to the index to locate a product or company by name. Please contact the companies directly for additional product information and prices. IBM SUPPORT PROGRAMS This section provides information on various programs or resources available from IBM. INDEX o P - Products: alphabetic list by product name. o V - Vendors: alphabetic list by company name. 1 How to Use This Guide INTRODUCTION ____________ IBM is committed to the principle that computer technology can make a difference for all learners. The term "learning impairments" is used here in a very broad sense to include learning disabilities, cognitive impairments, mental retardation and other disabilities that affect learning or relearning. Computers and software benefit learners in many ways. The computer provides a multisensory approach, giving VISUAL cues through color graphics and animation, AUDITORY cues through music, voice and sound prompts and TACTILE cues through the keyboard or a touch screen. Software aids the teaching strategies of: model and demonstrate, drill and practice, problem solve and generalize. Additionally, a program can detect areas of difficulty for the student and give additional cues for problem solution. Typing at a computer keyboard, for individuals having difficulty using pencil and paper, may require less motor coordination than writing. The IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK provided by the computer helps the learner measure progress and encourages a successful learning experience. Some individuals with learning impairments may benefit by seeing and hearing the information displayed on the computer screen; this may be accomplished by using screen reading software and speech synthesizer devices. These solutions are described in the "Audio Output" section of the Center's Resource Guide for Persons with Vision Impairments. HOW COMPUTERS HELP PERSONS WITH LEARNING IMPAIRMENTS The computer could be characterized as an impartial tutor, providing a risk-free, patient learning environment, as well as an active environment for creative and independent learning. Using a computer, learners adjust and manipulate their own experiences by controlling the method of input (e.g., touch, voice), type of output (e.g., graphics, text, audio), and pace of instruction. The DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES addressed through computer software can motivate the individual to participate more in the learning activity. Individuals can use the computer to maximize their strengths and compensate for areas of weakness. In EDUCATION, there is a growing emphasis on integrating students with disabilities and nondisabled students. A benefit of computer technology is its ability to help all learners participate equally. Computer materials may be matched to many learning styles to help a student with a disability participate in the same environment as a nondisabled student. 2 Introduction IBM has provided funds for the development of programs which will prove effective in helping students with learning disabilities. The MICHIGAN MEMORY SERIES of Software helps clinicians who require systematic and reliable means for assessing the progression of a disease process or for evaluating change in serial recall after medical or behavioral intervention. (For more information, see the Michigan Memory Series product listing in the Learning Guide.) Educators and administrators also benefit by using electronic bulletin boards and databases. ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS help teachers create and audit INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLANS and track adherence to government guidelines. The computer frees the teacher to spend more time working with each student. There are a variety of software programs for READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS, MATH, COGNITIVE READING SKILLS and OTHER SKILLS. When choosing a program for a student, the teacher considers types of instructional methods, presentation options, record maintenance and teacher utilities used in the programs. For example, some programs use a combination of instructional methods - instruction and drill, drill and practice, tutorial, educational game and strategy building. In addition, the use of the presentation options of color graphics, hints, sound output and content may be significant in enhancing learning. For professionals in special education and rehabilitation, ADMINISTRATIVE and ASSESSMENT programs may also be beneficial. For some individuals with learning impairments, computer software that enhances learning and cognitive functions may be only a partial solution. For individuals with PHYSICAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS, other adaptive hardware and software may be needed for computer ACCESS. 3 Introduction EDUCATIONAL COURSEWARE ______________________ Reading/Language Arts The following section highlights software programs that address the curriculum areas of Reading and Language Arts. These programs include reading readiness, language development, spelling, vocabulary, grammar and reading comprehension. PRODUCT: "PLEASE HELP ME!" - SPELLING VENDOR: Focus Media Incorporated 839 Stewart Avenue Garden City, NY 11530 (800) 645-8989 ˙ (516) 794-8900 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: "Please Help Me!" - Spelling uses five learning activities to teach spelling on a variety of levels. Activities include drills, visualizing the shape of the word and games. Word search puzzles can be printed out; data disks are included with word lists or customized word lists may be entered. There is a password protected teacher management system. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: ADVENTURES WITH QUIN VENDOR: Battenberg & Associates 4740 Hinesley Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46208 (317) 283-3129 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Adventures with Quin is an educational series for the pre-reader or beginning reader to help develop a basic working vocabulary. Offering a sight-oriented style, it helps those learners who do not learn well through an auditory or phonics approach. Two basic skills sets teach basic words and concepts and improve coordination and ability areas. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: ALPHABET CIRCUS VENDOR: DLM Teaching Resources P.O. Box 4000 One DLM Park Allen, TX 75002 (800) 527-5030 ˙ (214) 248-6300 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This six game program provides language drill and practice with color graphics; letters are introduced by displaying a picture for each. Alphabet Parade is a missing letter alphabet sequence game; Secret Letter is a guessing game; Juggler involves letter matching; Marquee Maker allows students to enter words on the marquee. Output includes sound/music. ________________________________________________________________________ 4 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: ANALOGIES TUTORIAL VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Analogies Tutorial helps students identify and solve analogies. Using a systematic approach and extensive practice, relationships covered include: synonyms, antonyms, object/group, object/user, part/whole, object/description, cause/effect and grammatical usages. All content may be modified. There is complete recordkeeping capability. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: ARCADEMIC SKILL BUILDERS IN LANGUAGE ARTS VENDOR: DLM Teaching Resources P.O. Box 4000 One DLM Park Allen, TX 75002 (800) 527-5030 ˙ (214) 248-6300 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This course offers six practice and drill programs for game control options: Speech, Content, Difficulty level, Run Time, Paddle or keyboard control, Sound on or off. Players master subject agreement with regular and irregular verbs in different tenses and practice identifying parts of speech. One game provides practice in forming words with the consonant-vowel silent e patterns; another assists with commonly misspelled words. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: BOUNCY BEE LEARNS LETTERS VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Bouncy Bee Learns Letters uses an animated bee to guide children through a series of lessons and games to introduce and reinforce letter recognition skills and help improve reading readiness. An optional voice feature, available with the Speech Attachment, allows Bouncy Bee's friendly voice to guide the children through the lessons and games. Bouncy Bee Learns Letters is developmental for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten and remedial for grades 1-2. It is ideal for special education applications. ________________________________________________________________________ 5 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: BOUNCY BEE LEARNS LETTERS/WORDS VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Bouncy Bee offers two modes of operation. Automatic mode includes a management system that determines the lessons and the game the child should do next. Manual mode allows the teacher or child to select activity, lesson and skill level. In both, an animated bee guides the learner; an optional voice feature allows Bouncy Bee's voice to guide children. The programs reinforce other reading programs; each program includes four lessons, activities complementary to the IBM Writing to Read Program and a voice feature that gives directions and names letters or words. Online worksheets that can be printed are provided. The words used in Bouncy Bee account for approximately 60 percent of the words found in basal readers and books associated with grades 1-6. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: BOUNCY BEE LEARNS WORDS VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Bouncy Bee Learns Words uses an animated˙bee to guide children through a series of lessons and games designed to help teach word recognition skills, develop reading ability and provide spelling practice. The optional Speech Attachment allows Bouncy Bee's friendly voice to guide the children through the lessons and games. For children five to ten, Bouncy Bee Learns Words is developmental for pre-kindergarten and remedial for grades˙2-3. It is ideal for special education applications and is designed to help improve children's word knowledge, spelling ability and reading skills. The words used account for about 60 percent of the words found in basal readers, supplementary readers and library books associated with grades 1-6. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: CARA (COMPUTER ASSISTED READING ASSESSMENT) VENDOR: Southern Micro Systems P.O. Box 2097 Burlington, NC 27216-2097 (919) 226-7610 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: CARA provides reading teachers with diagnostic conclusions which are generated by the teacher's input. It also has the capacity to analyze the results of an IRI in depth. ________________________________________________________________________ 6 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: COMPUTER ASSISTED WRITING (CAW) VENDOR: Educational Activities Inc. P.O. Box 392 Freeport, NY 11520 (800) 645-3739 ˙ (516) 223-4666 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: CAW provides individualized instruction and help with three forms of writing: the business letter of complaint, the report, the persuasive composition. A simple word processor is built into the program. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: CORE READING AND VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT VENDOR: Educational Activities Inc. P.O. Box 392 Freeport, NY 11520 (800) 645-3739 ˙ (516) 223-4666 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: For older students who are beginning readers, these programs are equally effective with primary children. Students begin with 35 basic words and progress to over 200 through various activities. Learning is reinforced through the cycle of reading, timed reading, question/answer, visual-memory development, spelling, writing and activities that encourage thinking, development of vocabulary and phonetic patterns. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE ARTS DEVELOPMENT VENDOR: Educational Activities Inc. P.O. Box 392 Freeport, NY 11520 (800) 645-3739 ˙ (516) 223-4666 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program includes six diagnostic tests (one for each skill) and 36 progressive developmental programs (6 for each skill area) for a flexible and individualized series for students having difficulty with language arts. A management system is included. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: EARLY GAMES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN VENDOR: Queue Inc. 338 Commerce Dr. Fairfield, CT 06430 (203) 368-6887 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Nine activities entertain preschoolers in honing basic math and language skills. Match Numbers matches the number on the screen with the number on the keyboard. Count asks the child to count the number of blocks on the screen and press the number on the keyboard. Add stacks blocks and asks the child to show the sum; Match Letters asks the child to match the letter on the screen with the correct key; Alphabet teaches the alphabet; Names teaches how to spell names; Shapes displays four shapes; Draw allows the child to draw using the keyboard. No supervision required; helpful with communication skills: visual discrimination, letter recognition, alphabet sequences; math skills: numbers, counting, addition. ________________________________________________________________________ 7 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: EASY AS ABC VENDOR: Queue Inc. 338 Commerce Dr. Fairfield, CT 06430 (203) 368-6887 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Easy As ABC is five games that introduce the alphabet. Children learn letter recognition, alphabetical sequence and upper and lower case. A Picture Menu makes it easy to select; animated graphics use frogs and bees. Easy is helpful with communication skills: letter discrimination, alphabets, letter sequencing. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: ENGLISH BASICS VENDOR: Educational Activities Inc. P.O. Box 392 Freeport, NY 11520 (800) 645-3739 ˙ (516) 223-4666 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: English Basics reviews and reinforces English skills; text material is displayed and highlighted in examples, and a quiz with two chances to answer correctly follows; the management system provides scores to the teacher. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: EVELYN WOOD DYNAMIC READER VENDOR: Timeworks Inc. 444 Cook Road Deerfield, IL 60015 (312) 948-9200 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Evelyn Wood Dynamic Reader was designed to improve reading comprehension, retention and speed. Evelyn Wood provides exercises and can be used at the user's own pace. Exercises may be repeated as often as necessary. The program contains actual operating programs for the Dynamic Reader as well as the text and comprehension quizzes for the reading exercises. Progress is automatically recorded and results may be viewed on colorful bar charts. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: FIRST VERBS AND PRIMEROS VERBOS VENDOR: Laureate Learning Systems Inc. 110 East Spring St. Winooski, VT 05404 (800) 562-6801 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: First Verbs (and its Spanish version) trains and tests 40 early developing verbs using animated pictures and a natural sounding female voice. Interface options include TouchWindow, single switch, keyboard, game controller, left/right rocker switch (and Mouse option). Records may be saved to disk. It requires 640K, DOS 3.3 or higher, VGA, a DigiSpeech sound synthesizer, and a 3.5 disk drive. ________________________________________________________________________ 8 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: FIRST WORDS VENDOR: Laureate Learning Systems Inc. 110 East Spring St. Winooski, VT 05404 (800) 562-6801 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: First Words trains and tests early developing sounds presented within 10 categories, using a natural-sounding female voice and two different pictures to represent each noun. Interface options include TouchWindow, single switch, keyboard, game controller and left/right rocker switch (and Mouse option); records may be saved to disk. It requires 640K, DOS 3.3 or higher, VGA graphics, a DigiSpeech sound synthesizer, and 3.5 disk drive. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: FIRST WORDS, VERBS, CATEGORIES VENDOR: Laureate Learning Systems 110 East Spring St. Winooski, VT 05404 (802) 655-4755 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: These programs now run on IBM systems with 640K, DOS 3.3 or higher, VGA or MCGA graphics, and a 3.5" disk drive; they require a Digispeech sound synthesizer and may be accessed by keyboard, mouse, single switch, or TouchWindow. These programs are talking software for special education students. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: GAME POWER FOR PHONICS, PLUS VENDOR: Spin-A-Test Publishing Company 3177 Hogarth Dr. - Dept. CTG Sacramento, CA 95827 (916) 369-2032 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This game allows teachers to test for a student's mistakes in reading and speech, converting them into remedial computer games. There are 242 structural and phonetic parts of words selectable for the student at any grade level. Each game focuses on a single part of a word. Areas include long and short vowels, dipthongs, double-letter vowels, consonants, silent consonants, prefixes, suffixes, irregular forms. Objectives include alphabetical sequencing or matching, antonyms, comparative forms, compound words, contractions, dictionary terms, homographs, homonyms, homophones, meanings, phrases, punctuation, rhyming, syllables, vowels. ________________________________________________________________________ 9 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: GET SET FOR WRITING TO READ VENDOR: IBM Corporation IBM Telemarketing Operations 3035 Center Green - Plaza 2 Boulder, CO 80301 (800) 426-3388 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: In the pattern of Writing To Read, Get Set integrates numerous multi-sensory activities into the total teaching package. Children form letters with their fingers in a tracing tray, with chalk on a chalkboard, with clay in the Alphabet Activity Book and with pencil in the Writing Alphabet Book. They listen to a tape of The Alphabet Song as they follow the letters and listen to verses and rhymes as they follow along in the Verse and Rhyme Book. An instruction manual gives parents and teachers hints on presenting the activities. An Activity Time Guide presents the suggested order and duration of the activities. Get Set teaches the following reading readiness skills: visual discrimination, letter recognition, letter names, uppercase and lowercase letters, fine motor skills, auditory sequencing, auditory memory, eye/hand coordination, the concept that spoken words are a flow of sounds and that letters make words and words contain segments or syllables repeated in other words. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: GETTING READY TO READ AND ADD VENDOR: WINGS for learning 1600 Green Hills Rd. P.O. Box 60002 Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0002 (800) 321-7511 ˙ (408) 438-5502 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Students identify and match shapes, upper and lower-case letters and numbers. Teachers can customize the programs to suit individual or classroom needs by controlling the selection of numbers and letters. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: GOAL SERIES VENDOR: Davidson & Associates Inc. P.O. Box 2961 Torrance, CA 90509 (800) 545-7677 ˙ (213) 534-4070 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The GOAL Series fights illiteracy in a self-paced environment by offering two components: reading comprehension and vocabulary; each component has four topic disks - Life Skills, Staying Healthy, On the Job, and Read to Me. The program requires a VGA, EGA, MCGA, CGA or Hercules graphics adapter, and DOS 2.1 or higher, plus 512K. ________________________________________________________________________ 10 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: GRAMMAR EXAMINER VENDOR: Britannica Software 345 Fourth St. San Francisco, CA 94107 (800) 572-2272 ˙ (415) 597-5555 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Grammar Examiner uses a game format to teach basic grammar skills such as punctuation, capitalization, subject-verb agreement, verb tenses and so on. Players take the part of newspaper staff and by editing stories move up in position and salary. The game has multiple levels and it is possible to add grammar problems and key the game to specific lessons. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: GRAMMAR FOR SAT-ACT-TSWE VENDOR: Krell Software Flowerfield Building 7 - Suite 1 D St. James, NY 11780 (800) 245-7355 ˙ (516) 584-7900 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Grammar presents questions in commonly˙used standardized-exam˙format. The easy to use menu allows users to concentrate on areas of weakness. Its handy reference guide directs students to the area where they need practice. Combines diagnostic and instructional materials that help students overcome the problems encountered on the Test of Standard Written English section of the SAT and other standardized exams. ˙School district licenses are available for unlimited duplication of this program. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: GRAMMAR GREMLINS VENDOR: Davidson & Associates Inc. P.O. Box 2961 Torrance, CA 90509 (800) 545-7677 ˙ (213) 534-4070 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Grammar Gremlins presents the basic rules of grammar, including abbreviations, agreement, capitalization, contractions, parts of speech, plurals, possessives, punctuation and sentence structure. It has four learning activities: pretest, Build Your Skill, Grammar Gremlins game with animated graphics, and review. There is an authoring system and record keeping function. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: HOLIDAY FUN VENDOR: DIL International 2115, Boivin Sainte-Foy Quebec, Canada, G1V 1N6 (800) 463-5581 ˙ (418) 687-9788 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Holiday Fun, designed for children aged four to eight and special needs children, introduces the social and cultural aspects of holidays. ________________________________________________________________________ 11 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: HOW TO READ FOR EVERYDAY LIVING VENDOR: Educational Activities Inc. P.O. Box 392 Freeport, NY 11520 (800) 645-3739 ˙ (516) 223-4666 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: How To Read focuses on survival reading skills and teaches want ads, job ads, labels, forms, and applications. Basic vocabulary and key words are taught using alternate teaching strategies. Crosswords and other puzzles check comprehension. Correct answers are reinforced; incorrect ones are remediated. A complete management system is included. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: IBM PARTS OF SPEECH SERIES VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: IBM Parts of Speech Series develops the ability to overcome some common usage problems. Students learn to identify parts of speech and how to form a sentence. Problems and examples involve grammatical concepts; activities give practical experience in using and reinforcing what is learned. In Whatzit, the functions of parts of speech are illustrated by cartoon characters. Students create sentences to be acted out by the characters if grammatically correct; 30,000 possible sentences may be created. Instructions show how the program works and guide students; questions help students know when and how to respond; a Help key provides assistance. Results may be stored for the teacher to monitor progress or to select a lower level for students needing remedial help or a higher level for those ready for enrichment. Grade levels do not appear on the products. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: IBM PRIVATE TUTOR SERIES FOR LANGUAGE ARTS VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This series presents a broad spectrum of language arts skills: capitalization, punctuation, spelling and grammar, reading comprehension, vocabulary and word knowledge. Developed after a comprehensive review of curricula and a variety of achievement tests, lessons introduce concepts and allow students to practice; quizzes test language arts skills. Lessons, quizzes and tests use formats similar to those of standardized tests. Teachers keep student records automatically. Programs include: Language and Word Knowledge Skills, Punctuation and Vocabulary Building Skills, Capitalization, Spelling Skills and Reading Comprehension Skills. ________________________________________________________________________ 12 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: IBM READING FOR INFORMATION SERIES VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Reading for Information Series is three products for grade 3 through 8. Reading Graphs and Charts develops three skills: 1) students make inferences by answering questions on what they have read; 2) students analyze what they read in conjunction with the graphs and charts shown; 3) students predict information by integrating the graph or chart with the story. Reading Arguments develops three skills: 1) to evaluate arguments; 2) to articulate a writer's belief and recognize the conditions to prove it; 3) to discriminate among evidence, claims, and opinions. Instructions and questions and a Help key provide assistance. The Student Manager stores the results and lets the teacher to monitor and control progress. Teachers may select a lower level for students needing remedial help or a higher level for those ready for enrichment. The grade levels do not appear on the individual products. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: IBM READING FOR MEANING SERIES VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This Series is made up of four products. Reading More Than the Words develops three skills: 1) students make inferences by answering questions on what they have read; 2) students learn to analyze what they read and justify their inferences as they select key words; 3) students summarize what they have read by answering a key question at the end of the lesson. Reading to Get the Picture develops skills in selecting an hypothesis by indicating which picture tells a story. The story is presented a few sentences at a time, with students eliminating the pictures that no longer support the story. Instructions and questions help students know when and how to respond. A Help key provides added assistance. The Student Manager stores the results and helps the teacher monitor and control student progress. Teachers may select a lower level for students needing help or a high level for those ready for enrichment. Grade levels do not appear on the individual products. ________________________________________________________________________ 13 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: IBM SPELLING SERIES VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The IBM Spelling Series teaches and develops spelling skills in self-paced lessons; students may work independently with minimal supervision. Students or teachers enter additional spelling words. Clear, easy instructions at the beginning of each activity show students how the program works; continued instructions and questions in each story let students know when and how to respond. A Help key function provides added assistance. The Student Manager stores the results of each student's work and allows the teacher to monitor and control student progress. Students learn regular spelling patterns and trouble words and may learn up to 540 new words and an equal number of variations. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: IBM VOCABULARY SERIES VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: IBM Vocabulary Series teaches and develops a knowledge of word meaning and usage, plus the skills necessary to learn new words independently. Clear instructions show how the program works and guide students through a practice activity. Continued instructions and questions help students know when and how to respond; a Help key provides assistance. The Student Manager stores results and helps the teacher monitor and control each student's progress. Teachers may select a lower level for students needing remedial help or a higher level for those ready for enrichment. Grade levels do not appear on the individual products. Upon completion of each program, students may learn up to 320 new words and acquire strategies for learning more. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: KATIE'S FARM VENDOR: Broderbund Software Inc. 17 Paul Dr. San Rafael, CA 94903 (800) 521-6263 ˙ (415) 492-3500 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Katie's Farm introduces the computer to young children and helps them develop pre-reading skills, reinforcing cause and effect, shape/object recognition, spatial relationships, and eye/hand coordination. ________________________________________________________________________ 14 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: KEYTALK VENDOR: PEAL Software P.O. Box 8188 Calabasas, CA 91372 (818) 883-7849 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: KEYTALK is a beginning literacy activity for children beginning to read and write. Based on the language experience approach to teaching written language, Keytalk allows the student (ages 3-8) to participate by reading and writing immediately; as the child types, the computer "talks" each letter, word and sentence. Echo PC Speech Syntheasizer is required. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: KRELL'S SAT VOCABULARY BUILDER VENDOR: Krell Software Flowerfield Building 7 - Suite 1 D St. James, NY 11780 (800) 245-7355 ˙ (516) 584-7900 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Using both tutorial and game formats, this program provides practice in mastering the words which are important for tests, course work and job interviews. It allows new words and definitions to be added by the teacher. Specialized vocabularies may be added for any subject area. School district licenses are available for unlimited duplication of this program. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: LANGUAGE ARTS SERIES II VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Language Arts Series II, developed by teachers, contains two program disks with multi-level lessons in a tutorial format with information frames followed by questions and hint frames to guide students to the answer. The series has been successful at all levels, including remedial, secondary and adult literacy classes. Each disk keeps individual records and class summaries. The content on any program may be easily modified to personalize the materials and tailor the vocabulary. Titles include: Homonyms, Nouns/Pronouns, Verbs, Roots and Affixes, Adjectives, Adverbs and Antonyms/Synonyms. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: LEAP 1: FUNCTIONAL LITERACY - INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE VENDOR: Educational Activities Inc. P.O. Box 392 Freeport, NY 11520 (800) 645-3739 ˙ (516) 223-4666 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Leap 1 promotes the reading and writing abilities of illiterate students, using a Language Experience Approach. It develops lessons, compiles student word banks and provides follow-up. Lessons are individualized. The stages of composition used are prewriting, writing, rereading, proofreading, revising and rewriting. Text may be edited and revised by teacher or student. ________________________________________________________________________ 15 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: LEEP SPELLING PACKAGE VENDOR: LEEP Inc. 1475 Holburne Rd. Mississauga Ontario, Canada, L5E 2L5 (416) 271-7504 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: LEEP is an interactive spelling instruction package based on morphographs covering 3,750 core words which expand to 12,000 derivative words. The complete curriculum, for grades 1-8, resides on 15 diskettes. The program operates on standalone PC or LAN; course material may be customized. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: LELPS VENDOR: Dataflo Computer Services Inc. HC 32-Box 1 Enfield, NH 03748 (603) 448-2223 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Lelps is a spelling and vocabulary program with a utility to help the user modify existing word categories or create new ones. It comes with 55 files of over 2000 words. A score sheet appears at the end of each lesson. The program features a word scramble with large letters and optional speech. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: LEXIA TOUCH AND LEARN VENDOR: Lexia Learning Systems P.O. Box 466 Lincoln, MA 01773 (617) 259-8752 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: These reading exercises are a phonics-based software system of instruction for beginning reading and spelling. Colorful game formats, verbal instructions and touch-sensitive screens help students learn without supervision. Lexia has been field tested, including testing in a private school for dyslexics. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MAGIC SPELLS VENDOR: Learning Company 6493 Kaiser Dr. Fremont, CA 94555 (800) 852-2255 ˙ (415) 792-2101 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Magic Spells utilizes an adventure game format to teach spelling skills. Words are flashed on the screen to be unscrambled or spelled. The program can be adapted to any level with personal word lists and has an adjustable timer. Letters are large and easy-to-read; color graphics are employed; lists may be printed for review. Game titles: Scramble Spells, Flash Spells and Word Spinner. ________________________________________________________________________ 16 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: MATH AND SCIENCE SERIES VENDOR: Educational Activities Inc. P.O. Box 392 Freeport, NY 11520 (800) 645-3739 ˙ (516) 223-4666 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Educational Activities provides a number of programs to help students with math and science. Call their (800) number for specific topics of interest. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MCGEE VENDOR: Broderbund Software Inc. 17 Paul Dr. San Rafael, CA 94903 (800) 521-6263 ˙ (415) 492-3500 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: McGee introduces the computer to young children and develops pre-reading skills. The program reinforces object/shape recognition, spatial relationships, eye/hand coordination, cause and effect, and storytelling skills. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MICROCOURSE: LANGUAGE ARTS VENDOR: Houghton Mifflin P.O. Box 683 Hanover, NH 03755 (603) 448-3838 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Microcourse is a computer-assisted instruction package designed by educators. Microcourse provides supplementary individualized skill activities to support classroom instruction; the program provides supplementary and motivational instructional activities in 353 basic skills most commonly taught in levels three through eight. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MICROCOURSE: READING VENDOR: Houghton Mifflin P.O. Box 683 Hanover, NH 03755 (603) 448-3838 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Microcourse is a computer-assisted instruction package designed by educators. Microcourse provides supplementary, individualized skill activities that support classroom instruction; the program assists the mastery of 252 basic reading skills; the skills list is a subset of the skills identified by the Individual Pupil Monitoring System (IPMS), a criterion-reference testing component which supports the Houghton Mifflin Reading Program. ________________________________________________________________________ 17 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: MISSING LETTERS VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Missing Letters can be used either in a language arts or reading lab for practice in developing spelling skills and reading improvement at all levels. Missing Letters uses 50 written passages included on the diskette. With nine formats available, such as all vowels missing or every other letter missing, the student has 700 exercises available. The program encourages students to write their own stories and turn them into missing letter puzzles; teachers add passages of varying degrees of difficulty to assess and challenge and concentrate on specific areas such as suffixes or sentences with all verbs missing. Different missing letter formats keep the exercises varied and challenging; students specify the number of attempts (1-5) it will take to discover the missing letter. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: OPPOSITES VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Opposites is designed to improve students' vocabulary. The lessons begin on a second grade level and gradually increase in difficulty. The task is to find the opposite of a given word. Key words are used to help the student. Optional answers discourage guessing; all words and sentences can be modified. There is complete recordkeeping. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: PARTS OF SPEECH PAK VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Parts of Speech helps students having difficulty understanding the different parts of speech. All content may be modified, and a record keeping option is available. ________________________________________________________________________ 18 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: QUIET DUCK LEARNING SERIES VENDOR: Computer Talk 1420 East Cypress St. Covina, CA 91724 (818) 331-0413 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Quiet Duck Learning Series is a package of reading and spelling programs for the Learning Disabled student. It provides a clear, uncluttered presentation and format appropriate for easily distracted individuals. The series is a diagnostic tool and for pre- and post-testing of specific lessons. Responses are scored and errors filed for teacher review and analysis of students' strengths and weaknesses. The teacher may choose pre-packaged word lists or may develop individualized lists to match the learning objectives of each student. An option allows information to be presented rapidly or slowly. Quiet Duck promotes consistent left-to-right progression in reading. Characters appear on the screen in sequence and force the student's eyes to scan with proper directionality. Additionally, the student has an opportunity to practice keyboard operation while learning to read and spell. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: RACE THE CLOCK VENDOR: Mindplay 3130 North Dodge Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85716 (800) 221-7911 ˙ (602) 322-6163 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Race the Clock, a matching game, uses the animation capabilities to teach verbs. The player chooses a matching game from a menu. The choices are picture/picture, picture/word or word/word. A grid with 12, 20 or 30 squares appears, and the player chooses two squares at a time to match. Correct answers are rewarded with music. To win the player uncovers all the matches before time runs out. Lessons may be customized; playing time may be adjusted. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: READER RABBIT VENDOR: Learning Company 6493 Kaiser Dr. Fremont, CA 94555 (800) 852-2255 ˙ (415) 792-2101 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Reader˙Rabbit˙is˙a˙fast-paced˙electronic˙word˙factory for children to have fun as they learn˙vital˙early reading˙and vocabulary skills. School Edition includes two diskettes, teacher's˙guide, scope and sequence chart for easy integration with the curriculum, online and offline activities and blackline masters. ________________________________________________________________________ 19 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: READER RABBIT AND THE FABULOUS WORD FACTORY VENDOR: Learning Company 6493 Kaiser Dr. Fremont, CA 94555 (800) 852-2255 ˙ (415) 792-2101 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Reader Rabbit uses four games to teach beginning reading skills to students who learn letters, sort them into words and sequence them, stressing pattern and word recognition, reading comprehension and vocabulary. Containing over 200 three-letter words and 70 high-resolution pictures, Reader Rabbit adapts to varying levels and may be played alone or with others. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: READING COMPREHENSION VENDOR: Dorsett Educational Systems Inc. P. O. Box 1226 Norman, OK 73070 (800) 654-3871 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Reading Comprehension is a 16-lesson series on eight cassettes, all of which contain real-time audio, high-resolution graphics, color and easy-to-read font. Narrative material is interspersed with interactive questions. After the correct response, the lesson continues. All programs are tutorial and include positive reinforcement. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: READING IN THE WORKPLACE VENDOR: Educational Activities Inc. P.O. Box 392 Freeport, NY 11520 (800) 645-3739 ˙ (516) 223-4666 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Reading in the Workplace is a job-based reading program using real-life problems and solutions to capture students' attention and improve their vocabulary and comprehension skills. There are three levels of difficulty available; teachers may review progress and scores through the automatic management system included. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: READING MAGIC VENDOR: Tom Snyder Productions 90 Sherman St. Cambridge, MA 02140 (800) 342-0236 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Reading Magic provides hours of reading, vocabulary building, letter and word recognition plus problem-solving and decision-making skill development. ________________________________________________________________________ 20 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: READING MAGIC LIBRARY VENDOR: Tom Snyder Productions 90 Sherman St. Cambridge, MA 02140 (800) 342-0236 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special education product invites kids into the world of storytelling; as a mechanism for building social relationships, reinforcing basic reading skills and laying a foundation for critical thinking, the program is intended for all levels. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: READING STRATEGY SERIES VENDOR: Prentice-Hall Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 (201) 767-5049 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Reading Strategy Series consists of two authoring systems: one for the teacher and one for the students. Both authoring systems operate on text files prepared by the teacher from materials used in the classroom. The system creates lessons at any age, reading, language level and with any content; it includes 40 pre-done text files and 40 exercises graded from 3rd grade to adult education. Teachers may create speed reading, scrambled letters, scrambled words, scrambled sentences and completion exercises. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: SPECIAL NEEDS COLLECTION VENDOR: Humanities Software P.O. Box 950 Hood River, OR 97031 (800) 245-6737 ˙ (503) 386-6737 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Recommended for special needs students and those for whom English is a second language, these programs provide structured practice with basic language skills and offer opportunities for self-expression through open-ended writing. Titles include Class Journals, Sentences, Rhyming Chase Sequence, and I'm Fast as Fire. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: SPEED READER II VENDOR: Davidson & Associates Inc. P.O. Box 2961 Torrance, CA 90509 (800) 545-7677 ˙ (213) 534-4070 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Speed Reader II improves reading comprehension while increasing speed. Its 35 reading passages have six activities: Warm-up Letters flashes letters for recall at a rate that increases with success; Warm-up Words does the same activity with whole words; Column Reading improves peripheral vision; Eye Movement trains students to move eyes rhythmically from one group of words to the next; Passage Reading Lesson and Timed Reading. An editor allows entry of additional material; a grade analyzer determines the level of added material. The program includes a computerized tachistoscope, automatic speed computation, recordkeeping and comprehension tests. The basic program is on the high school level; data disks extend downward to grade five or upward to college. ________________________________________________________________________ 21 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: SPELL IT PLUS! VENDOR: Davidson & Associates Inc. P.O. Box 2961 Torrance, CA 90509 (800) 545-7677 ˙ (213) 534-4070 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Spell It Plus! reviews spelling rules and provides a format for teaching new words. 1000 words are grouped in five levels of difficulty. There are five learning activities: Study It, Decode It, Correct It, Unscramble It and Spell It. Students are rewarded with sound and graphic reinforcements. An editor feature allows the teacher to enter custom word lists. Additional data disks include: grades 1-2, 600 additional words; grades 3-4, 1000 additional words; grades 5-6, 1000 additional words. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: SPELL-A-VISION VENDOR: Cross Educational Software 504 East Kentucky P. O. Box 1536 Ruston, LA 71270 (318) 255-8921 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Spell-A-Vision is an independent study program for students who need to improve their spelling and vocabulary. There are eight disks in the series with 8,000 words. These words are displayed in large letters to build visual memory. Each word has a sentence that defines or uses it. Players have the choice of seeing each word in a list before they spell it or of guessing the word from the context of its sentence. This feature makes the game challenging for anyone who enjoys crossword puzzles. Parents or teachers can enter their own spelling lists with the built-in text editor. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: SPELLIST VENDOR: Castle Special Computer Services 9801 San Gabriel St. NE Albuquerque, NM 87111-3530 (505) 293-8379 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: SPELLIST presents words for spelling with the style of presentation adaptable to the student, practicing from dictation. With each correct keystroke, the symbol is spoken and displayed; only correct responses are shown; incorrect responses are not reinforced. The teacher enters student names and appropriate individualized lesson plans. Existing word lists may be used or the teacher may enter additional words. ________________________________________________________________________ 22 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: STICKYBEAR PARTS OF SPEECH VENDOR: Optimum Resource Inc. 10 Station Place Norfolk, CT 06058 (800) 327-1473 ˙ (203) 542-5553 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program helps children recognize parts of speech - nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections. Children identify parts of speech from word lists, sentences or from within paragraphs in challenging activities. An open-ended, versatile program, Stickybear Parts of Speech can easily be customized, allowing teachers and parents to focus on each child's needs. Graphics and tunes reward correct answers. In Word Drill, a list of words slides down the left side of the screen, while a command at the right tells which part of speech to find. Word Machine exercises are timed, and children try to work quickly to score more points. In Paragraph Drill, children identify all instances of a particular part of speech from within paragraphs. In Sentence Machine, children identify parts of speech in sentences which appear in a box at the top of the screen. The sooner students select the right answers, the more points they get. This program is designed for ages 8-12. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: STICKYBEAR READING VENDOR: Optimum Resource Inc. 10 Station Place Norfolk, CT 06058 (800) 327-1473 ˙ (203) 542-5553 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Stickybear Reading uses sound, animation and gaming to motivate students for drill in basic reading. The program includes three games: Match the Words - displays three pictures and corresponding nouns, Find the Word - shows a sentence with a missing word and three choices, Build a Sentence - allows the child to choose a subject, predicate and object before animating the sentence. All are self-paced and self-correcting. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: STICKYBEAR SPELLGRABBER VENDOR: Optimum Resource Inc. 10 Station Place Norfolk, CT 06058 (800) 327-1473 ˙ (203) 542-5553 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program builds spelling and vocabulary skills for children. It captures the interest of beginning spellers with three activities. In Picture Spell children move Stickybear through a maze to pick up the correct letters illustrated by a picture on the screen. Word Spell is more challenging and requires students to unscramble letters to spell and reconstruct words. In Bear Dunk, similar hangman, players try to guess words, letter by letter, before Stickybear gets dunked in water. Grade levels may be selected to match the user's skill; an open-ended, add-your-own word list may be maintained. ________________________________________________________________________ 23 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: TALKING NOUNS AND VERBS VENDOR: Laureate Learning Systems Inc. 110 East Spring St. Winooski, VT 05404 (800) 562-6801 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Talking Nouns and Verbs build expressive language and augmentative communication skills. Each program includes a plastic template that slides over the TouchWindow; students press a word, phrase or picture on the template to make their computer speak. The programs require 640K, DOS 3.3 or higher, VGA, a DigiSpeech sound synthesizer, a TouchWindow, and a 3.5 disk drive. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: TALKING READING AND ME VENDOR: Davidson & Associates Inc. P.O. Box 2961 Torrance, CA 90509 (800) 545-7677 ˙ (213) 534-4070 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Talking Reading and Me, for ages four through seven, prepares children for reading and builds reading skills. The program includes graphics and has twelve learning games for readiness, alphabet, phonics and words. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: TALKING WORD ATTACK PLUS! VENDOR: Davidson & Associates Inc. P.O. Box 2961 Torrance, CA 90509 (800) 545-7677 ˙ (213) 534-4070 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Talking Word Attack Plus! teaches 700 new words, their meanings and usages through five learning activities. Students type responses and are rewarded both with sound and graphic reinforcements. The program has animation, color, synthesized speech, score-keeping and printout capabilities. The easy-to-use editor permits teachers to enter additional words. Additional data disks with additional word lists are available. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: TELL AND SPELL VENDOR: Dataflo Computer Services Inc. HC 32-Box 1 Enfield, NH 03748 (603) 448-2223 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Tell and Spell, a spelling and vocabulary program, comes with a utility to help users modify existing word categories or create new ones. 55 files contain over 2000 words. A score sheet is displayed at the end of each lesson. The program features a classic spelling bee simulation with large letters and optional speech. ________________________________________________________________________ 24 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: TOUCH 'N TALK MICROS VENDOR: Imaginart Communication Products 307 Arizona St. Bisbee, AZ 85603 (800) 828-1376 ˙ (602) 432-5741 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Touch 'N Talk Micros are smaller (5/8" square) versions of the Touch 'N Talk Communication Stickers that affix to overlays on electronic communication devices to indicate which keys have been programmed to speak a word or phrase. Included in the 660-sticker set are Touch 'N Talk Symbols: less specific graphic symbols used to identify broad categories or abstract ideas. Purpose: to increase communication rate by touching one or two symbols rather than typing an entire message. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: VERB USAGE SERIES VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Verb Usage is a series of practice lessons. Each introduces one commonly misused verb. The student discriminates among the present, past, past participle and infinitive forms of the verb. Students try forms of the verb in sentences before selecting. Hints repeat the rule and give examples of usage. The content may be modified by the teacher. The computer keeps records of student errors for teacher review. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: VOCABULARY PAK VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Vocabulary Pak helps students understand opposites, homonyms, roots and affixes, and antonyms/synonyms. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: VOY A LEER ESCRIBIENDO (VALE) VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: VALE has been adapted from Writing to Read to make sure that Spanish-speaking students learn to read and write with the cycle words that best present the phonemic structure of their language. VALE uses the same teaching models, product components and classroom organization as Writing to Read, so English and Spanish-speaking students can work side by side in the same center. ________________________________________________________________________ 25 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: WEEKLY SPELLER VENDOR: TCE Programs Inc. P. O. Box 2477 Gaithersburg, MD 20879 (800) 482-4823 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Weekly Speller is a spelling program that allows parents or teachers to enter words for drill and practice. It can handle up to 75 words of up to 14 letters. The program is presented to the student with game-style graphics and sound. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Who, What, When, Where, Why provides simple drill with feedback and explanation frames. The student is presented with a familiar phrase and decides whether it tells who or what. If an error is made, the feedback includes the correct answer; the lessons increase in difficulty. The teacher can modify the lessons to include vocabulary or phrases taken directly out the basal reader. Student records are kept by the computer. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: WINNING WITH PHONICS VENDOR: K-12 MicroMedia Publishing Inc. 6 Arrow Road Ramsey, NJ 07446 (800) 922-0401 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Winning with Phonics provides 1289 games that provide practice in virtually all structural or phonetic parts of words. It can be used to meet IEP requirements and adapts to all grades. The games may be played independently or in small groups. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: WORDSEARCH VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Wordsearch is a utility that randomly generates and prints puzzles containing up to 40 words (depending on puzzle size) selected by the teacher. The program prints wordfinds in expanded form with most popular printers. The disk holds up to 90 files of 40 words each. Teachers control the difficulty by choosing such options as overlapping words, left to right only, top to bottom only, words printed backwards and diagonal words. Other options include word list at the bottom of the page and printed answer key. ________________________________________________________________________ 26 Reading/Language Arts PRODUCT: WORKPLACE LITERACY SYSTEM VENDOR: The Conover Company P.O. Box 155 Omro, WI 54963 (800) 933-1933 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Workplace Literacy System consists of a series of learning activity packets that provide the student, client, or employee with an opportunity to explore and learn basic academic skills; drill and practice activities relate to the workplace and cover reading, math, vocabulary, and some science exercises. ________________________________________________________________________ 27 Reading/Language Arts Mathematics This chapter includes software programs for mathematics, including basic and higher math skills. PRODUCT: ADVENTURES IN MATH VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Adventures in Math lets students in grades 3-4 find their way through a maze of rooms and passageways in a castle. They play alone or against a friend - solving problems to open doors, collect treasure and find their way out of the castle - all while battling spiders and dragons. For each problem solved, students get points. Adventures in Math offers a challenge on five different skill levels. Students begin by solving problems on the easiest level and, as they solve more problems, progress to more difficult levels. Adventures in Math tests addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, either singly or with combinations of problems. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: ALGE-BLASTER PLUS! VENDOR: Davidson & Associates Inc. P.O. Box 2961 Torrance, CA 90509 (800) 545-7677 ˙ (213) 534-4070 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Alge-blaster helps pre-algebra and algebra students develop an understanding of the algebraic process and learn the basic steps in solving algebraic problems. This comprehensive program covers 1st and 2nd semester algebra, including integers, monomials, polynomials, solving equations, algebraic fractions, quadradic equations and graphing. The editing feature allows teachers to add problems to meet student needs. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: ARCADEMIC SKILL BUILDERS IN MATH VENDOR: DLM Teaching Resources P.O. Box 4000 One DLM Park Allen, TX 75002 (800) 527-5030 ˙ (214) 248-6300 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Part arcade and part academic, Arcademic Skill Builders incorporates meteors, lasers, spaceships, alligators and green slime to drill and reinforce basic math. The kit contains six programs; each employs a motivating game format. The object is to destroy an arithmetic problem by typing in a correct answer before players are destroyed. While themes and graphics change, all the programs operate according to the same set of rules. Students solve simple problems; options allow users to determine the speed of the approaching problems and the run time of the game. ________________________________________________________________________ 28 Mathematics PRODUCT: ARITH-MAGIC AND ARITH-MAGIC II VENDOR: Quality Educational Designs P.O. Box 12486 Portland, OR 97212 (800) 622-MATH ˙ (503) 287-8137 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This set˙of˙interactive˙programs˙explores concepts˙and presents motivated practice in whole˙number˙operations, including an addition/multiplication puzzle and an exploration of patterns. The programs offer different levels of difficulty and provide exercise in logic and problem solving, focusing on concepts of area and perimeter. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: BASIC MATH COMPETENCY SKILL BUILDING VENDOR: Educational Activities Inc. P.O. Box 392 Freeport, NY 11520 (800) 645-3739 ˙ (516) 223-4666 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: These programs make use of the computer's graphic, branching and interactive capabilities. An objective-based math skill classification helps the teacher assign material appropriate to need and level. Problems are randomly generated. Students control the pace. An interactive tutorial precedes each lesson; students repeat it as often as necessary before going to the practice problems. The computer monitors student work, branches to remediation and interactively guides them to the solution. The program branches to extra practice. A quiz gives final assessments of comprehension. The management system automatically records students' quiz grades on each level of difficulty. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: BASIC NUMBER CONCEPTS VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Basic Number Concepts provides a thorough review of the most important basic number concepts: numeration - the place value of digits, expanded notation, number lines, rounding, estimating; number theory - multiples and factors; even, odd and prime numbers; the greatest common factor; the least common multiple and denominator; simplifying fractions; number sentences - equations and inequalities; missing numbers in equations; missing numbers in related number sentences; number properties - commutative, associative and distributive properties; identity of elements and inverses. ________________________________________________________________________ 29 Mathematics PRODUCT: BLOCK IT VENDOR: Electronic Courseware Systems Inc. 1210 Lancaster Dr. Champaign, IL 61821 (217) 359-7099 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Block It is an educational computer game for mathematics students learning place value. Graphic representation of counting blocks are displayed by the computer to reinforce the concept of place value in the base-ten numbers. Student scores are retained by the computer. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: BUMBLE GAMES VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This game for teaching basic math and geometry uses an imaginary creature to guide students through games introducing number basics and plotting numbers on a line. Output includes voice and music. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: BUMBLE PLOT VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program teaches students about negative numbers, coordinate graphing and number lines. Five games introduce the concepts in order of difficulty; the computer provides clues. Students know how to plot ordered pairs of numbers into all four quadrants of a coordinate graph by the conclusion of the fifth game. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: CAMPAIGN MATH VENDOR: Mindplay 3130 North Dodge Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85716 (800) 221-7911 ˙ (602) 322-6163 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program is a complete program on the electoral process as well as a math package which teaches ratios, fractions and percentages. It contains three games which may be played separately or integrated into one longer game. Includes recordkeeping and authoring features. ________________________________________________________________________ 30 Mathematics PRODUCT: CLOCK VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Clock uses interactive graphics to help students learn to convert between digital time and `clock' time. The program allows students to manipulate the hands of an on-screen clock. There are three multi-level lessons and a tutorial for students having difficulty associating the hand movement of a clock with the measurement of time. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: COINSNKEYS VENDOR: Castle Special Computer Services 9801 San Gabriel St. NE Albuquerque, NM 87111-3530 (505) 293-8379 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: COINSNKEYS teaches recognition of coins and keyboard keys, counting and simple addition of coins. Student input is in keystrokes; the space bar is used for beginning counting. Any Key is a program that causes a response both spoken and displayed on the screen. The teacher uses the keyboard to select a pattern for coin recognition, a time delay before prompting and to enter the student's name to be spoken by the program for reinforcement. A special option is available for blind students. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: DECIMAL DISCOVERY VENDOR: DLM Teaching Resources P.O. Box 4000 One DLM Park Allen, TX 75002 (800) 527-5030 ˙ (214) 248-6300 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Dividing Decimals helps students practice dividing a decimal number by a 1-, 2- or 3-digit number containing a decimal. All numbers and placements of decimals are randomly generated. Using the left and right arrow keys, the student repositions the decimal point in both the divisor and the dividend. The screen serves as a worksheet. The cursor locates the placement of each digit. Other titles in the series are Multiplying, Adding and Subtracting Decimals. ________________________________________________________________________ 31 Mathematics PRODUCT: DOES TIME REALLY FLY? VENDOR: DIL International 2115, Boivin Sainte-Foy Quebec, Canada, G1V 1N6 (800) 463-5581 ˙ (418) 687-9788 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This software program is designed for moderately mentally-disabled or special needs students in preschool and kindergarten. It teaches time concepts and math readiness (unifying concepts). The Electronic Activities cover Noon to Midnight; Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow; My Calendar; The Seasons in Color; and What Doesn't Belong? ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: EARLY GAMES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN VENDOR: Queue Inc. 338 Commerce Dr. Fairfield, CT 06430 (203) 368-6887 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Nine activities entertain preschoolers in honing basic math and language skills. Match Numbers matches the number on the screen with the number on the keyboard. Count asks the child to count the number of blocks on the screen and press the number on the keyboard. Add stacks blocks and asks the child to show the sum; Match Letters asks the child to match the letter on the screen with the correct key; Alphabet teaches the alphabet; Names teaches how to spell names; Shapes displays four shapes; Draw allows the child to draw using the keyboard. No supervision required; helpful with communication skills: visual discrimination, letter recognition, alphabet sequences; math skills: numbers, counting, addition. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: EDUCALC VENDOR: Houghton Mifflin P.O. Box 683 Hanover, NH 03755 (603) 448-3838 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: EduCalc lets teachers walk students through basic spreadsheet functions, providing a practice template for reinforcement and offering a step-by-step approach to help students become proficient in spreadsheet use. Instruction is divided into short segments. EduCalc may also be used by itself as a spreadsheet applications tool. ________________________________________________________________________ 32 Mathematics PRODUCT: ELEMENTS OF MATHEMATICS VENDOR: Electronic Courseware Systems Inc. 1210 Lancaster Dr. Champaign, IL 61821 (217) 359-7099 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Elements of Mathematics includes two lessons and a test in addition of simple and complex fractions. The first lesson deals with the reduction and addition of fractions and mixed numbers having common denominators, using graphics (pie slices) for illustration. The second lesson moves to problems having unlike denominators. Test results are stored for access by student and instructor. The instructor can set the number of test items to between one and 50 and can manage a roster of students. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: EXPANDED NOTATION VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Expanded Notation provides practice on difficult skills such as writing numbers in expanded form and working with the concept of place value. 19 lessons gradually increase in difficulty. The teacher may create lessons or modify any existing ones. The program presents information, asks questions and provides hints to help the student select the correct answer. Lessons may be terminated if they are too easy or too difficult. There is complete recordkeeping. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: EXPLORING MEASUREMENT, TIME AND MONEY VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program (of three levels) helps young students learn about measurement, time and money. Colorful graphics and characters help make learning meaningful. Computer programs that provide exploratory, stuctured and construction activities. Because the program uses voice technology, graphic icons and a mouse, very little reading and typing are required by the students. Students may work inidividually or in pairs. The program may be considered enrichment for pre-kindergarten, developmental for K-2 and remedial for grades 3-4. ________________________________________________________________________ 33 Mathematics PRODUCT: FAY: THAT MATH WOMAN VENDOR: Didatech Software Ltd. 3812 William Street Burnaby, BC V5C 3H9 CANADA (800) 665-0667 ˙ (604) 299-4435 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Fay, a graphic character, helps children develop basic math concepts, using number lines to provide illustrations of how arithmetic equations work. Fay shows the answer by walking or leaping along the number line. In multiplication and division, Fay makes leaps, accompanied by sound, to reinforce the concept of groups of equal numbers. Progress may be evaluated by printing errors and answers. Fay helps remedial students progress in math, reinforces the concept of division as the inverse of multiplication and provides a nonviolent program to learn basic skills. Teachers may create their own lessons. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: FIRST MATH VENDOR: Dataflo Computer Services Inc. HC 32-Box 1 Enfield, NH 03748 (603) 448-2223 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: First Math teaches number concepts, addition and subtraction. There are four modes and four skill levels. The user may determine the number of problems. A report card is shown on the screen. The program includes a classic math quiz in large characters. Speech is optional; math skills include: addition, arithmetic readiness, counting, number discrimination, number concepts, subtraction. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: FRACTION FACTORY VENDOR: Queue Inc. 338 Commerce Dr. Fairfield, CT 06430 (203) 368-6887 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Children learn to describe fractions, find equal values with different denominators, multiply whole numbers by a fraction, add fractions to fractions and subtract fractions from fractions. Color graphics and musical sounds are used; and if the child has difficulty, more helpful hints will appear until the child understands the concept and calculates the answer. Math skills cover: fractional parts, fraction addition, subtraction and multiplication. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: FUNZEEZ VENDOR: Resource Software International 330 New Brunswick Avenue Fords, NJ 08863 (201) 738-8500 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This arithmetic and language package builds basic skills and provides elementary students four different programs: flashing numbers, arithmetic drills, unscrambling words and word guessing. ________________________________________________________________________ 34 Mathematics PRODUCT: GETTING READY TO READ AND ADD VENDOR: WINGS for learning 1600 Green Hills Rd. P.O. Box 60002 Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0002 (800) 321-7511 ˙ (408) 438-5502 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Students identify and match shapes, upper and lower-case letters and numbers. Teachers can customize the programs to suit individual or classroom needs by controlling the selection of numbers and letters. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER MATH CONCEPTS SERIES VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The IBM Personal Computer Math Concepts Series teaches the concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals and geometry, at progressive levels of difficulty. Designed to show applications, as well as teach and develop˙mathematical understanding, it makes mathematics meaningful. The series consists of five products designed for students from kindergarten through eighth grade. Clear, easy instructions show how special keys work. One distinctive function allows students to see the process of borrowing and carrying right on the screen as they solve problems. A HELP key function provides added assistance. At the conclusion of each lesson, the student's score appears on the screen. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: IBM PRIVATE TUTOR SERIES FOR MATHEMATICS VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This series covers math skills developed after a review of curricula from selected schools across the country and after a study of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, California Achievement Tests, Stanford Achievement Tests and SRA Achievement Series. Quizzes give students a chance to test their math skills. Students may ask for help at any time. Lessons, quizzes and tests use formats similar to those used in standardized tests. Teachers keep student records. Programs are Basic Number Concepts, Math Computation Skills, Solving Math Word Problems and Preparing for Geometry and Algebra. ________________________________________________________________________ 35 Mathematics PRODUCT: INTEGERS/EQUATIONS I AND II VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Integers/Equations was developed for remedial secondary students to help them understand the basic manipulation of integers. The program includes: lessons that provide instruction and practice on the four basic operations with integers, lessons that require the student to simplify expressions and lessons to solve linear equations. All contants can be modified. There is complete recordkeeping. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: JUGGLES' BUTTERFLY VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Juggles' Butterfly, an introduction to the computer, is an easy, colorful program that teaches children above/below, right/left and other simple math and pre-reading˙skills. Designed for pre-school through first grade, the program features color graphics, music and sound effects; it consists of three games, each with three lessons. The first lesson introduces a concept; the next expands upon the concept; and the third lesson provides a playful˙environment in which the child explores and discovers new ways to think about the concept. Juggles' Butterfly helps children follow directions, learn spatial awareness, recognize opposites, recognize one-way and two-way symmetry, notice pattern development and match colors. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: LEARNING AND PRACTICING WITH MONEY VENDOR: Resource Software International 330 New Brunswick Avenue Fords, NJ 08863 (201) 738-8500 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Math questions involving money and calculations with money are the core of this drill and practice program with multiple-choice answers. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MATH CONCEPTS I AND II VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Developed to give students extra instruction and practice on skills with which they frequently have difficulty. Lessons are carefully sequenced with many examples and exercises to help students work independently. ________________________________________________________________________ 36 Mathematics PRODUCT: MATH FOR EVERYDAY LIVING VENDOR: Educational Activities Inc. P.O. Box 392 Freeport, NY 11520 (800) 645-3739 ˙ (516) 223-4666 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Real-life math and business skills are taught with this tutorial and practice program. The student makes choices in simulation-type activities. Correct answers bring a reward; mistakes are corrected by showing how to do the problem. The program includes: Paying for a Meal (Addition and Subtraction), Working with Sales Slips (Multiplication), Unit Pricing (Division), Sales Tax (Beginning Percent), Finding Your Job (Advanced Multiplication), Working with Time, Finding the Net Pay (Combination Math). ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MATH FOR SUCCESSFUL LIVING VENDOR: Gamco Industries Inc. P.O. Box 310Y12 Big Spring, TX 79721-1911 (800) 351-1404 ˙ (915) 267-6327 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: These programs include Managing a Checking Account, Budgeting, Shopping Strategies, and Buying on Credit - complete with tutorials and practical applications; up to 200 names, lesson numbers, and scores may be recorded. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MATH IN A NUTSHELL VENDOR: Merit Software 13635 Gamma Rd. Dallas, TX 75244 (800) 238-4277 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: From three levels of difficulty, user supplies arithmetic operations to various combinations of numbers to solve problems of increasing difficulty. Many problems require the use of math operations in the proper sequence. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MATH RABBIT VENDOR: Learning Company 6493 Kaiser Dr. Fremont, CA 94555 (800) 852-2255 ˙ (415) 792-2101 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Teaches early math concepts by matching sets of objects to numbers, then adding and subtracting up to 18. More advanced games include two digit addition/subtraction. Program enriches understanding of number relationships. School Edition includes two diskettes, teacher's guide, scope and sequence chart for easy integration with the curriculum, online and offline activities and blackline masters. ________________________________________________________________________ 37 Mathematics PRODUCT: MATHEMATICS ACTIVITIES COURSEWARE VENDOR: Houghton Mifflin P.O. Box 683 Hanover, NH 03755 (603) 448-3838 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Mathematics Activities Courseware provides 13+ computer activities at each grade level. The courseware engages participants in friendly competition: they may play against the computer, against one another, or in teams. A strong feature is the interaction among team players. The courseware complements any math program and is correlated to Houghton Mifflin Mathematics. The manual contains two sets of masters for warm-up or reinforcement exercises, strategies for introducing the concepts and suggested teacher-directed activities. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MATHEMATICS: SOLVING STORY PROBLEMS VENDOR: Houghton Mifflin P.O. Box 683 Hanover, NH 03755 (603) 448-3838 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This tutorial program offers assistance in developing strategies for solving story problems. Skills in the program are those most commonly taught in levels three through eight, and the strategies are based on the Polya Four-Step Problem Solving model. The steps are: getting to know the problem, completing a plan to solve the problem, solving the problem and looking back at the problem. When students answer an item incorrectly, exercises refocus their attention on the problem-solving processes. Survey tests based on the research of the Iowa Problem Solving Project diagnose weaknesses and assess progress. Recordkeeping is a feature. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MONSTER MATH VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Monster Math requires students in grades 3-4 to be fast and accurate as they make a nasty looking monster disappear by solving math problems. They test their math skills by trying to solve as many problems as they can in 60 seconds. Monster Math first offers a demonstration game, where the computer plays against itself and students select one of six different skill levels. The higher the skill level, the more points. Students also solve problems from right to left or - to win more points - from left to right. The top of the screen shows what keys to press. Monster Math tests addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. ________________________________________________________________________ 38 Mathematics PRODUCT: NEW MATH BLASTER PLUS! VENDOR: Davidson & Associates Inc. P.O. Box 2961 Torrance, CA 90509 (800) 545-7677 ˙ (213) 534-4070 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: New Math Blaster Plus! contains four interactive activities, including an arcade style game; it covers math functions including decimals, percents and teaches over 750 math facts. The program teaches critical thinking skills with a space age theme. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: NUMBER FARM VENDOR: DLM Teaching Resources P.O. Box 4000 One DLM Park Allen, TX 75002 (800) 527-5030 ˙ (214) 248-6300 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: A six game program that features color graphics and musical tunes; Number Farm develops skills in basic math concepts. The first activity displays pictures to match any number key pressed. Different animals appear if the key is pressed more than once. Crop Count, Horseshoes and Animal Quackers ask students to count crops, horseshoes and animal sounds. Hen House is a two-player number-guessing game. Old Macdonald combines music with counting. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: PIECE OF CAKE MATH VENDOR: Queue Inc. 338 Commerce Dr. Fairfield, CT 06430 (203) 368-6887 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Color, sound and animation combine forces in a program of five games focusing on basic mathematical operations. In the first game, students count the cakes, subtract those that are sold and add the baked to the count. With Multicake, the baker cuts the cake into tiny pieces. Dividacake lets students help the baker decide how many pieces each slice should be cut into. Problems range from easy to difficult. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: PREPARING FOR GEOMETRY AND ALGEBRA VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Preparing for Geometry and Algebra provides drill and practice in introductory geometry and algebra: measurement - reading a ruler, units of length, volume and weight; introduction to geometry - terms, angles, perimeter, area and volume; graphs - fractional parts of sets, bar graphs; integers - absolute value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division; introduction to algebra - exponents and square roots, scientific notation, operations with exponents, simplifying expression; mixed topics - money, time and the calendar, temperature, Roman numerals, sequence. ________________________________________________________________________ 39 Mathematics PRODUCT: PRESCRIPTIVE MATH DRILL VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Prescriptive Math Drill provides carefully managed drill on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts. The management system includes teacher control of level and criterion for progress to the next level. The student chooses the operation and receives 20 random problems. The goal is displayed on the screen for the student to view progress. Students are automatically branched to the next level when they reach their goal. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: PUZZLE TANKS VENDOR: WINGS for learning 1600 Green Hills Rd. P.O. Box 60002 Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0002 (800) 321-7511 ˙ (408) 438-5502 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Puzzle Tanks is a mathematical problem solving game that involves multi-step problems. Students are given two tanks - each with a set capacity randomly chosen by the computer - and a storage tank. By filling tanks, emptying tanks and transferring from tank to tank, students arrive at a target amount in the storage tank. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: ROBOMATH VENDOR: Mindplay 3130 North Dodge Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85716 (800) 221-7911 ˙ (602) 322-6163 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Players learn multiplication and division using a game paddle. Sound, age level, number of screens and questions are adjustable; performance is recorded, and teachers may enter their own questions. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: SOLVING MATH WORD PROBLEMS VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Solving Math Word Problems provides a thorough review of basic skills needed to solve math word problems in one or two steps using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Problem analysis - deciding what information and what operations are required to solve a problem. Percentage word problems - transformations between ratios, decimals, fractions, percents; solving percentage problems using proportions and number sentences; percent of change, discounts; simple interest. General applications - problems about money, averages, decimals and fractions; problems using standard units; distance-rate-time problems. ________________________________________________________________________ 40 Mathematics PRODUCT: STICKYBEAR MATH I VENDOR: Optimum Resource Inc. 10 Station Place Norfolk, CT 06058 (800) 327-1473 ˙ (203) 542-5553 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Stickybear Math uses sound and animation to motivate students for drill in basic addition and subtraction. As the student solves problems, animation shows Stickybear being helped out of a variety of difficulties. The program automatically increases the level of difficulty as the child progesses or drops back a level if the child is having problems. It contains 20 levels of difficulty and has record keeping capacity for up to 25 users. The record keeping is designed so that the child need never see it or know it is there. The program may be customized for each individual student. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: STICKYBEAR NUMBERS VENDOR: Optimum Resource Inc. 10 Station Place Norfolk, CT 06058 (800) 327-1473 ˙ (203) 542-5553 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Stickybear Numbers uses single number keys to illustrate the relationship between numerals and their corresponding value to young children. The space bar is used to teach counting forward and backward. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: THE KING'S RULE VENDOR: WINGS for learning 1600 Green Hills Rd. P.O. Box 60002 Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0002 (800) 321-7511 ˙ (408) 438-5502 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The King's Rule is a mathematical problem solving game. Students discover mathematical rules as they work their way through a castle and generate and test a working hypothesis by asking questions, trying new combinations of numbers and requesting recaps of data. It features six levels of play. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: THE RIGHT TURN VENDOR: WINGS for learning 1600 Green Hills Rd. P.O. Box 60002 Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0002 (800) 321-7511 ˙ (408) 438-5502 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Right Turn requires students to predict, experiment and learn about the mathematical concepts of rotation and transformation. Students create a pattern and specify type of transformation - rotation, right diagonal, flip, etc. The computer shows what the transformation does to the pattern, then creates its own pattern. Students specify how to manipulate the new pattern to achieve the original. ________________________________________________________________________ 41 Mathematics PRODUCT: THE WALKABOUT VENDOR: DIL International 2115, Boivin Sainte-Foy Quebec, Canada, G1V 1N6 (800) 463-5581 ˙ (418) 687-9788 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Walkabout, designed for preschool, kindergarten and special needs children, teaches social sciences/awareness of physical and social surroundings through mapping activities, math readiness and an introduction to data bases. This electronic activity stimulates language development and encourages the children to take an active part in the story as they listen to it. It connects to the Extra-Tele-Tacto-Graph drawing and writing program through the Open Door, allowing students to choose screens, transfer and personalize them with drawings, word labels or writing. ________________________________________________________________________ 42 Mathematics Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills The following section addresses academic areas such as social studies and the sciences. Also included are programs that focus on the cognitive and reasoning skills of attention, memory, concept formation, logical thinking and related processing areas. PRODUCT: ALPINE TRAM RIDE VENDOR: Merit Software 13635 Gamma Rd. Dallas, TX 75244 (800) 238-4277 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Deductive reasoning is used to discover which of 10 animals are riding on four tram cars. Feedback after each attempt forces learners to reassess solutions and find animals with minimum tries. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: AMERICA COAST-TO-COAST VENDOR: Mindscape Inc. 3444 Dundee Rd. Northbrook, IL 60062 (312) 480-7667 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Students select a state on the EasyKey keyboard overlay (included), then learns its location, capital, shape, motto, years of statehood and selected industries. High resolution color animated map illustrates relative sizes and locations. Four activities test student knowledge. Program is based on self-paced learning at three levels of difficulty. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: ANIMAL HOTEL VENDOR: Merit Software 13635 Gamma Rd. Dallas, TX 75244 (800) 238-4277 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Animal Hotel is a memory game similar to the game Concentration. Users choose the level of challenge by selecting from different time requirements and difficulty levels to find animals staying in hotels. Individual scoring is provided after each practice session. ________________________________________________________________________ 43 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: APHASIA SERIES: I THROUGH XI VENDOR: Parrot Software P.O. Box 1139 State College, PA 16804 (800) PARROT1 ˙ (814) 237-7282 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: These programs for aphasics and others with reading and comprehension problems operate with a single switch or space bar. In Aphasia I (Noun Association) and Aphasia II (Opposites-Similarities), the client matches a word to one of 10 words on the screen. Aphasia III (Categories) operates in the same way, except the clinician controls the response time (3 to 30 seconds). Aphasia IV (Reading Comprehension) contains 10 stories with adult themes, with literal and inferential levels. A reading cursor highlights one line at a time. Aphasia V (Sentence Completion) presents choices of words to fill in. Aphasia VI (Definitions) is identical except three definitions are presented as options; foreign language or user-defined definitions are possible. VII (Picture Identification) flashes pictures and asks user to spell the name, highlighting incorrect letters. VIII (Picture Naming) displays a picture and the user chooses the correct name from three options. IX is Initial Phoneme Cuing for improved word retrieval. Aphasis X is Mastering Personal Information. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: AUDIO CASSETTE TAPES VENDOR: Recording for the Blind 20 Roszel Rd. Princeton, NJ 08540 (800) 221-4792 ˙ (609) 452-0609 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Audio cassette library of technical documentation (hardware and software). Many IBM technical publications have been recorded including the "User's Guide to Disk Operating System Version 3.30" and the "Guide to Operations for the IBM PS/2 Model 30." Their 77,000 volume master tape library is the largest collection of computer books and manuals in the world. More than half of their 24,000 clients have specific learning disabilities. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: BASIC NUMBER CONCEPTS VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Basic Number Concepts provides a thorough review of the most important basic number concepts: numeration - the place value of digits, expanded notation, number lines, rounding, estimating; number theory - multiples and factors; even, odd and prime numbers; the greatest common factor; the least common multiple and denominator; simplifying fractions; number sentences - equations and inequalities; missing numbers in equations; missing numbers in related number sentences; number properties - commutative, associative and distributive properties; identity of elements and inverses. ________________________________________________________________________ 44 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: BOUNCY BEE LEARNS LETTERS/WORDS VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Bouncy Bee offers two modes of operation. Automatic mode includes a management system that determines the lessons and the game the child should do next. Manual mode allows the teacher or child to select activity, lesson and skill level. In both, an animated bee guides the learner; an optional voice feature allows Bouncy Bee's voice to guide children. The programs reinforce other reading programs; each program includes four lessons, activities complementary to the IBM Writing to Read Program and a voice feature that gives directions and names letters or words. Online worksheets that can be printed are provided. The words used in Bouncy Bee account for approximately 60 percent of the words found in basal readers and books associated with grades 1-6. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: BRAIN TRAIN VENDOR: Rehabilitation Psychology Associates P.O. Box 1510 Beaverton, OR 97075-1510 (503) 228-9117 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Brain Train Vol. 1 is a set of 55 programs to assist in remediating a wide range of cognitive and behavioral deficits which commonly follow brain injury. Vol. 1 addresses visual-spatial deficits, visual and verbal memory deficits, impaired processing speed and basic academic/voactional skills. Programs are available in English and Spanish and run on IBM PCs with 3.5 or 5.25 disks. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: CALENDAR SKILLS VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Calendar Skills is a two-disk program that helps teach the number of days in a week, the number of months in a year, the months in a season and common holidays. There are ten lessons and four tutorials. Questions are asked; hints and explanations are given. Lessons may be terminated if they are too easy or too difficult. All lesson content may be modified. There is complete recordkeeping. ________________________________________________________________________ 45 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: CAPTAIN'S LOG: COGNITIVE TRAINING SYSTEM VENDOR: BrainTrain 1915 Huguenot Road Richmond, VA 23235 (804) 794-4841 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Captain's Log assesses and trains basic cognitive functions: attention, concentration, memory, visual, motor, numeric concepts and reasoning skills. It may be used in early learning or in treating learning disabilities and head injuries. Programs are in four modules: 1) Attention Skills: auditory discrimination, rhythm, auditory discrimination/tones, color discrimination, scanning reaction, stimulus reaction; 2) Visual/Motor Skills: maze learning, spatial orientation, visual tracking; 3) Conceptual Skills: numeric skills, size discrimination, symbolic display match; and 4) Numeric concepts/memory skills. The programs has automatic dating and timing of task sessions and records and uses a mouse, trackball, joystick or sip, and puff visual control system. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: CAUSE AND EFFECT VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program helps students understand cause and effect relationships; lessons, followed by review, introduce concepts that help students make discriminations about relationships. The student decides if the underlined phrase is the cause or the effect. All content is modifiable; the computer keeps individual and class records. If an error is made, the answer is explained. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: CAVE GIRL CLAIR VENDOR: Rhiannon Software 3717 Titan Dr. Richmond, VA 23225 (804) 320-7584 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program portrays believable children in realistic stories, rewards both integrated and creative thinking, values keen observation and memory over speed and enhances children's understanding of the natural world. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: CHOICES, CHOICES VENDOR: Tom Snyder Productions 90 Sherman St. Cambridge, MA 02140 (800) 342-0236 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Based on Decisions, Decisions, these programs provide a structured context that teaches critical thinking skills; with teacher guidance, students talk about issues and what constitutes good and bad behavior. ________________________________________________________________________ 46 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: CLOWNING AROUND VENDOR: Merit Software 13635 Gamma Rd. Dallas, TX 75244 (800) 238-4277 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: A˙clown˙displays˙12˙objects˙from˙five˙classes˙and˙learner must use memory and discrimination skills to recall all 12 objects in as few tries as possible. Features random generation of objects, graphics and a challenging format. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: COGNITIVE DISORDERS SERIES: I - XI VENDOR: Parrot Software P.O. Box 1139 State College, PA 16804 (800) PARROT1 ˙ (814) 237-7282 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: All programs in this series are for aphasics and others with cognitive disorders. Each requires only the space bar and enter key to operate. The programs teach category naming and completion, discrimination and reasoning, attention, perception, and memory for pictures. Titles include Category Naming and Discrimination, Memory for Pictures, Verbal Analogies, Sorting, Cognitive Retraining. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: COGNITIVE REHABILITATION SERIES VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This series addresses a variety of organizational deficits which often result from traumatic brain injury and other neurologic impairments. The series consists of five separate program disks. The first four disks deal with the target concepts of Categorization (fits and misfits), Sequencing, Association and Memory. The fifth disk is an authoring program that allows a clinician to expand or individualize activities from the four content disks. All lessons are presented in a large easy-to-read upper/lower case letterset. Instructional design options allow the clinician to control the number of presentations, the number of tries before answers are given, the parameters on which a lesson terminates and other factors which may be required to meet individual patient needs. ________________________________________________________________________ 47 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: COGREHAB VENDOR: Life Science Associates 1 Fenimore Road Bayport, NY 11705 (516) 472-2111 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: COGREHAB comprises 21 programs divided into four groups for diagnosis and treatment of attentional, memory and perceptual disorders. These units are for professionals or for use under the guidance of a professional. The COGREHAB programs address cognitive deficits in strokes and brain injuries in a comprehensive program, including learning and vision, learning, and learning and speech, perception, memory and attention. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: COINSNKEYS VENDOR: Castle Special Computer Services 9801 San Gabriel St. NE Albuquerque, NM 87111-3530 (505) 293-8379 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: COINSNKEYS teaches recognition of coins and keyboard keys, counting and simple addition of coins. Student input is in keystrokes; the space bar is used for beginning counting. Any Key is a program that causes a response both spoken and displayed on the screen. The teacher uses the keyboard to select a pattern for coin recognition, a time delay before prompting and to enter the student's name to be spoken by the program for reinforcement. A special option is available for blind students. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: COMPUTER PROGS. FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING & REHAB. VENDOR: Dr. Robert Sbordone, Ph.D. Orange County Neuropsychological Group 8840 Warner Ave. Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (714) 841-6293 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Sbordone-Hall Memory Battery provides the automatic assessment of 18 memory functions and statistical analysis of the results. The program provides performance data and analysis and comparison of patient scores and operates with an Echo speech synthesizer for auditory feedback (optional). ________________________________________________________________________ 48 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: CONTEMPORARY LIVING VENDOR: Aquarius Instructional P.O. Box 128 Indian Rocks Beach, FL 34635-0128 (800) 338-2644 ˙ (813) 595-7890 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Contemporary Living uses branching to make high interest topics in the area of personal and social development accessible on a variety of low vocabulary levels. The use of real world topics and branching make these lessons interesting and practical. These programs help students understanding content and gain important skills required for reading comprehension. Programs are: Friends and You, The Age of Responsibility, Map Reading, Succeeding, Decision Making and The Law; each lesson is written on both a third grade and a fifth grade reading level. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: CROSSWORD MAGIC VENDOR: Mindscape Inc. 3444 Dundee Rd. Northbrook, IL 60062 (312) 480-7667 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: With Crossword Magic, users create, arrange, edit and print unique crossword puzzles quickly and easily. It accepts numbers and operation symbols as clues or answers for cross-number puzzles and prints puzzles, clues and answer keys. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: DAZZLE DRAW VENDOR: Broderbund Software Inc. 17 Paul Dr. San Rafael, CA 94903 (800) 521-6263 ˙ (415) 492-3500 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Dazzle Draw illustrates coursework and brings lessons to life - both in art classes and other disciplines. Students draw, paint, spray-paint, flood fill, and cut and paste in developing thinking, cognitive, and visual perception skills. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: DECISIONS, DECISIONS VENDOR: Tom Snyder Productions 90 Sherman St. Cambridge, MA 02140 (800) 342-0236 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This role playing simulation for special education students works on decision-making skills. ________________________________________________________________________ 49 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: DROID PERSONAL ROBOT VENDOR: Droid Systems Corp. 412 East 88th St. New York, NY 10128 (212) 534-5800 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Droid Personal Robot is an automated network-driven upright robot with the ability to do manual tasks on voice, keyboard or joystick command. The mobile unit is powered by two rechargeable batteries; it is capable of muti-task operations assisting disabled persons indoors or out. All electronics are networked to an IBM PC as the host system. The robot retains all of the features of a standard PC. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: EUROPEAN NATIONS AND LOCATIONS VENDOR: Britannica Software 345 Fourth St. San Francisco, CA 94107 (800) 572-2272 ˙ (415) 597-5555 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: European Nations and Locations uses graphics and a game format to teach map skills and geographical, historical and economic facts. The map on the screen reinforces the association of facts with location; material may be added or modified. The program offers feedback, the option of viewing all questions with answers; it may be played alone, in pairs or groups. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: EXTRA-TELE-TACTO-GRAPH VENDOR: DIL International 2115, Boivin Sainte-Foy Quebec, Canada, G1V 1N6 (800) 463-5581 ˙ (418) 687-9788 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This product is designed for preschool, kindergarten and special needs children. It teaches drawing, writing, reading and math readiness. The children will explore the keyboard and enhance their knowledge of computers as they use this program to make drawings, and input words or sentences with either a special keyboard overlay or the computer keyboard. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: FACT OR OPINION VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Fact or Opinion helps students distinguish between information that is factual and that which is an opinion. The lessons begin on the third grade level and gradually increase in difficulty. In each lesson a statement is given and the student must decide if the statement is a fact or an opinion. If a student misses, the computer explains the answer emphasizing key words or ideas that lead to the right conclusion. All lessons can be modified. There is complete recordkeeping. ________________________________________________________________________ 50 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: FIRST WORDS, VERBS, CATEGORIES VENDOR: Laureate Learning Systems 110 East Spring St. Winooski, VT 05404 (802) 655-4755 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: These programs now run on IBM systems with 640K, DOS 3.3 or higher, VGA or MCGA graphics, and a 3.5" disk drive; they require a Digispeech sound synthesizer and may be accessed by keyboard, mouse, single switch, or TouchWindow. These programs are talking software for special education students. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: FOUNDATIONS VENDOR: Psychological Software Services Inc. 6555 Carrollton Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46220 (317) 257-9672 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Foundations I is a series of visual and auditory reaction training programs, recording reaction time to a square presented randomly in time and place. Reaction to colored squares presented at random is recorded, as well as right or left reaction to a square on either side of a vertical line. Response time to a tone is measured, as well as accuracy and speed of response to a randomly presented variation in a tracking line. All programs require a joystick. Foundations II is a series of visual scanning, tracking and reaction training programs; a color monitor is required. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: FOUNDATIONS I VENDOR: Psychological Software Services Inc. 6555 Carrollton Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46220 (317) 257-9672 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Foundations I is a series of visual and auditory reaction training programs. Simple Visual Reaction Time I-II records reaction time to a square presented randomly in time and place. Visual Reaction Stimulus Discrimination I-II records reaction to colored squares presented at random. Visual Reaction Differential Response records right or left reaction to a square on either side of a vertical line. Visual Reaction Auditory Prestimulus operates like Simple Visual Reaction, but includes a tone prior to the square to signal or inhibit response. Simple Auditory Reaction measures response time to a tone. Visual Scanning records accuracy and speed of response to a randomly presented variation in a tracking line. Visual Discrimination Differential Response I & II require discrimination between two stimuli and response with either hand. All programs require a joystick. ________________________________________________________________________ 51 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: FOUNDATIONS II VENDOR: Psychological Software Services Inc. 6555 Carrollton Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46220 (317) 257-9672 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Foundations II is a series of visual scanning, tracking and reaction training programs. Visual Reaction Multiple Stimuli records reaction time to change in stimuli color. Visual Tracking records reactions to change in color of a randomly tracking stimulus. Visual Scanning II records reaction time to recognize a cluster of digits surrounding a symbol ($, # or %). Visual Scanning III records search reaction times to scan a column of letters to match a corresponding pair of highlighted letters. Multiple Attention/Response requires the user to control the needles of 1-5 dials to stay within a target zone. Complex Attention records speech and accuracy at indicating the sum of three digits. Simultaneous Multiple Attention records success at determining when moving stimuli surround a target. Joystick input is used; data is collected for all programs; a color monitor is required. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: FREDDY'S PUZZLING ADVENTURE VENDOR: DLM Teaching Resources P.O. Box 4000 One DLM Park Allen, TX 75002 (800) 527-5030 ˙ (214) 248-6300 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Freddy the friendly turtle helps children acquire problem solving and logical thinking˙skills with three fun activities:˙Number Puzzle, Word Puzzle and˙Customized Word Puzzle. Users develop skills in problem solving, spatial relations, strategy and sequencing. Players create individual puzzles with catchy music and lively˙animation. 28 puzzles may be stored. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: FUNZEEZ VENDOR: Resource Software International 330 New Brunswick Avenue Fords, NJ 08863 (201) 738-8500 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This arithmetic and language package builds basic skills and provides elementary students four different programs: flashing numbers, arithmetic drills, unscrambling words and word guessing. ________________________________________________________________________ 52 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: GERTRUDE'S PUZZLES VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Gertrude's Puzzles allows students to solve complex puzzles and develop high-level reasoning skills. Students solve problems with incomplete information and analyze what they see. They arrange game pieces according to rules, in other cases they have to guess the rules. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: GERTRUDE'S SECRETS VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program helps young students learn to think logically, create order and plan ahead. While solving play-oriented puzzles, the user learns to recognize and categorize patterns. They can also create their own puzzle pieces. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: HIDE AND FIND VENDOR: Dataflo Computer Services Inc. HC 32-Box 1 Enfield, NH 03748 (603) 448-2223 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Hide and Find teaches the alphabetic and numeric characters and the basic math symbols and encourages the user to focus and concentrate. It is a variation of the game Concentration with large characters and optional speech. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: HODGE PODGE VENDOR: Artworx Software Co. 1844 Penfield Road Penfield, NY 14526 (716) 385-6120 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Hodge Podge provides a nonintimidating introduction to learning and computers for children from 18 months to six years. Cartoons, animations and songs provide everything from Apples to Zig-Zags. The child discovers magnets, numbers, musical notes, animals, and more. When alone, the child will be amused by the color, sound, and pictures displayed. Any key gives the child a response. ________________________________________________________________________ 53 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: I CAN BE ANYTHING VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: I Can Be Anything is a program that lets children age eight and older create graphics. The program comes with 250 predesigned shapes grouped by occupation and is useful in stimulating conversation about occupational goals and educational requirements necessary to attain these goals. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: IBM BIOLOGY SERIES VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The IBM Biology Series is a set of integrated science programs designed to help secondary school students learn the major concepts and processes of modern biology. The student is guided through a logical sequence of interactive instruction that uses a variety of techniques to ensure interest and comprehension. Color graphics, simulations and animations illustrate difficult concepts. Learning loops and reviewing techniques help students when necessary. The programs in the Series include Cell Functions, Passive Transport, Cytology and Histology, Leaf, The Environment, Chemicals of Life, Human Life Processes, Modern Genetics, Light, Plants, and Photosynthesis, Taxonomy, Plants, Regulation and Homeostasis, Pollination and Fertilization, Mendelian Genetics and Pathology. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: IBM EARTH SCIENCE SERIES VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The IBM Earth Science Series explains how natural forces are at work on our planet-and how they affect people's daily lives. Designed for high school and introductory-level college students, the series can either supplement classroom instruction or serve as a stand-alone activity. There are four major parts to each program in this series: two tutorials, a true/false quiz and a matching quiz. Several different kinds of questions in the tutorial allow student interaction. Responses to questions provide both an explanation of the correct answer and new information for learning reinforcement. The programs include Hydrologic Cycle, Volcanoes, Landslides, Surface Water, Earthquakes, Glacial Landforms, Ground Water and Moisture in the Atmosphere. ________________________________________________________________________ 54 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER MATH CONCEPTS SERIES VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The IBM Personal Computer Math Concepts Series teaches the concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals and geometry, at progressive levels of difficulty. Designed to show applications, as well as teach and develop˙mathematical understanding, it makes mathematics meaningful. The series consists of five products designed for students from kindergarten through eighth grade. Clear, easy instructions show how special keys work. One distinctive function allows students to see the process of borrowing and carrying right on the screen as they solve problems. A HELP key function provides added assistance. At the conclusion of each lesson, the student's score appears on the screen. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: IBM PHYSICS DISCOVERY SERIES VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Each program in the Physics Discovery Series is divided into several instructional modules. Students manipulate variables to discover physical relationships; analyze phenomena, develop formulas, and record and graph data. Students also apply the laws and concepts through laboratory investigations and problem solving. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: IBM SCIENTIFIC REASONING SERIES VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The IBM Scientific Reasoning Series fosters the development of reasoning skills and the basic understanding of scientific processes. The programs are designed to assist students in learning new terms through a trial and error process, based on experience; in creating simple scientific theories through the study of the data; making measurements with the understanding of the principles involved; and deciding through experimental evidence, if a theory is reasonable. Titles include: Measurement Process, Theory Formation and Ratio Reasoning. ________________________________________________________________________ 55 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: JENNY OF THE PRAIRIE VENDOR: Rhiannon Software 3717 Titan Dr. Richmond, VA 23225 (804) 320-7584 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The child using this program enhances his or her problem solving skills while learning about the environment. The program presents the freedom to explore alternatives and evaluate outcomes. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: JUGGLES' BUTTERFLY VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Juggles' Butterfly, an introduction to the computer, is an easy, colorful program that teaches children above/below, right/left and other simple math and pre-reading˙skills. Designed for pre-school through first grade, the program features color graphics, music and sound effects; it consists of three games, each with three lessons. The first lesson introduces a concept; the next expands upon the concept; and the third lesson provides a playful˙environment in which the child explores and discovers new ways to think about the concept. Juggles' Butterfly helps children follow directions, learn spatial awareness, recognize opposites, recognize one-way and two-way symmetry, notice pattern development and match colors. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: JUGGLES' RAINBOW VENDOR: Learning Company 6493 Kaiser Dr. Fremont, CA 94555 (800) 852-2255 ˙ (415) 792-2101 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Juggles' Rainbow teaches spatial concepts at a pre/beginning reading level using a game format. The user divides the keyboard in half with a blue strip and then presses keys to make pictures appear. Spatial concepts and alphabet letters are taught through three games. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: KATIE'S FARM VENDOR: Broderbund Software Inc. 17 Paul Dr. San Rafael, CA 94903 (800) 521-6263 ˙ (415) 492-3500 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Katie's Farm introduces the computer to young children and helps them develop pre-reading skills, reinforcing cause and effect, shape/object recognition, spatial relationships, and eye/hand coordination. ________________________________________________________________________ 56 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: KINDERCOMP VENDOR: Spinnaker Software 215 First St. Cambridge, MA 02142 (617) 494-1200 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Kindercomp offers six readiness programs: Draw, using an optional joystick; Scribble, color screen displays with each keystroke; Names, names typed on keyboard generate color screen display; Sequence, number sequencing; Letters, upper and lower-case alphabet; and Match, matching shapes or letters. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MASK PARADE VENDOR: Queue Inc. 338 Commerce Dr. Fairfield, CT 06430 (203) 368-6887 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Mask Parade allows children to use the computer to design their own masks, hats, glasses, jewelry, badges, accessories (and more) and then print them out and wear them. They combine many elements provided by the computer or create their own designs. Once the design is printed, it can be colored, cut out and worn. Icons make it possible to change faces and costumes at the press of a key on the computer keyboard. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MCGEE VENDOR: Broderbund Software Inc. 17 Paul Dr. San Rafael, CA 94903 (800) 521-6263 ˙ (415) 492-3500 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: McGee introduces the computer to young children and develops pre-reading skills. The program reinforces object/shape recognition, spatial relationships, eye/hand coordination, cause and effect, and storytelling skills. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MEET THE COMPUTER! VENDOR: DIL International 2115, Boivin Sainte-Foy Quebec, Canada, G1V 1N6 (800) 463-5581 ˙ (418) 687-9788 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program is for preschool, kindergarten and special needs children. It teaches an Introduction to computers, reading and math readiness and has 10 Electronic Activities which include An Elephant's Memory, Which Key is Missing and Magic Shapes. ________________________________________________________________________ 57 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: MEMORY CASTLE VENDOR: WINGS for learning 1600 Green Hills Rd. P.O. Box 60002 Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0002 (800) 321-7511 ˙ (408) 438-5502 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Memory Castle introduces a strategy to increase memory skills via an adventure game. Set in a castle, the game requires memory, reading and spelling skills for success. The format is designed to motivate students to practice these skills. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MEMORY I AND II VENDOR: Psychological Software Services Inc. 6555 Carrollton Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46220 (317) 257-9672 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Memory I is four memory training programs. Spatial memory asks users to learn an escape route from a maze; a correct guess advances the user and an incorrect returns to the beginning. Verbal Memory (Sequenced Words) presents a series of words and asks the user to select the same words from an array in the order they were presented. Auditory Memory presents one or more tones that seem to slide up or down the scale and asks the user to reproduce the series of up/down combinations. Visual/Spatial Memory presents a symbol in a 5x4 matrix, then asks the user to recognize the symbol. The program requires a joystick. Memory II is an advanced series; either a keyboard or joystick is required. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MEMORY MATCH VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Memory Match, a Concentration-style game, encourages play and requires careful observation and thinking skills. Students challenge the computer, a friend or themselves and decide how smart they want the computer to be. The program disk contains 25 lessons on three levels and includes: matching words, finding opposites, rhyming, homonyms and matching digits to number words. All content can be modified and new lessons added. Twenty word pairs can be entered for each new lesson. The computer will randomly select 10 pairs each time. Recordkeeping is included. ________________________________________________________________________ 58 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: MICHIGAN MEMORY SERIES SOFTWARE VENDOR: U. of Michigan Software Intellectual Properties Office 475 E. Jefferson - room 2354 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1248 (313) 764-8202 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This software consists of Serial Recall: An Assessment program, a norm-referenced test of linguistic and non-linguistic sequential recall. It is designed to assess memory span using the widely established span technique and is the first release of a planned series of four programs collectively known as the Michigan Memory Series. This program could be useful for children with learning disabilities, communication disorder, reading disorder, autism, mental retardation and other childhood problems for which serial recall difficulties are suspected. The program would be useful for adults with stroke, closed head injury and other neurological problems. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MONKEY BUSINESS VENDOR: Merit Software 13635 Gamma Rd. Dallas, TX 75244 (800) 238-4277 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Users choose one of three levels of difficulty and play until a minimum score is reached - stacking 3-5 monkeys of different sizes to reach apples hanging from a tree. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MUPPET LEARNING KEYS VENDOR: WINGS for learning 1600 Green Hills Rd. P.O. Box 60002 Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0002 (800) 321-7511 ˙ (408) 438-5502 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Muppet Learning Keys - Keyboard and software, Muppet on Stage - is designed to introduce young children to the world of the computer as they become familiar with letters, numbers and colors. Features include letter keys in alphabetical order; the numbers 0-9; STOP, OPPS, HELP and ERASER keys - all in an order and sequence that the child can relate to. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: OPPOSITES VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Opposites is designed to improve students' vocabulary. The lessons begin on a second grade level and gradually increase in difficulty. The task is to find the opposite of a given word. Key words are used to help the student. Optional answers discourage guessing; all words and sentences can be modified. There is complete recordkeeping. ________________________________________________________________________ 59 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: PERSONAL CONSUMERISM VENDOR: Aquarius Instructional P.O. Box 128 Indian Rocks Beach, FL 34635-0128 (800) 338-2644 ˙ (813) 595-7890 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Personal Consumerism is a set of high interest/low vocabulary programs using branching to teach consumer skills. These programs help students understand content and gain skills for reading comprehension. Lessons are written for reading levels 3 to 5. Programs include: Tips On Buying A Car, Reading An Advertisement, Laws for Consumers, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Help. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: PERSONAL FINANCE VENDOR: Aquarius Instructional P.O. Box 128 Indian Rocks Beach, FL 34635-0128 (800) 338-2644 ˙ (813) 595-7890 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Personal Finance is a set of high interest/low vocabulary programs to teach money management skills. These programs help students understand content and gain skills for reading comprehension. Lessons are written on both third and fifth grade reading level. Programs include: How To Finance A Car, All About Interest, Metrics And You, Eating For Good Health, Money, You And Insurance and Credit. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: PIPELINE VENDOR: Merit Software 13635 Gamma Rd. Dallas, TX 75244 (800) 238-4277 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Pipeline is a problem-solving program requiring no reading once a teacher has set the options and initiated the game. Learners connect pipe segments of various lengths and shapes to form a central water source to various objects such as sinks, bathtubs, swimming pools and fire hydrants. Learners choose from three levels of difficulty, increasing the challenge more by setting a time limit (optional). The program develops problem-solving skills such as analyzing the problem, experimenting with possible solutions, responding to feedback and evaluating decisions. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME VENDOR: Cambridge Career Products 90 MacCorkle Ave. SW South Charleston, WV 25303 (800) 468-4227 ˙ (304) 744-9323 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Please Understand Me promotes self-understanding while helping each student understand that they are different from others. It delivers a computerized analysis of personality in terms of basic character and temperament. The system is based on David Keirsey's adaptation of C.G. Jung's theory of personality. ________________________________________________________________________ 60 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE VENDOR: Colorado Easter Seal Society 5755 W. Alameda Lakewood, CO 80226 (303) 233-1666 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The society makes a variety of public domain software available. Although there are other sources of this software, the Colorado Easter Seal Society specializes in distributing software for individuals of lower cognitive abilities. This includes a variety of single-switch software, disks working on cause and effect, motor training and similar skills. Examples are Fire Organ, Cause and Effect, Special Needs Communication Disk and The Talking PowerPad. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: RDS SPEECH AND LEARNING CENTER SYSTEM VENDOR: Royal Data Systems Rt. 14 Box 230 Highway 64 West Morganton, NC 28655 (800) 843-9750 ˙ (704) 433-5909 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The RDS System uses a speech synthesis system, an alternate input device and a software program to create a system which can be customized for a variety of uses. An external hardware device produces human-like machine speech to verbalize both input and output. A touch-sensitive keypad allows separate programmable keys to be defined by a simple keystroke for data input. Stock and custom adaptive applications are provided to configure the system for personal communication needs or for teaching literacy skills. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: RHIANNON ADVENTURE STORIES VENDOR: Rhiannon Software 3717 Titan Dr. Richmond, VA 23225 (804) 320-7584 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: These self-paced stories are interactive adventures set in realistic settings featuring strong female characters; they reward experimentation and encourage problem-solving. The settings reflect real-world environments. Titles include: Jenny of the Prairie, a 19th century pioneer girl; Cave Girl Clair, set in the New Stone Age; Chelsea of the South Seas, a 19th century adventure; and Lauren of the 25th Century, set in the African desert. ________________________________________________________________________ 61 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: ROCKY'S BOOTS VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Rocky's Boots helps students in grades 6-8 develop skills in problem solving, reasoning and creative thinking. Using basic electronic circuitry as a format, students are challenged to create simple machines to solve puzzles while playing any of 31 different games. Five interactive tutorials in Rocky's Boots are sequenced and paced to teach the games' essential moves, as well as the concepts of circuit design. Students are introduced to such basic electronic components as wires, logic gates (AND, OR and NOT), flip flops, clocks and delays. Orange "electricity" visually flows through the wires and parts showing exactly how circuits work. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: S.M.A.R.T. CHOICES VENDOR: Tom Snyder Productions 90 Sherman St. Cambridge, MA 02140 (800) 342-0236 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Low self-esteem is common among special education students; this role playing simulation addresses ths issue while promoting discussion and decision making skills; topics include drug abuse, peer pressure, and self-esteem. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: SCIENCE TOOLKIT PLUS SERIES VENDOR: Broderbund Software Inc. 17 Paul Dr. San Rafael, CA 94903 (800) 521-6263 ˙ (415) 492-3500 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program allows students to perform real science experiments to develop math, thinking, problem solving, and cognitive and visual perception skills. (6-12 and adult). ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: SOFT TOOLS (1983-88 VERSIONS) VENDOR: Cognitive Rehabilitation 6555 Carrollton Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46220 (317) 257-9672 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Soft Tools programs are menu driven disk versions of computer programs published in each issue of Cognitive Rehabilitation, a bimonthly publication. Soft Tools '84 includes titles such as Baker's Dozen, City Map, Descript Stats, Intercept and Sequential. Soft Tools '85 includes Alphabet, Alphabetizing, Circlematch, Digit/Symbol, Dot-to-Dot, Guess Which, Patterns and Sequences and Seq Memory. Contact Cognitive Rehabilitation for further information. ________________________________________________________________________ 62 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: STATES AND TRAITS VENDOR: Britannica Software 345 Fourth St. San Francisco, CA 94107 (800) 572-2272 ˙ (415) 597-5555 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: States and Traits is a geography program that uses games as a motivating factor. It covers a wide range of geographical, historical and economic facts and allows teachers or parents to enter facts (traits) using built-in symbols. Activities include placing states on the U.S. map, naming states and identifying states by their traits. The program uses graphics to visually associate facts with both state names and map locations. The map is continually on the screen. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: STICKERS VENDOR: Queue Inc. 338 Commerce Dr. Fairfield, CT 06430 (203) 368-6887 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Stickers encourages a child's creativity while improving problem-solving skills. There are 100 sticker pictures in ten different categories. Children learn to distinguish and use many shapes, combining them to create a sticker picture. They select a sticker, color it, position it and drop it into a matching shape in an imaginative sticker picture. In the Sticker Playground, children are encouraged to create an infinite variety of their own stickers with the Sticker Maker. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: STICKYBEAR SHAPES VENDOR: Optimum Resource Inc. 10 Station Place Norfolk, CT 06058 (800) 327-1473 ˙ (203) 542-5553 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Stickybear Shapes teaches identification and matching of shapes to young children. Common shapes included are: circle, square, triangle, rectangle and diamond. Activities: Pick It, child identifies the missing shape in the picture; Name It, child matches shapes with names of shapes; Find It, child matches shape with one just like it that is hidden in the picture. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: SUPER CHALLENGER VENDOR: Electronic Courseware Systems Inc. 1210 Lancaster Dr. Champaign, IL 61821 (217) 359-7099 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Super Challenger, an aural-visual musical game, increases the player's ability to remember a series of pitches as they are played by the computer. The game is based on a 12-note chromatic scale, an 8-note major scale and an 8-note minor scale. Each pitch is reinforced on the display screen with a color representation of a keyboard. The music can be played with the built-in speaker or with external output to an amplifier. ________________________________________________________________________ 63 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: TAKING RESPONSIBILITY VENDOR: Tom Snyder Productions 90 Sherman St. Cambridge, MA 02140 (800) 342-0236 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Taking Responsibility puts the teacher directly back into the software loop; the teacher acts as facilitator and advocate, while orchestrating discussion. Role playing simulations add value for special education students; the program is appropriate for K-4. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: TASK MASTER VENDOR: Life Science Associates 1 Fenimore Road Bayport, NY 11705 (516) 472-2111 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: These˙menu-driven˙programs˙help˙users˙design˙their˙own˙tasks in six areas: Attention/Arousal, Scanning, Memory, Sequencing, Pair Identification and Reading. Therapists set up individualized tasks with their own stimuli (e.g. shopping lists, patients names, etc.) or built-in stimuli. Stimulus position, timing and sequencing are selectable, and tasks can be saved and re-used. Custom instructions may be written by the user. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: THE FACTORY VENDOR: WINGS for learning 1600 Green Hills Rd. P.O. Box 60002 Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0002 (800) 321-7511 ˙ (408) 438-5502 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Factory allows students to design an assembly line that will produce geometric products with various colors, dimensions and attributes. The program works on three levels. Students are challenged to create an assembly line to produce a product. The program helps students develop inductive thinking and integrate their skills in visual discrimination, spatial perception, sequencing, logic and efficiency. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: THE MEDALIST SERIES VENDOR: Hartley Courseware Inc. 133 Bridge Street - Box 419 Dimondale, MI 48821 (800) 247-1380 ˙ (517) 646-6458 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Medalist Series uses quiz games to drill social studies facts. The students choosing the most difficult clues and guessing the category score fewer points. Low-point students become Medalists. The top three scores are displayed on the screen when the disk boots. Other scores are recorded for the teacher only. The difficulty of any of the disks can be decreased by deactivating categories. The category stays on the disk, but is not randomly selected by the computer. ________________________________________________________________________ 64 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: THE PLAYROOM VENDOR: Broderbund Software Inc. 17 Paul Dr. San Rafael, CA 94903 (800) 521-6263 ˙ (415) 492-3500 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program (K-2) explores activities building skills in math, reading, problem solving, and cognitive and visual perception. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: THE POND VENDOR: WINGS for learning 1600 Green Hills Rd. P.O. Box 60002 Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0002 (800) 321-7511 ˙ (408) 438-5502 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Pond game teaches pattern recognition and encourages observation, trial and error and the interpretation of data. A frog leaps from one lily pad to another. Students try to discover the pattern of movement to predict moves. Since only a portion of the pond is visible at a time, they must form a hypothesis and try it out. The frog is either successful or disappears into the water. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: THINKABLE VENDOR: IBM Corporation IBM Telemarketing Operations 3035 Center Green - Plaza 2 Boulder, CO 80301 (800) 426-3388 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: THINKable, the fourth IBM Independence Series product, is a cognitive rehabilitation tool for direct client therapy and case management; it is a software program that creates a structured environment in which clients can practice skills in four critical areas relating to Visual Attention, Visual Discrimination, Visual Memory, and Visual Sequential Memory. It is marketed by The Psychological Corp. at (800) 228-0752. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: TIMELINER VENDOR: Tom Snyder Productions 90 Sherman St. Cambridge, MA 02140 (800) 342-0236 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This is a word processor for time lines - keying in events in any order helps students develop sequencing skills and understand cause and effect. The program presents abstract concepts in concrete examples and uses large banner printouts. The program is menu-driven with on-screen directions and is appropriate for all levels. ________________________________________________________________________ 65 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: VISPA VENDOR: DEKRO Inc. 4595 Club Dr. NE Atlanta, GA 30319 (404) 237-3851 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: VISPA, a cognitive training software package for the professional who treats persons with visuospatial deficits, consists of 104 programs in 9 exercise families, with two versions - children and adult. The system employs colored animated graphics that are gamelike but not childish. The VISPA system reacts to user responses, increasing the level of difficulty automatically when the user improves performance and switches to the next exercise family after reaching a peak of proficiency. The system measures and records quantitative information like reaction time, presented stimuli and user responses. A printout of results is generated. All exercises are controlled with a light pen or mouse rather than the standard keyboard. VISPA is available in several languages. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: VISUOSPATIAL VENDOR: Psychological Software Services Inc. 6555 Carrollton Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46220 (317) 257-9672 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Visuospatial is a package of programs that enhances skills in visuospatial processing, organization, hand-eye coordination, focusing, etc. Completion of the series enhances fluidity of movement and integration of visual-perception and motor functions. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: VOCATIONAL INTEREST PROFILE REPORT VENDOR: Cambridge Career Products 90 MacCorkle Ave. SW South Charleston, WV 25303 (800) 468-4227 ˙ (304) 744-9323 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Vocational Interest Profile Report is designed to allow students to systematically define broad work categories that are of most interest. Students indicate an interest in performing any of 200 specific work activities found in a broad range of industries and occupations. The computer analyzes the student's responses and ranks the 12 work categories from most- to least-interesting. The student receives a printout ranking 12 categories in order, by description and examples of jobs within category. ________________________________________________________________________ 66 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills PRODUCT: WHERE IN THE USA IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? VENDOR: Broderbund Software Inc. 17 Paul Dr. San Rafael, CA 94903 (800) 521-6263 ˙ (415) 492-3500 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program teaches the user about America's cities, coastlines, mountain ranges, lakes, deserts, history and more by solving crimes. Master thief Carmen Sandiego is on the loose and out to steal some of the most precious national treasures. The user gathers facts at the crime scene, then goes on a wild chase across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, traveling north, south, east and west. The game builds knowledge of U.S. history and geography. A comparable version for world geography is also available. ________________________________________________________________________ 67 Other Academic Areas and Cognitive Reasoning Skills Productivity Tools and Word Processing This section highlights word processors and software programs that can enhance an individual's writing skills. For many special needs individuals, the use of computer technology helps build self-confidence - the computer serves as a tool for self-discovery and growth. Educators have found that a word processor that helps users to write, revise and save can be beneficial to learners with disabilities. These programs help users to express thoughts at a level appropriate to skills. In addition, programs are available to check spelling and grammar, to provide a method for outlining the content or to supply a choice of possible synonyms. Two additional "tools" programs - abbreviation expansion programs and word prediction programs - may enhance one's writing skills. Abbreviation expansion programs accept a few predefined keystrokes and expand them automatically into longer strings of characters. Word prediction programs present the user with a dynamic menu of the most commonly used words that begin with that letter; the user selects the whole word from the menu, rather than typing each letter of the word separately. PRODUCT: BANK STREET WRITER III VENDOR: Scholastic Inc. P.O. Box 7502 Jefferson City, MO 65102 (800) 325-6149 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Bank Street Writer III is designed to teach word processing, prewriting, writing and revision. Features take the best of older versions of the program and add a 60,000 word spelling checker, a 500,000 synonym thesaurus, programmable function keys, print-to-screen and print-to-disk features, pull-down menus and a writing curriculum with 50 pages of activities and handouts. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: BANK STREET WRITER PLUS VENDOR: Broderbund Software Inc. 17 Paul Dr. San Rafael, CA 94903 (800) 521-6263 ˙ (415) 492-3500 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Bank Street Writer Plus is an easy-to-use, nontechnical word processor developed by educators for children or adults of any age. This product is similar to Bank Street Writer III, except that it is packaged for home use rather than school use. ________________________________________________________________________ 68 Productivity Tools and Word Processing PRODUCT: CHILD WRITER VENDOR: TCE Programs Inc. P. O. Box 2477 Gaithersburg, MD 20879 (800) 482-4823 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Child Writer is a menu-driven word processor designed for elementary school children; it has joystick capability, keyboard color graphics, large print and printouts. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: COMMUNITREE - FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONS VENDOR: CommuniTree Group 470 Castro St. - Suite 207 San Francisco, CA 94114 (415) 441-3088 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: CommuniTree is an intelligent message network designed in a database format. Messages are placed where they will be best seen by the receiver. Users access the central computer by calling from a remote location. A password protection system and private sections of the tree allow for privacy for sender and receiver. CommuniTree also acts as a public bulletin board system, as a private professional exchange between colleagues or as both. CommuniTree allows the disabled user to work at home, contact remote locations and move messages and data around easily. A Hayes Micromodem II is required to contact CommuniTree over telephone lines. The Second Edition works with the IBM PC. This edition has expanded message capacity, allows uploading and downloading of DOS files and supports most modems. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: DISCOVERY VENDOR: Orbit Computer Systems P.O. Box 631 Elkhorn, NE 68022 (402) 289-2458 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: DISCOVERY is a text editor for persons with dyslexia. It corrects misspelled words without any intervention. Over 700 words, many on the Dolch basic word list, are provided. Additional words may be added to tailor the editor for the individual. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: DYNAREAD VENDOR: Computers To Help People Inc. 1221 W. Johnson St. Madison, WI 53715 (608) 257-5917 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: A reading and study aid for print-handicapped persons, Dynaread displays material on a Braille display, a speech synthesizer, a large print screen, etc. Users can make marginal notes, move backward and forward, search and read reference material along with text. It converts files from word processors and includes spelling checker and proof-reader; documentation is self-contained. ________________________________________________________________________ 69 Productivity Tools and Word Processing PRODUCT: ELECTRIC WEBSTER VENDOR: Cornucopia Software Inc. P. O. Box 6111 Albany, CA 94706 (415) 528-7000 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Electric Webster proofreads documents for spelling and typographical errors by comparing the text of a document to Electric Webster's own 50,000 word internal dictionary. Words not found are identified as potential misspellings or errors. To this dictionary you can add any personalized vocabulary. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: FIRST DRAFT VENDOR: Scholastic Inc. P.O. Box 7502 Jefferson City, MO 65102 (800) 325-6149 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: First Draft, a prewriting tool, helps students to brainstorm, organize thoughts, outline ideas and structure compositions. Step-by-step lesson plans guide students through developing topics and outlines for essays, term papers and reports. Files are compatible with Bank Street Writer and most word processors. Skills covered are: creative writing, writing organizational skills, written expression. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: FREEDOM WRITER VENDOR: World Communications 245 Tonopah Dr. Fremont, CA 94539 (415) 656-0911 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Freedom Writer is a word processor specifically designed for individuals with disabilities. The user does not have to type on the keyboard - the keyboard can be operated entirely with an "on screen keyboard" and pointing devices such as a mouse, light pen or joystick or a single key from the computer keyboard or single switch or speech input. The user enters complete words and phrases and has instant access to the most commonly used words. In addition to 12,000 fixed words, the user can store up to 5000 words and up to 200 phrases. The Freedom Writer may be used to write computer programs as well as documents. It has all the standard word processing features such as block move, block copy, underlining, heading and footing. Memory requirements are 192 K. The vendor may be contacted for a free demonstration disk. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: FREESTYLE VENDOR: Summa Technologies MacDaniel Rd. Shady, NY 12479 (914) 679-5951 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Freestyle has all the basic outliner features plus word processing, mail merge and a glossary. Mneumonic keys call up different functions, including an on-screen tutorial. ________________________________________________________________________ 70 Productivity Tools and Word Processing PRODUCT: FRIENDLYWRITER WITH FRIENDLYSPELLER VENDOR: FriendlySoft Inc. 3638 West Pioneer Parkway Arlington, TX 76013 (817) 277-9378 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: FriendlyWriter is a word processor system that performs everything but text entry with function keys and menu choices. All commands are single keystroke with complete cursor control. Program features include: on-screen underlining; auto word wrap and right justification; and automatic reformatting and centering of text. Friendlywriter is accompanied by FriendlySpeller, a spell checker. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: GOFER VENDOR: Microlytics Two Tobey Village Office Park Pittsford, NY 14534 (800) 828-6293 ˙ (716) 248-9150 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: GOfer is a memory aid product. This utility pops up in the middle of an application, searches for text anywhere on disk and allows copying of its quarry into whatever program used. It is not necessary to index files. GOfer searches through a full disk, a single file or anything in between. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: GRANDVIEW VENDOR: Symantec Corporation 10201 Torre Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014 (800) 441-7234 ˙ (800) 626-8847 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: GrandView is a high-end outliner and includes a category function that lets the user cross-reference information. It supports a mouse, permits use of macros, opens up to nine outlines at once and can hoist any continuous block of heads. It supports a word processor and a 100,000 word spell checker. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: HELP U KEY VENDOR: World Communications 245 Tonopah Dr. Fremont, CA 94539 (415) 656-0911 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Help U Key is for people who have difficulty using the computer keyboard, for those who hate repetitive commands, words and phrases and for the people who want to increase productivity and reduce spelling mistakes. It's for those who use one or two fingers, mouthsticks, headsticks or keyguards. Features include One Finger Operation, Word Prediction, Repeat Key Defeat, User defined dictionaries and Macros. Free demo disk is available. ________________________________________________________________________ 71 Productivity Tools and Word Processing PRODUCT: HOMEWORKER VENDOR: Davidson & Associates Inc. P.O. Box 2961 Torrance, CA 90509 (800) 545-7677 ˙ (213) 534-4070 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This productivity software package for the student provides organizational tools to aid students in writing, planning, studying, scheduling, documenting and calculating. It contains an outliner, word processor, printable flashcard maker and calculator. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: HOT LINE VENDOR: General Information Inc. 401 Parkplace - Suite 305 Kirkland, WA 98033 (206) 828-4777 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Hot Line is an electronic telephone directory and automatic dialer with over 2,000 phone numbers of major companies, government agencies and institutions. It also allows users to add up to 65,000 personal numbers. Hot Line can be used with a modem to place local, long distance, international and credit card calls and has a pop-up speed dialer for important numbers. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: IBM LOGO VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: IBM Logo is a full Logo interpreter. Features include a data file management system that provides the ability to open, read and write to data files, and to create complex applications. There is full screen editing. A floating decimal point system allows up to 1,000 digits of precision displayed. Musical tone production allows creation of music; text may be placed anywhere on a graphics or text screen. ________________________________________________________________________ 72 Productivity Tools and Word Processing PRODUCT: IBM TOUCH TYPING FOR BEGINNERS VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: IBM Touch Typing for Beginners teaches basic typing skills. The 12 lessons are progressive, enabling students to begin with the lesson equivalent to their current ability. The course is a source of instruction for reinforcement of classroom instruction - remedial or as a source of enrichment for selected students. The lessons emphasize finger placement, accuracy drills and reinforcement. Games motivate students to apply skills learned. Instructions show how the program works and guide the practice activity. Continued instruction, questions and a Help key assist. The Student Manager stores the results of each student's work to monitor and control each student's progress. Once students learn all keys, the program helps them improve their speed. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: INLINE VENDOR: Compusense 55 Constitution Dr. Bedford, NH 03102 (603) 472-2088 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: An outliner for entering, editing, moving and changing the order of outline entries. It helps unscramble all the ideas and facts on a particular subject so that they can be set in order. Inline is word processing compatible and generates proposals, reports and lists. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: JET: SPELL MULTILINGUAL VENDOR: Polyglot Inc. 2540 Frontier Ave. - #200 Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 449-7002 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Jet: Spell Multilingual is a stand-alone foreign language spell checker and interactive corrector, available in 11 languages. It checks abbreviations, capitalization and compound words and can check multiple languages in the same text. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: KAREL THE ROBOT VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Karel the Robot is designed to introduce programming concepts. It teaches the control structure and syntax of PASCAL; students are taught to break a task down into its simplest elements. Editor and Word Builder functions teach how to write computer programs. File Manager function keeps track of program that students create and store on disk. ________________________________________________________________________ 73 Productivity Tools and Word Processing PRODUCT: KEYBOARDING FOR INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT VENDOR: Teachers' Institute for Special Education 2947 Bayside Court Wantagh, NY 11793 (516) 781-2020 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Keyboarding helps the learning disabled student make maximum use of his/her intellectual capabilities while avoiding the frustrations associated with a reading or learning disability. As lessons are mastered, spelling and vocabulary supplements are introduced according to reading levels, from slow to gifted. Optional screen capabilities are specifically programmed for the dyslexic student. Each stage may be accompanied by visually-cued instructions. This feature makes it not uncommon for a nonreader or dyslexic student to achieve the same success as the mainstreamed student. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: KEYBOARDING FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED VENDOR: Glencoe Division - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 13955 Manchester Rd. Manchester, MO 63011 (800) 334-7344 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Keyboarding for the Physically Handicapped is a typing tutor for those needing touch typing adapted to their keyboard. Programs vary from one for both hands through various combinations to one for one finger or a mouthstick. Each program uses a chart showing which fingers to use. A separate speed test disk contains tailored drill materials that provide further assistance in developing keyboard skills. Programs for individual handicaps for the homebound students can be ordered through: Teachers' Institute for Special Education. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: KEYBOARDING WITH ONE HAND VENDOR: Educational Electronic Techniques, LTD 1088 Wantagh Ave. Wantagh, NY 11793 (800) 433-8872 ˙ (516) 221-4173 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Keyboarding with One Hand instructs and drills an individual with the use of only one hand in efficient keyboarding. The program allows full printout. After mastery of the first ten lessons, the basic elements of word processing are introduced. The user types, saves, recalls and prints with this program. The program consists of two disks, one containing instructional material, another containing a series of drills. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: LANGUAGE MASTER VENDOR: Franklin Software 3511 N.E. 22nd Ave. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 (800) 543-3511 ˙ (305) 566-3511 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Language Master combines an electronic dictionary with an electronic thesaurus giving access to words, definitions and synonyms to help promote effective communication. ________________________________________________________________________ 74 Productivity Tools and Word Processing PRODUCT: LARGE TYPE VENDOR: Nat. Institute for Rehabilitation Engineering P. O. Drawer T Hewitt, NJ 07421 (800) 736-2216 ˙ (201) 853-6585 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Large Type (screen display) word processing programs for visually impaired users consist of a variety of programs for different needs, ranging from basic and full-featured spell checking programs to a graphics word processor. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: LINKWAY VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: LinkWay helps teachers create their own multimedia programs based on individual classroom and personal needs. A teacher can develop personal computer applications that combine text, color graphics, picture images, music, voice and full motion video. To take advantage of LinkWay's multimedia capabilities, the teacher needs additional optional hardware such as the IBM Speech Adapter, IBM Music Feature or a videodisc player. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: LISTEN TO LEARN VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Listen to Learn uses a speech synthesizer to say English words. Passages of text may be presented so the text is displayed on the screen and spoken at the same time; or students may type their own text, then listen as it is spoken. The types of text and practice exercises may be tailored. Children hear letters, words and phrases repeated as needed without negative feedback. Listen to Learn contains: pronunciation reinforcement; help screens; dictionary; choice of play-back modes (letter, word); word processing commands to rearrange, delete, copy, save, insert and print text; and spelling. The program builds recognition of letter names and sounds through pronunciation by the synthesizer, encourage blending of sounds into words and assist in the development of an understanding of the one-to-one phoneme-grapheme relationship in spelling words. ________________________________________________________________________ 75 Productivity Tools and Word Processing PRODUCT: LOGO LEARNER VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Logo Learner is an introduction to the Logo language functions. Logo Learner has a fixed-point decimal system with four digits to the right of the decimal point and offers sine and cosine and arithmetic operations. Examples and exercises are simplified for beginning readers. Three screen modes (text, graphics and mixed) provide variety in screen presentation. The program includes 16-color, musical tone production and word and list processing. Pictures and diagrams may be printed or saved on diskette. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MEMORYMATE VENDOR: Broderbund Software Inc. 17 Paul Dr. San Rafael, CA 94903 (800) 521-6263 ˙ (415) 492-3500 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: MemoryMate is a memory aid product that provides for entering anything (up to 120 lines for each entry). Every word, phrase or date is automatically indexed and cross-indexed, allowing MemoryMate to find an entry by any word, date or phrase in it. It reminds the user with on-screen tickler messages that pop up automatically (a daily "To Do" list). MemoryMate operates with 17 on-screen commands, manages up to 32 megabytes of data on a hard disk and provides for cutting, copying and pasting to and from other applications. It supports multiple databases (comes with 3) and Hypertext. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MINDREADER VENDOR: Brown Bag Software 2155 S. Bascom Ave. Campbell, CA 95008 (800) 523-0764 ˙ (800) 323-5335 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Mindreader uses Artificial Intelligence to create a word processing system with practical business writing tools. One of the features is Wordcomplete which guesses at the word the user is entering based on the first few letters and provides choices to select from with a single keystroke rather than finishing the word or phrase. The user can customize the word and phrase list. In addition, the program's 2,500 word dictionary tracks the frequency with which the individual uses a word so that the words with the highest frequency are shown in the word-selection window. ________________________________________________________________________ 76 Productivity Tools and Word Processing PRODUCT: MOUNT MURDOCH VENDOR: Kidsview Software Inc. P.O. Box 98 Warner, NH 03278 (800) 542-7501 ˙ (603) 927-4428 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Mount Murdoch is a large character authoring and adventure system for many grade levels and abilities - both low vision and learning disabled students. It allows teachers and parents to create lessons, tests and games tailored to individual students; diagnostic tests may be devised, as well. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: PC-OUTLINE VENDOR: Brown Bag Software 2155 S. Bascom Ave. Campbell, CA 95008 (800) 523-0764 ˙ (800) 323-5335 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This outliner helps users organize thoughts, facts and ideas before writing. It provides multilevel headings and structured indents which are automatically renumbered when rearranged. It allows outlines to be viewed in collapsed or expanded form, has 33 productivity features and runs in stand-alone mode or with a word processor. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: PC/PILOT VENDOR: Washington Computer Services 2601 North Shore Road Bellingham, WA 98226 (206) 734-8248 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: PC/Pilot is a CAI authoring language for the IBM PC. It conforms to the Common Pilot standard allowing you to run programs developed on a variety of other computer systems. Common Pilot is the standard language for development of teaching material on small computers; features include user-defined characters, text windows, color, turtle graphics, student record keeping and the ability to include driver routines to control video disk or tape. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: PRIMARY EDITOR VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Primary Editor contains some basic text editor features and is an introduction for children to word processing programs. A separate diskette introduces simple text-editing tasks. Through a menu-like screen, children are given options to: write a new story, read a story, change or print a story, read other stories, start over, goodbye. Primary Editor provides young writers with a friendly introduction to editing concepts, using graphic examples to teach text-editing key functions. Stories may be saved on diskette and retrieved by listing them by their first line in the Read, Change, Print options. ________________________________________________________________________ 77 Productivity Tools and Word Processing PRODUCT: PRIMARY EDITOR PLUS VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Primary Editor Plus is a toolkit for writing and language arts activities for kindergarten through grade eight. The program is a flexible, entry-level word processor for students as young as five or for anyone new to word processing and computers. An expansion of Primary Editor Version 1.0, the program offers more word processing functions such as: spell checking capability; 40- or 80-column mode; single or double space; color selection from eight choices; paragraph reflow; mark, move and copy functions. Primary Editor Plus has several new features: Picture Editor, Banner˙Maker, online tutorials and optional text-to-speech voice capability. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: PRODUCTIVITY PLUS (PRD+) VENDOR: Productivity Software International Inc. 211 E. 43 St. - Suite 2202 New York, NY 10017-4707 (212) 818-1144 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Productivity Plus is a memory-resident program that works with word processing programs (Wordstar, WordPerfect, etc.) to increase productivity. The user defines abbreviations for frequently used words and phrases, names and addresses, boilerplate text or programming language statements. As the user types, PRD+ replaces the abbreviations with the full text - up to 4,000 characters. There are twenty versions: the Legal Edition, other professional editions for such vertical markets as branches of the federal government, Wall Street and construction. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: READY VENDOR: Symantec Corporation 10201 Torre Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014 (800) 441-7234 ˙ (800) 626-8847 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Ready is a memory-resident outliner that provides basic head and subhead shuffling and alphabetic ordering. It features hot key and mouse support and exports the outline in ASCII format. ________________________________________________________________________ 78 Productivity Tools and Word Processing PRODUCT: REALTIME WRITER VENDOR: Realtime Learning Systems 2700 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, DC 20008-5330 (800) 832-2472 ˙ (202) 483-1510 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Realtime Writer is a program that allows for social interactive writing and permits collaborative learning in which students build on their cognitive and social strengths in a sharing environment. This network only package is an interactive text-based product featuring writing and group study capabilities. This product allows deaf, blind, hearing and sighted persons to communicate simultaneously in written English or a foreign language. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: RIGHTWRITER VENDOR: Que Software 11711 N. College - # 140 Carmel, IN 46032 (317) 573-2500 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: RightWriter, a grammar and style checker for business and technical writing, works with Wordstar, Multimate, Wordperfect and other word processors. It uses a single one word command, a feature designed for ease of use. The program produces a marked-up backup copy. RightWriter finds and comments on difficulties in word usage, readability, punctuation and sentence structure. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: STICKYBEAR TYPING VENDOR: Optimum Resource Inc. 10 Station Place Norfolk, CT 06058 (800) 327-1473 ˙ (203) 542-5553 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Providing typing instruction for all ages, Stickybear Typing sharpens keyboard skills with three separate activities: Keypress allows practice in either typewriter or word processor mode, ranging from the simplest drills in home key position to complex exercises that require the full keyboard; Thump builds typing skills in a fast-action activity (to prevent Stickybear from getting thumped by a robot, letters and words must be typed quickly and accurately); Stories presents typing practice with entertaining text in a choice of categories. Hundreds of facts, jokes, stories and complex paragraphs are available for timed practice. An accuracy mode also may be selected. ________________________________________________________________________ 79 Productivity Tools and Word Processing PRODUCT: TALKING TEXT WRITER VENDOR: Scholastic Inc. P.O. Box 7502 Jefferson City, MO 65102 (800) 325-6149 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: As users type words or phrases, the computer reads back aloud what is on the screen. Users select whether they want the program to speak each letter after it is typed, each word or the whole screen. Both volume and rate are adjustable. A Comment Box feature allows for comments or instructions to be read and reread. A Dictionary Box pronounces words aloud and reads definitions with a single key stroke. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: THE NEWSROOM VENDOR: Queue Inc. 338 Commerce Dr. Fairfield, CT 06430 (203) 368-6887 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Newsroom produces and prints a newspaper for family, class, school or business with text and pictures that look professional. User controls all design elements; pictures and text can be positioned with single key commands. Text, created in a choice of five styles and sizes of type is written on a word processing component. Pictures may be chosen from 600 pieces of clip art and may be combined, altered or created. Additional files of clip art available. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: THINKTANK VENDOR: Symantec Corporation 10201 Torre Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014 (800) 441-7234 ˙ (800) 626-8847 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: An outliner that processes ideas, organizes thoughts and allows you to create, edit and rearrange items. It supports outlines of headings and sub-headings up to a thousand levels deep or 32,767 lines of text. Major functions include expanding and collapsing headings, reorganizing, hoisting (isolating a heading) and document editing. It is compatible with most popular word processors. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: TURTLE POWER VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Turtle Power encourages orderly thinking and estimating skills through colorful graphics and music. Single-key commands are used; musical notes may be produced with one keystroke or songs written and played using advanced music commands. There is a built-in help feature; a full-screen editor allows children write, review and change programs. Advanced exercises increase computer literacy and introduce new concepts. ________________________________________________________________________ 80 Productivity Tools and Word Processing PRODUCT: TYPE! VENDOR: Broderbund Software Inc. 17 Paul Dr. San Rafael, CA 94903 (800) 521-6263 ˙ (415) 492-3500 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Type! works with informative words and sentences to hold students' attention and build typing skills; a diagnostic system tracks student speed and accuracy. Type! builds reading, math, cognitive, and visual perception skills. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: TYPING TEACHER VENDOR: Compu-Tations Inc. P.O. Box 502 Troy, MI 48099 (800) 345-2964 ˙ (313) 689-5059 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Typing Teacher uses behavioral learning principles to teach typing. The program concentrates on drill, practice and reinforced learning through eight phases of instruction. On each phase or level there are ten exercises to be completed at the student's own pace. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: WHOOPS VENDOR: Cornucopia Software Inc. P. O. Box 6111 Albany, CA 94706 (415) 528-7000 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Whoops checks spelling three ways. It checks words as they are typed; it checks an entire screen and highlights errors; and it reads ASCII text files from a disk and lists errors. Whoops works with most word processing and spreadsheet programs and includes a 50,000-word dictionary with the ability to add 15,000 more entries. A thesaurus is also available. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: WORDMASTER VENDOR: Proximity 3511 N.E. 22nd Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 (800) 543-3511 ˙ (305) 566-3511 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Wordmaster is an electronic thesaurus that organizes synonyms by meaning. It helps you find a good word that means what you want to say. It offers a list of correct spellings to choose from if your lookup word is misspelled. ________________________________________________________________________ 81 Productivity Tools and Word Processing PRODUCT: WORDSTAR 2000/H VENDOR: Wordstar International 201 Alameda del Prado Novato, CA 94949 (415) 382-0606 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This is a special version of WordStar 2000 prepared for persons with disabilities. It has been developed with a "sequential-key" capability for users with problems depressing two keys simultaneously, such as using the Control key and "B" or Shift/A. ________________________________________________________________________ 82 Productivity Tools and Word Processing Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs For the special education teacher or administrator, computer technology may assist in establishing and auditing Individual Education Plans, in tracking adherence to local, state and federal guidelines, and in providing an efficient means for generating and controlling the documentation associated with each student. This section highlights programs which may help teachers create daily goals and objectives or programs that may be used in the delivery and scoring of assessment tools. PRODUCT: (AAD) ABILITY ACHIEVEMENT DISCREPANCY VENDOR: Southern Micro Systems P.O. Box 2097 Burlington, NC 27216-2097 (919) 226-7610 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The AAD (Ability Achievement Discrepancy) provides a student profile comparison of Ability Test Results and Standardized Achievement Test Results. This program will assist diagnosticians to assess accurately and fairly the degree of underachievement a student is experiencing. The computer-assisted report provides correlation, discrepancy scores and a lower bound score. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: ACCESS-ABILITY VENDOR: Dayspring Associates Inc. 2111 Foley Rd. Havre de Grave, MD 21078 (301) 939-5900 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: ACCESS-ABILITY is a software product that matches the needs and capabilities of persons with disabilities with adaptive aids, devices, equipment and job modification strategies. It contains information on hundreds of devices designed to overcome functional limitations. It provides a bridge to the workplace. It is available for the IBM PC. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: ADMINISTRATIVE PLANNING SYSTEM (APS) VENDOR: Learning Tools Inc. River View Trail Roswell, GA 30075 (800) 333-9954 ˙ (404) 641-9994 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: APS is a comprehensive, user-definable software system that provides interactive access to a large database and generation of reports. The program helps organize, store and access any student/client record or administrative information. Report formats are user definable. Data can be sorted; sophisticated searching and selecting can be performed. Fields are named and defined by the user. ________________________________________________________________________ 83 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: ALL STAR DRILL VENDOR: Tom Snyder Productions 90 Sherman St. Cambridge, MA 02140 (800) 342-0236 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This package turns group review into a baseball game for small and large groups; the system manages the players, score and game play. Teachers and students make up questions; appropriate for all levels. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: ASSESS VENDOR: Lexia Learning Systems P.O. Box 466 Lincoln, MA 01773 (617) 259-8752 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Assess is a software program that provides a phonetics-based diagnostic reading test. It presents letters and words on the screen, allowing the clinician to press a key to indicate a correct or incorrect response. Assess scores the test and prepares a printed performance report; it was designed with special education teachers. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION EVALUATION SYSTEM (ACES) VENDOR: Adaptive Communication Systems 354 Hookstown Grade Rd. Clinton, PA 15126 (412) 264-2288 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: ACES is a complete professional workstation for client evaluation. It consists of a microcomputer with 640K and two disk drives, a hard disk (20MB), color and monochrome graphics cards and monitors, a letter-quality printer, speech synthesizer, several switches and software including word processing, database, DOS and utility programs, plus the ACES software. It is designed to guide the user through the augmentative communication evaluation process. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: AUTOMATED IEP SYSTEM AND PROFESSIONAL GOAL BANKS VENDOR: Harding & Harris Inc. P.O. Box 1599 Orem, UT 84057 (801) 224-2014 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Automated IEP manages over 120 files, merges data with student IEPs and provides unlimited capacity to create and use goal banks and IEPs. The program has a master disk with which teachers create a master IEP form. This form can then be used as a template so that student information does not have to be entered for every student. Student disks store student IEPs (14 students per disk). The Professional Goal Banks component allows the teacher to create goals or use those provided. Disks are available for Communication Disorders, Physical Therapy, Daily Living Skills, Learning to Learn, Physical-Sensory-Motor-Perceptual, Speech-Language-Reading, Mathematics-Spelling-Handwriting and Pre-vocational Levels 1 and 2. ________________________________________________________________________ 84 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: AUTOMATIC TEST AUTHOR (ATA) VENDOR: Resource Software International 330 New Brunswick Avenue Fords, NJ 08863 (201) 738-8500 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This˙program,˙designed˙for˙the˙novice, has˙highlighted˙menus to guide the user through completion˙of tests, drills and exercises. ATA is independent of the subject matter; the program developer dictates the topic to be covered. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: CLASSROOM ACTION MANAGER VENDOR: Chambers International Corporation 5499 North Federal Highway - Suite A Boca Raton, FL 33431 (305) 997-9444 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Classroom Action Manager is a teacher's database designed to reduce time spent keeping records. The spreadsheet allows entry and updating of grades and gives attendance data separate weighting for every test and event. It automatically keeps the class average and term-to-date weighted averages on the screen. Reports and graphs can be created for an individual student or the entire class. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: COMPREHENSIVE I.E.P. MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CIMS) VENDOR: Diamond Chip Technologies Inc. 711 Bayview Ave. Freeport, NY 11520 (516) 379-4432 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: CIMS is an integrated special education management system. It offers organization and analysis of all student data. The program provides access to all information necessary for federal and state reporting. The system produces these reports as well as class lists, census reports, master special ed lists, student counts and tuition, OCR, triennial and related service reports. 2000 goals and objectives are included and also add-your-own capability. CIMS produces administrative and instructional IEPs that can be customized at any time. CIMS is menu driven. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: COMPUSCORE: FOR THE SCALES OF INDEPENDENT BEHAVIOR VENDOR: DLM Teaching Resources P.O. Box 4000 One DLM Park Allen, TX 75002 (800) 527-5030 ˙ (214) 248-6300 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Compuscore: For the Scales of Independent Behavior is a psycho-educational assessment program for computerized scoring of a standardized test. The program provides a two-page printout of raw scores, cluster scores, age scores, instructional ranges, difference scores, standard scores, percentile ranks, relative performance indexes and functional levels based on age and cognitive ability. The program also scores the four problem behavior indexes. The system requires two disk drives and an 80-column printer. ________________________________________________________________________ 85 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS) VENDOR: Learning Tools Inc. River View Trail Roswell, GA 30075 (800) 333-9954 ˙ (404) 641-9994 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Curriculum Management System assists a professional in developing, organizing, storing, editing and retrieving a data bank of goals, objectives and resources. Applications include developing treatment plans, service plans, lesson plans and curricula. CMS interfaces with Learning Tool's IPS so that goals and objectives can be electronically transferred into a student's IEP. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: DIAGNOSTIC REPORT WRITER VENDOR: Parrot Software P.O. Box 1139 State College, PA 16804 (800) PARROT1 ˙ (814) 237-7282 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Diagnostic Report Writer creates a three page single-spaced diagnostic report for a child with a communication disorder from a list of questions; sections of the report include developmental and background history, oral peripheral exam, speech and language analysis, summary and recommendations. Report types include misarticulation, language delay, stuttering and voice. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: DPS WITH BCP (BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS) VENDOR: VORT Corporation P.O. Box 60132 Palo Alto, CA 94306 (415) 322-8282 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program uses unique DPS branching techniques to access goals and objectives - entry of master levels and dates. It files records for up to 30 pupils per disk and prints progress reports, lesson plans and IEPs. BCP offers quick access to 53 goal areas containing over 2,500 objectives and methods. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: DPS: HELP VENDOR: VORT Corporation P.O. Box 60132 Palo Alto, CA 94306 (415) 322-8282 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: DPS: HELP, a software version of HELP (the Hawaii Early Learning Profile), covers over 650 skills in 6 developmental areas: cognitive, fine motor, language, gross motor, social and self-help. This computerized version provides a database program including the skills and activities from HELP. Planned and recorded progress can be charted. ________________________________________________________________________ 86 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT VENDOR: The Conover Company P.O. Box 155 Omro, WI 54963 (800) 933-1933 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Education for Employment is an educational assessment and training system that prepares individuals to function in the workplace; it encompasses career planning; vocational exploration and assessment; math, communication, and reasoning skills and employability skills. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: ESS REHABWARE VENDOR: Easter Seal Systems The National Easter Seal Society 5120 S. Hyde Park Blvd. - Suite 100 Chicago, IL 60615 (800) 221-6827 ˙ (312) 667-8400 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: ESS Rehabware is a series of administrative and clinical support programs written on the Informix commercial database. The programs are the Camp Manager, which helps with client information management activities; Vocational Rehabilitation Database System aids with client data collection (inpatient and outpatient); Early Childhood Medical Rehabilitation evaluates program objectives, writes program plans, and tracks client progress; Neighbor-to-Neighbor Campaign helps manage door-to-door fundraising; Comprehensive Computerized Early Childhood System manages aspects of the Project Memphis Model for individual program planning and evaluation; Equipment Loan Cost Recovery System; and Medical Rehabilitation System, a client-information tracking system for billing and accounting. The software is designed for Unix (Xenix) or MS-DOS compatible computers. Contact the manufacturer for information about compatibility with a particular computer system. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: FUNCTIONAL SKILLS SCREENING INVENTORY: TRAINING VENDOR: Functional Resources Enterprises 2734 Trail of the Madrones Austin, TX 78746 (512) 327-1741 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The FSSI: TPE assesses the amount and level of functional skills training provided by educational, rehabilitation and residential programs serving moderately and severely disabled persons. Items are identical to those on the FSSI, and are also rated on a five-point scale, from 0 (the program does not provide training on a skill) to 5 (the program provides extensive training on a regular basis). It describes program training, facilitates placement and identifies strengths and weaknesses for program planning, evaluation and coordination of services. ________________________________________________________________________ 87 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: GOALS AND OBJECTIVES VENDOR: J.E. Stewart 18518 Kenlake Place N.E. Seattle, WA 98155 (206) 486-4510 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This administrative tool helps educators manage paperwork and make decisions. It includes two banks of 30,000 goals and objectives covering skills from early neuromuscular development to trigonometry. Users create additional goals and objectives, print data sheets or generate IEPs, create progress reports, design report forms and deal with transfer students. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: GROUP DATA PROGRAM VENDOR: Functional Resources Enterprises 2734 Trail of the Madrones Austin, TX 78746 (512) 327-1741 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Group Data Program compiles summary data for groups of students/clients from their individual FSSI assessments. The program copies individual assessments from student/client data disks onto a group disk, then present tabular and graphic reports. It also provides statistical analyses of the significance of a group's change over time and of the difference between two groups' performances. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: I.E.P. ENTRY VENDOR: Programs-That-Work P.O. Box 74 East Islip, NY 11730 (516) 563-7296 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: I.E.P. Entry is a utility that generates IEP's from a bank of 1000 objectives that cover the entire curriculum. Up to 1000 more objectives may be added. Features include: single key commands; error messages and on-screen help; ability to change, delete, insert opjectives; storage of student history and test scores; and the ability to print, save or send files via modem. ________________________________________________________________________ 88 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: IBM PROGRAMMED INQUIRY LEARNING OR TEACHING (PILOT) VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: IBM Pilot enables even the computer novice to write a variety of types of CAI, such as drill and practice, simulation and tutorials. Six instructions can produce the major portion of a CAI module. Features include: extended answer analysis; all information available as variable; graphics editor for all-points-addressable graphics, viewports, full-color control and animation; combination text/graphic screens; text editor for 80- and 40-column screen display; user-defined characters and alternate ASCII characters from 128 to 255; expression resolution; built-in functions; in-line mathematical programming; indexing and subscripting; sound generator control; exit-to-user-written subroutines; immediate execution operations; authoring language flexibility; more concise than BASIC; easy-to-learn, and CAI-related functional commands. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: IEP GENERATOR VENDOR: EBSCO Curriculum Materials P.O. Box 1943 Birmingham, AL 35201 (800) 633-8623 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This utility program for special education teachers allows the teacher to enter previously written goals and objectives which are selected and printed out for individual students. It supports multiple data disks and includes back-up disk. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: IEP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM VENDOR: IEP/Creative Educational Services 36 River Avenue Monmouth Beach, NJ 07750 (201) 870-6543 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Version 5.0 includes the ability to plan and generate˙individual educational plans for disabled students as well as individual progress reports keyed to the student's IEP and print them in English and foreign languages. Price includes on-site training and installation for cost of mileage only. Spanish disk available. ________________________________________________________________________ 89 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: INDIVIDUALIZED PLANNING SYSTEM (IPS) VENDOR: Learning Tools Inc. River View Trail Roswell, GA 30075 (800) 333-9954 ˙ (404) 641-9994 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: IPS provides interactive, menu-drive access to individualized information and user-defined report generation. It can be used to organize, manage, access and print items of information on each individual student or client. Reports may include individualized education plans (IEPs), evaluations, schedules, form letters, labels, vocational skills and clinical observations. Resource files from Learning Tool's CMS may be used with IPS. IPS files automatically update administrative records maintained with Learning Tool's APS. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: J-WEAR OBJECTIVE MASTERY REPORT VENDOR: United Educational Services Inc. P.O. Box 605 East Aurora, NY 14052 (800) 458-7900 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: J-Wear Objective Mastery Report is an instructional management program which allows the user to monitor the progress of students based on their sequential performance on the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery. The objective mastery report lists specific instructional objectives that the test results indicate the student has mastered, and also prints a set of instructional objectives projected to be mastered during the next marking period (based on student's performance on previous test). The program stores student performance records which can be updated at any time. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: JOBS SYSTEM VENDOR: Control Data Corporation Disability Services 7600 France Ave. South Minneapolis, MN 55435 (612) 853-8100 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: JOBS (Jobs Opportunity Based Search) system offers assessment and helps identify appropriate jobs for disabled individuals. JOBS matches test results with job titles from the Department of Labor's listing of over 12,000 jobs. Descriptions of appropriate jobs are then printed out with a list of the industries where the jobs may be found. A hard disk is required to operate the JOBS system. Price of the system depends on the type of databases used with the program; options include listings by types of industries, area of the country or availability of training at job site. Some of these options require additional hardware. ________________________________________________________________________ 90 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: M.MAC (MCDERMOTT MULTIDIMENS'L ASSESS. OF CHILDREN) VENDOR: The Psychological Corp. P.O. Box 9954 San Antonio, TX 78204-0954 (800) 233-5682 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The M.MAC is a comprehensive microcomputer system that integrates data from psychological evaluations in order to assess the psychological and educational functioning of children ages 2-8. This package also classifies childhood exceptionality and designs Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs). ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MATH-A-MATIC VENDOR: EBSCO Curriculum Materials P.O. Box 1943 Birmingham, AL 35201 (800) 633-8623 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: A teacher utility program that will generate diagnostic tests, prescriptive worksheets and classroom management charts. Students are tested for deficiencies and worksheets addressing those deficiencies are generated by the program. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MICROCOMPUTER EVALUATION & SCREENING ASSESSMENT VENDOR: Valpar International 4650 N. Highway Dr. Tucson, AZ 85705 (800) 528-7070 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This program evaluates all factors of the Worker Qualifications Profile of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. It writes reports and presents scores, percent scores and dot factor scores evaluating reading, spelling, math and language. Answers are indicated for the hearing impaired; a beep or buzz indicates correctness for the non-hearing impaired. The program evaluates problem solving, memory, size and shape discrimination; eye-hand and eye-hand-foot coordination. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: MMICRO READING OR MATH VENDOR: Educational Development Corporation P.O. Box 470663 Tulsa, OK 74147 (800) 331-4418 ˙ (918) 622-4522 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The MMICRO programs are curriculum management systems that deliver diagnostic/prescriptive information to teachers for instructional and organizational purposes. Tests are automatically scored by an optical card or sheet reader. Then assessment and progress data can be collected, sorted and retrieved for day-to-day classroom instruction. ________________________________________________________________________ 91 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: MMPI-83 (MINNESOTA MULTI. PERSONALITY INVENTORY-83) VENDOR: Southern Micro Systems P.O. Box 2097 Burlington, NC 27216-2097 (919) 226-7610 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The MMPI-83 (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-83) is paired with the Vincent Interpretive Report to produce the report. This system scores 122 MMPI scales. Eighty-seven scales are interpreted. The standard validity and clinical scales are interpreted using high, 2-, 3- or 4-point configural interpretation. The software provides extensive error-checking routines and allows for easy input in the 566 items from the group form or T-score input from MMPIs scored by hand. The software allows unlimited use and is not copy protected. The user can select many different report options and the report is stored on disk as well as printed, enabling it to be edited by most word processors. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: OASYS (OCCUPATIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM) VENDOR: Vertek Inc. 555 116th Ave. NE - Suite 118 Bellevue, WA 98004 (206) 455-9921 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: OASYS is a software system that matches a person's skills and abilities to occupations and employers. The system consists of three components: Basic, Job Match, and OASYS+ - each may be purchased separately or integrated into one system. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: PIAT ERROR ANALYSIS REPORT VENDOR: United Educational Services Inc. P.O. Box 605 East Aurora, NY 14052 (800) 458-7900 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: PIAT Error Analysis Report (PEAR) is an analysis and reporting program which provides diagnostic and instructional planning information from results of the Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT). A student's performance can be analyzed on four subtest areas of the PIAT: mathematics, reading recognition, reading comprehension and spelling. PEAR includes program disks with backup and manual with documentation. ________________________________________________________________________ 92 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: PRE-MOD II VENDOR: ASIEP Education Company P.O. Box 12147 Portland, OR 97212 (503) 236-1317 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Pre-Mod II is a behavior management diagnostic tool for the teacher working with children who are mildly to moderately handicapped. It is applicable to slow and non-exceptional learners in regular classrooms. Pre-Mod II covers the following maladaptive behaviors: student uses abusive/provocative language without provocation, acts physically or verbally aggressive, is non-compliant, is off-task/inattentive, engages in disruptive behavior, is withdrawn, is unable to accept appropriate criticism from others, takes items without asking. This program stresses a cognitive as well as a behavioral approach to behavior management. It provides a printed beliefs inventory for each maladaptive behavior. The manual deals with the use of the software and with behavior management techniques, suggested interventions and sample assessments. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: SAGE SYSTEM VENDOR: Control Data Corporation Disability Services 7600 France Ave. South Minneapolis, MN 55435 (612) 853-8100 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The SAGE system provides vocational aptitude testing in order to describe vocational skills and recommend appropriate training and jobs for disabled individuals. The system consists of a test protocol and a series of isolated units designed to test specific skills. SAGE's five units present 152 real work activities covering all occupational areas, designed to do the following: measure general development in reasoning, math and language; assess verbal, numerical, spatial, form, clerical, motor, finger, manual and eye-hand-foot aptitudes; describe work attitudes, interpersonal relationships and worker temperament traits. The SAGE system test results can be automatically scored when using a reading device with an IBM PC. ________________________________________________________________________ 93 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: SAVAS (SIX-FACTOR AUTOMATED VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT) VENDOR: Southern Micro Systems P.O. Box 2097 Burlington, NC 27216-2097 (919) 226-7610 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: SAVAS (Six-Factor Automated Vocational Assessment) is a complete vocational guidance system that matches client interest patterns with information about occupations listed in the Occupational Outlook Handbook. All 180 occupations represented in the system are arranged in order based on their similarity to the client's interest profile from the results of the Six-Factor Vocational Interest Inventory or information entered into the program from various other interest tests which use the six factors of Holland's vocational theory. SAVAS can be used by counselors and clients. Each printout classifies occupations from very similar to very dissimiliar compared to the client's interest pattern. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: SLOSSON INTELLIGENCE TEST (SIT) COMPUTER REPORT VENDOR: Slosson Educational Publications Inc. P. O. Box 280 East Aurora, NY 14052 (800) 828-4800 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The SIT Computer Report (SIT-RCR) helps the psychologist and educator make decisions regarding further evaluation, determine expected achievement, find levels of ability, and identify basic areas of weakness. The SIT-CR provides a complete report and analysis of the SIT. In addition to identification data about the client, the report provides a comparison of achievement with ability using both GE and Standard Scores. The degree of scatter is provided. Results are analyzed according to a classification scheme: General Information, Comprehension, Arithmetic, Similarities and Differences, Vocabulary, Digit Span, and Visual Motor. Recommendations are made for remediation in areas of weakness, providing guidelines for educational and programmatic decision making. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: STANFORD-BINET COMPUTER REPORT VENDOR: Southern Micro Systems P.O. Box 2097 Burlington, NC 27216-2097 (919) 226-7610 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: With this program, a comprehensive psychological report based on a student's performance on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (S-B) (1973) can be generated. The printed report can be used as a component of a final report or to facilitate writing one. Developed by a practicing psychologist and professor of special education, the program is based on fact and is extensively documented in the manual. ________________________________________________________________________ 94 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: TALLEY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WRITER VENDOR: Curriculum Associates Inc. 5 Esquire Road North Billerica, MA 08162 (508) 667-8000 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Talley Goals and Objectives Writer is a teacher tool that prints goal and objective pages of the IEP. In less than two minutes per student, a teacher types student data into the computer. Up to eight goals and 48 objectives per student can be printed. The master list of goals and objectives is flexible - users create and store or purchase prepared disks from the BRIGANCE and ENRIGHT diagnostic inventories. Optional objectives disks are available at an added cost. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: TALLEY SPECIAL EDUCATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SEMS) VENDOR: A.U. Software P. O. Box 33608 Washington, DC 20033 (202) 265-6443 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Talley SEMS, a complete special education management system, provides student data files, IEPs, letters to parents, mailing labels, staff notices, update service lists and statistical reports for the government. It stores data on students who leave the special education department and retrieves and updates their files when they return. The master list of goals and objectives is completely flexible - users create objectives or use a prepared bank of 900 objectives from the Brigance and Enright Diagnostic Inventories; curriculum: Special Education Administration: pupil records maintenance, program accountability;. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: TALLEY SPECIAL EDUCATION REFERRAL TRACKING (SERT) VENDOR: A.U. Software P. O. Box 33608 Washington, DC 20033 (202) 265-6443 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: SERT is a complete system for tracking referrals in a district form initial referral through placement meeting. The program provides lists of pending students according to district timelines for compliance in processing referrals. It enables administrators to know referral sources and the disposition of all referrals for a given year. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: TARGET TEACH VENDOR: Evans Newton Inc. 14255 N. 76th Pl. Scottsdale, AZ 85260 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Target Teach aligns and monitors Special Education Instructional Materials to tests that are used to measure the effectiveness of Special Education Instructional Programs. ________________________________________________________________________ 95 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: TEACHER'S QUIZ DESIGNER VENDOR: IBM Educational Systems Available through Certified Education Specialist (800) 222-7257 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Teacher's Quiz Designer creates, edits and prints multiple choice style quizzes and maintains a database of questions for future use. Quizzes may be administered by computer and graded by the computer and the results stored on the diskette. Also available are items analysis and grade weighting. The questions created must have one right answer and from one to six wrong answers. Teacher sections of the program are protected by a password. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: TESTS MADE EASY VENDOR: Compu-Tations Inc. P.O. Box 502 Troy, MI 48099 (800) 345-2964 ˙ (313) 689-5059 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This test generator program is menu driven and allows teacher or parent to enter, store, review, revise and delete questions without programming knowledge. The user selects specific questions or has the computer generate a test (and assign it a serial number) by randomly selecting questions (e.g. 25 test questions from a file of 100). Essay questions may be interspersed with fill-in-the-blank questions. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: THE LESSON PLANNER VENDOR: Compu-Tations Inc. P.O. Box 502 Troy, MI 48099 (800) 345-2964 ˙ (313) 689-5059 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Lesson Planner is a program to reduce the workload in preparing lesson plans; it is classroom-tested and allows the teacher to compile, store, edit and print daily, weekly or monthly lesson plans. Designed to comply with state standards, the program is user friendly and requires no programming experience. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: TRACKSTAR PLUS VENDOR: Diamond Computer Systems Inc. 470 Lakeside Dr. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (408) 736-2000 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: TRACKSTAR Plus is an Apple emulation technology product for the IBM PS/2-25, 30 or 30-286, adding Apple IIe compatibility to IBM PS/2 products. It installs in a full length expansion slot and shares PS/2 peripherals to execute and display Apple II software. It offers a streamlined user interface, enhanced compatibility, LAN support, file transfer capability between IBM and Apple formats and the ability to use the PS/2 hard disk. ________________________________________________________________________ 96 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: UNISTAR II+ VENDOR: ASIEP Education Company P.O. Box 12147 Portland, OR 97212 (503) 236-1317 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Unistar II+ generates IEPs that contain all components required by law. The program presents individual functioning level charts, over 1600 goals and short-term objectives, and a student data analysis and summary system. Unistar II+ can automatically select appropriate goals and objectives for the student based on the present functioning level data entered in the program. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: UNISTAR II+ VENDOR: Southern Micro Systems P.O. Box 2097 Burlington, NC 27216-2097 (919) 226-7610 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: An IEP program for LD and EMH students. Seventeen ability areas are available; any combination of areas will generate goals and objectives for the committee to review. The IEP is printed and meets the requirement of PL 94-142. The user has the option of using the computer-generated goals and objectives or selecting his/her own. UNISUM is included in the program; it allows individual tracking, as well as status and progress reports. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: UNISTAR PRE-IEP REPORT VENDOR: United Educational Services Inc. P.O. Box 605 East Aurora, NY 14052 (800) 458-7900 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: UNISTAR Pre-IEP Report is an expanded version of the UNISTAR I program, designed to assist with writing preparatory reports for IEPs for learning disabled, educable mentally handicapped or high-risk students at all grade levels. The program has been expanded to include a comprehensive set of goals and objectives for life skills abilities. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE-REVISED (WAIS-R) VENDOR: United Educational Services Inc. P.O. Box 605 East Aurora, NY 14052 (800) 458-7900 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) Computer Report is a computerized analysis program to facilitate interpretation of the WAIS-R. The program performs calculations and comparisons of the scaled scores. Program includes manual and two disks (one is a back-up). ________________________________________________________________________ 97 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs PRODUCT: WISC-RITER 'COMPLETE' VENDOR: Southern Micro Systems P.O. Box 2097 Burlington, NC 27216-2097 (919) 226-7610 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The WISC-Riter 'Complete' is a comprehensive psychological report based on a student's performance on the WISC-R. Developed by a practicing psychologist and professor of special education, the program is based on fact and is completely documented in the manual. To produce a quick and accurate report on a student, the user enter the WISC-R Sub Test scores, VIQ, PIQ, FSIQ, as well as GE scores of reading, spelling and arithmetic, from an achievement test of their choice. The report can be used as a component of a final report or to facilitate writing one. The report can be completely edited by the user. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: WISC-RITER `BASIC' VENDOR: Southern Micro Systems P.O. Box 2097 Burlington, NC 27216-2097 (919) 226-7610 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: WISC-Riter 'Basic' provides the same computer-assisted psychological interpretation of the child's performance as the WISC-Riter 'Complete' but omits factor analysis and clinical interpretation. It allows the psychologist or educator to make an individualized evaluation using standard score interpretations, evaluations of subtests, verbal scale interpretation, performance scale interpretation and the achievement test of their choice. It produces a quick and accurate report. ________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT: WOODCOCK READING MASTERY TESTS ERROR ANALYSIS REPORT VENDOR: United Educational Services Inc. P.O. Box 605 East Aurora, NY 14052 (800) 458-7900 ˙ PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests Error Analysis Report (WEAR) is a test analysis program that provides a comprehensive error analysis of results of the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests. The error analysis can be used as diagnostic information for instructional planning for individual students. WEAR includes two disks (one is a back-up) and a manual. ________________________________________________________________________ 98 Assessment, Administrative Tools, IEP Programs IBM Thinkable DESCRIPTION THINKABLE is a multi-media software product designed to help rehabilitate individuals who have cognitive problems. It is to be used by rehabilitation professionals in conjunction with standard therapy procedures. THINKABLE was developed by IBM with considerable help from occupational therapists, neuropsychologists, and speech and language pathologists. The purpose of THINKABLE is to provide highly-motivating cognitive practice, using life-like pictures and natural speech. It provides practice in four cognitive areas: o visual attention, o visual discrimination, o short-term visual memory, and o sequential memory. THINKABLE includes over 500 prepared exercises that can be used without modification. However, it gives clinicians the power to develop customized exercises with control over such parameters as: o the types of pictures, numbers, letters or shapes to be used as stimuli o timing variables such as stimulus presentation time and response time o reinforcement schedules o exercise difficulty. THINKABLE is a user-friendly system that allows clinicians to create customized exercises and sequences of exercises for their patients. Once created, these exercises can be used over and over for one patient or several. Prescribed sequence of exercises are implemented automatically. Minimal patient supervision is required during their practice sessions. THINKABLE keeps data on every patient response and saves it in a patient workbook. Graphic and tabular reports show progress over time with regard to speed and accuracy of responses. THINKABLE operates on IBM PS/2 system under the OS/2 Version 1.3 operating system. A touch screen is recommended. 99 IBM Thinkable THINKABLE is available only from The Psychological Corporation. Call 1-800-228-0752 for further information. THINKABLE FEATURES PHOTO-LIKE IMAGES THINKable includes hundreds of pictures of objects which you use in daily living. HIGH-QUALITY SPEECH THINKable uses real speech for student/patient instructions, reinforcement, and guidance. TOUCH SCREEN RESPONSE THINKable allows three response modes: touch screen, mouse, and keyboard. The touch screen allows the most direct method of responding. AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION THINKable collects timing and accuracy data from every response and maintains data bases for each user. GRAPHIC AND TABULAR DATA REPORTING THINKable allows teachers and clinicians to select the range of dates as well as exercises for which response-time and accuracy data are reported. COGNITIVE PRACTICE STRATEGIES THINKable includes 16 strategies for practicing fundamental cognitive skills VARIABLE OPTIONS THINKable allows the professional to set parameters to vary: presentation speeds, reinforcement schedules, response contingencies, pre-stimulus cues, pre-response cues, and many more. MENU DRIVEN INTERFACE Easy-to-use menus allow the professional to create custom exercises, create user workbooks, and to prescribe sessions for future use. BASELINE EXERCISES THINKable contains baseline exercises that cannot be modified by the user, thereby allowing for consistent measures over time and exchange of data among different users. EASE OF USE THINKable provides considerable flexibility to the user with easy to learn procedures. On-line and context-sensitive help screens provide the help that you might need. 100 IBM Thinkable WHAT YOU GET The THINKABLE CONVENIENCE KIT is shipped with following items: o Six 3.5-inch 1.44MB program diskettes o One Audio Capture and Playback Adapter and diskette o Two Headphones and Y-cord o Introduction videotape o Getting Started o Reference Manual REQUIREMENTS FOR RUNNING THINKABLE THINKABLE is supported on the following IBM systesm: o Personal System/2 Model 30-286* o Personal System/2 Model 35SX o Personal System/2 Model 40 o Personal System/2 Model 55SX, 57SX o Personal System/2 Model 65SX o Personal System/2 Model 70, 70-486 o Personal System/2 Model P70 o Personal System/2 Model P75 o Personal System/2 Model 80 THINKABLE requires a minimum of 4MB of memory, a 30 MB fixed disk, and OS/2 1.3. The appropriate M-Audio Capture and Playback Adapter is also required and is included in the Convenience Kit. If you use models 30-286, 35SX, and 40, you will need the M-Audio Capture and Playback Adapter (Part number 87F9908); the other Personal System/2 models require the microchannel version of the M-Audio Capture and Playback Adapter/A (Part number 87F9909). ORDERING AND SUPPORT THINKABLE may be ordered through The Psychological Corporation by calling 1-800-228-0752. IBM Part numbers 6450654 (non- microchannel) or 6450653 (microchannel). 101 IBM Thinkable IBM SUPPORT PROGRAMS ____________________ IBM support for persons with disabilities extends across a wide range of programs and resources. The following sections describe some of these areas. 102 IBM Support Programs Educational Offering A SPECIAL PURCHASE OFFER FOR FACULTY/STAFF The IBM Educational Offering for Selected Products is a plan to help teachers and professionals purchase selected IBM products from IBM at reduced prices. The plan begins with savings on IBM computers for school and extends the savings on selected models to individual purchasers who may take advantage of discounts ranging up to 40 percent on a variety of IBM computer products for personal use. K-12 faculty/staff members whose schools are covered by a State Volume Procurement Agreement (VPA) for education are qualified to participate in this offer. Prices may vary by state. Call (800) 222-7257 to receive an Order Kit and additional information about the specific products available through the offering. 103 Educational Offering Learning Initiatives International Learning Initiatives International, the USER GROUP FOR EDUCATORS, is a nonprofit, independent user group dedicated to the improvement of use of IBM educational systems in pre-K through 12, adult/adolescent literacy and basic skills, and non-collegiate business/vocation learning environments by fostering more effective use of IBM computer-assisted educational and administrative systems. Learning Initiatives' mission is to advance the effectiveness of members' computer-assisted educational and administrative systems by promoting mutual support, encouraging free interchange of information concerning applications and technology uses, sharing hardware and software based solutions to accomplish defined instructional strategies, reducing redundant efforts and facilitating quality assurance among the members, and influencing future IBM hardware and software educational products and services. Membership is available to public and parochial school districts, private schools, colleges of education, literacy/basic skills centers, and government educational organizations which use IBM hardware and software educational products and services and to their employees. The services and benefits of Learning Initiatives membership include newsletters, an annual reference manual of other member-users, national Electronic Conferencing, an annual meeting of members to exchange information and provide hands-on experiences, and input into the requirements process for future enhancement and development of new IBM products and services. The Learning Initiatives Forums are platforms for focusing on special interests that range from special needs, basic literacy, advanced math and science to administration and teacher training. The Forums are used for organizing and maintaining conferences on an electronic conferencing network. Member volunteers serve as chairpersons and committee members to perform these functions. The Learning Initiatives Forums are Special Needs, Adolescent/Adult Literacy, Business Education, Childhood Literacy, Language Arts, Teacher Training and Tools, Math and Science. For more information or to enroll, call (800) 233-9233 or write Learning Initiatives Headquarters, 1201 W. Peachtree St. NE - Suite 2900, Atlanta, GA 30367-1200. 104 Learning Initiatives International SUPPORT GROUPS ______________ Support groups, including agencies and professional associations, use numerous approaches to disseminate information and direct activities toward a diverse audience. Examples of activities and services provided by these groups include information clearinghouse; database; legislative monitoring; newsletters and publications; peer counseling; sponsorship of conferences, workshops and seminars. To reference NATIONAL support groups, see the Center's guide, "Technology for Persons with Disabilities - an Introduction." LOCAL, STATE AND REGIONAL support organizations are listed in "Support Organizations," also available from the Center. 105 Support Groups INDEX _____ +---+ Cave Girl Clair 46 | P | Child Writer 69 +---+ Choices, Choices 46 Classroom Action Manager 85 Products Clock 31 ACCESS-ABILITY 83 Clowning Around 47 Administrative Planning System Cognitive Disorders Series: I - (APS) 83 XI 47 Adventures in Math 28 Cognitive Rehabilitation Adventures with Quin 4 Series 47 Alge-blaster Plus! 28 COGREHAB 48 All Star Drill 84 COINSNKEYS 31, 48 Alphabet Circus 4 CommuniTree - First and Second Alpine Tram Ride 43 Editions 69 America Coast-to-Coast 43 Comprehensive I.E.P. Management Analogies Tutorial 5 System (CIMS) 85 Animal Hotel 43 Compuscore: For the Scales of Aphasia Series: I through Independent Behavior 85 XI 44 Computer Assisted Writing Arcademic Skill Builders in (CAW) 7 Language Arts 5 Computer Progs. for Arcademic Skill Builders in Neuropsychological Testing & Math 28 Rehab. 48 Arith-Magic and Arith-Magic Contemporary Living 49 II 29 Core Reading and Vocabulary Assess 84 Development 7 Audio Cassette Tapes 44 Crossword Magic 49 Augmentative Communication Curriculum Management System Evaluation System (ACES) 84 (CMS) 86 Automated IEP System and Dazzle Draw 49 Professional Goal Banks 84 Decimal Discovery 31 Automatic Test Author (ATA) 85 Decisions, Decisions 49 Bank Street Writer III 68 Descriptive Language Arts Bank Street Writer Plus 68 Development 7 Basic Math Competency Skill Diagnostic Report Writer 86 Building 29 DISCOVERY 69 Basic Number Concepts 29, 44 Does Time Really Fly? 32 Block It 30 DPS with BCP (Behavioral Bouncy Bee Learns Letters 5 Characteristics) 86 Bouncy Bee Learns DPS: HELP 86 Letters/Words 6, 45 Droid Personal Robot 50 Bouncy Bee Learns Words 6 Dynaread 69 Brain Train 45 Early Games for Young Bumble Games 30 Children 7, 32 Bumble Plot 30 Easy as ABC 8 Calendar Skills 45 EduCalc 32 Campaign Math 30 Education for Employment 87 Captain's Log: Cognitive Electric Webster 70 Training System 46 Elements of Mathematics 33 CARA (Computer Assisted Reading English Basics 8 Assessment) 6 ESS Rehabware 87 Cause and Effect 46 106 Index European Nations and IBM Personal Computer Math Locations 50 Concepts Series 35, 55 Evelyn Wood Dynamic Reader 8 IBM Physics Discovery Expanded Notation 33 Series 55 Exploring Measurement, Time and IBM Private Tutor Series for Money 33 Language Arts 12 Extra-Tele-Tacto-Graph 50 IBM Private Tutor Series for Fact or Opinion 50 Mathematics 35 Fay: That Math Woman 34 IBM Programmed Inquiry Learning First Draft 70 or Teaching (PILOT) 89 First Math 34 IBM Reading for Information First Verbs and Primeros Series 13 Verbos 8 IBM Reading for Meaning First Words 9 Series 13 First Words, Verbs, IBM Scientific Reasoning Categories 9, 51 Series 55 Foundations 51 IBM Spelling Series 14 Foundations I 51 IBM Thinkable 99 Foundations II 52 IBM Touch Typing For Fraction Factory 34 Beginners 73 Freddy's Puzzling Adventure 52 IBM Vocabulary Series 14 Freedom Writer 70 IEP Generator 89 Freestyle 70 IEP Management System 89 FriendlyWriter with Individualized Planning System FriendlySpeller 71 (IPS) 90 Functional Skills Screening Inline 73 Inventory: Training 87 Integers/Equations I and II 36 Funzeez 34, 52 I.E.P. Entry 88 Game Power for Phonics, Plus 9 J-Wear Objective Mastery Gertrude's Puzzles 53 Report 90 Gertrude's Secrets 53 Jenny of the Prairie 56 Get Set for Writing to Read 10 Jet: Spell Multilingual 73 Getting Ready to Read and JOBS System 90 Add 10, 35 Juggles' Butterfly 36, 56 GOAL Series 10 Juggles' Rainbow 56 Goals and Objectives 88 Karel the Robot 73 GOfer 71 Katie's Farm 14, 56 Grammar Examiner 11 Keyboarding for Individual Grammar for SAT-ACT-TSWE 11 Achievement 74 Grammar Gremlins 11 Keyboarding for the Physically GrandView 71 Handicapped 74 Group Data Program 88 Keyboarding with One Hand 74 Help U Key 71 KEYTALK 15 Hide and Find 53 KinderComp 57 Hodge Podge 53 Krell's SAT Vocabulary Holiday Fun 11 Builder 15 Homeworker 72 Language Arts Series II 15 Hot Line 72 Language Master 74 How to Read for Everyday Large Type 75 Living 12 Leap 1: Functional Literacy - I Can Be Anything 54 Interactive Language 15 IBM Biology Series 54 Learning and Practicing With IBM Earth Science Series 54 Money 36 IBM LOGO 72 LEEP Spelling Package 16 IBM Parts of Speech Series 12 Lelps 16 Lexia Touch and Learn 16 107 Index LinkWay 75 Prescriptive Math Drill 40 Listen to Learn 75 Primary Editor 77 LOGO Learner 76 Primary Editor Plus 78 Magic Spells 16 Productivity Plus (PRD+) 78 Mask Parade 57 Public Domain Software 61 Math and Science Series 17 Puzzle Tanks 40 Math Concepts I and II 36 Quiet Duck Learning Series 19 Math for Everyday Living 37 Race the Clock 19 Math for Successful Living 37 RDS Speech and Learning Center Math in a Nutshell 37 System 61 Math Rabbit 37 Reader Rabbit 19 MATH-A-MATIC 91 Reader Rabbit and the Fabulous Mathematics Activities Word Factory 20 Courseware 38 Reading Comprehension 20 Mathematics: Solving Story Reading in the Workplace 20 Problems 38 Reading Magic 20 McGee 17, 57 Reading Magic Library 21 Meet the Computer! 57 Reading Strategy Series 21 Memory Castle 58 Ready 78 Memory I and II 58 Realtime Writer 79 Memory Match 58 Rhiannon Adventure Stories 61 MemoryMate 76 RightWriter 79 Michigan Memory Series RoboMath 40 Software 59 Rocky's Boots 62 Microcomputer Evaluation & SAGE System 93 Screening Assessment 91 SAVAS (Six-Factor Automated Microcourse: Language Arts 17 Vocational Assessment) 94 Microcourse: Reading 17 Science Toolkit Plus Series 62 MindReader 76 Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) Missing Letters 18 Computer Report 94 MMICRO Reading or Math 91 Soft Tools (1983-88 MMPI-83 (Minnesota Multi. versions) 62 Personality Inventory-83) 92 Solving Math Word Problems 40 Monkey Business 59 Special Needs Collection 21 Monster Math 38 Speed Reader II 21 Mount Murdoch 77 Spell It Plus! 22 Muppet Learning Keys 59 Spell-A-Vision 22 M.MAC (McDermott Multidimens'l SPELLIST 22 Assess. of Children) 91 Stanford-Binet Computer New Math Blaster Plus! 39 Report 94 Number Farm 39 States and Traits 63 OASYS (Occupational Access Stickers 63 System) 92 Stickybear Math I 41 Opposites 18, 59 Stickybear Numbers 41 Parts of Speech Pak 18 Stickybear Parts of Speech 23 PC-Outline 77 Stickybear Reading 23 PC/Pilot 77 Stickybear Shapes 63 Personal Consumerism 60 Stickybear Spellgrabber 23 Personal Finance 60 Stickybear Typing 79 PIAT Error Analysis Report 92 Super Challenger 63 Piece of Cake Math 39 S.M.A.R.T. Choices 62 Pipeline 60 Taking Responsibility 64 Please Understand Me 60 Talking Nouns and Verbs 24 Pre-Mod II 93 Talking Reading and Me 24 Preparing for Geometry and Talking Text Writer 80 Algebra 39 Talking Word Attack Plus! 24 108 Index Talley Goals and Objectives "Please Help Me!" - Spelling 4 Writer 95 Talley Special Education Management System (SEMS) 95 +---+ Talley Special Education | V | Referral Tracking (SERT) 95 +---+ Target Teach 95 Task Master 64 Vendors Teacher's Quiz Designer 96 Adaptive Communication Tell and Spell 24 Systems 84 Tests Made Easy 96 Aquarius Instructional 49, 60 The Factory 64 Artworx Software Co. 53 The King's Rule 41 ASIEP Education Company 93, 97 The Lesson Planner 96 A.U. Software 95 The Medalist Series 64 Battenberg & Associates 4 The Newsroom 80 BrainTrain 46 The Playroom 65 Britannica Software 11, 50, 63 The Pond 65 Broderbund Software Inc. 14, The Right Turn 41 17, 49, 56, 57, 62, 65, 67, The Walkabout 42 68, 76, 81 THINKable 65 Brown Bag Software 76, 77 ThinkTank 80 Cambridge Career Products 60, TimeLiner 65 66 Touch 'N Talk Micros 25 Castle Special Computer TRACKSTAR Plus 96 Services 22, 31, 48 Turtle Power 80 Chambers International Type! 81 Corporation 85 Typing Teacher 81 Cognitive Rehabilitation 62 Unistar II+ 97 Colorado Easter Seal UNISTAR Pre-IEP Report 97 Society 61 Verb Usage Series 25 CommuniTree Group 69 VISPA 66 Compu-Tations Inc. 81, 96 Visuospatial 66 Compusense 73 Vocabulary Pak 25 Computer Talk 19 Vocational Interest Profile Computers To Help People Report 66 Inc. 69 Voy a Leer Escribiendo Control Data Corporation 90, (VALE) 25 93 Wechsler Adult Intelligence Cornucopia Software Inc. 70, Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) 97 81 Weekly Speller 26 Cross Educational Software 22 Where in the USA is Carmen Curriculum Associates Inc. 95 Sandiego? 67 Dataflo Computer Services Whoops 81 Inc. 16, 24, 34, 53 Who, What, When, Where, Why 26 Davidson & Associates Inc. 10, Winning With Phonics 26 11, 21, 22, 24, 28, 39, 72 WISC-Riter 'Complete' 98 Dayspring Associates Inc. 83 WISC-Riter `Basic' 98 DEKRO Inc. 66 Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests Diamond Chip Technologies Error Analysis Report 98 Inc. 85 Wordmaster 81 Diamond Computer Systems Wordsearch 26 Inc. 96 WordStar 2000/H 82 Didatech Software Ltd. 34 Workplace Literacy System 27 DIL International 11, 32, 42, (AAD) Ability Achievement 50, 57 Discrepancy 83 109 Index DLM Teaching Resources 4, 5, LEEP Inc. 16 28, 31, 39, 52, 85 Lexia Learning Systems 16, 84 Dorsett Educational Systems Life Science Associates 48, 64 Inc. 20 Merit Software 37, 43, 47, 59, Droid Systems Corp. 50 60 Dr. Robert Sbordone, Ph.D. 48 Microlytics 71 Easter Seal Systems 87 Mindplay 19, 30, 40 EBSCO Curriculum Materials 89, Mindscape Inc. 43, 49 91 Nat. Institute for Educational Activities Inc. 7, Rehabilitation Engineering 75 8, 12, 15, 17, 20, 29, 37 Optimum Resource Inc. 23, 41, Educational Development 63, 79 Corporation 91 Orbit Computer Systems 69 Educational Electronic Parrot Software 44, 47, 86 Techniques, LTD 74 PEAL Software 15 Electronic Courseware Systems Polyglot Inc. 73 Inc. 30, 33, 63 Prentice-Hall 21 Evans Newton Inc. 95 Productivity Software Focus Media Incorporated 4 International Inc. 78 Franklin Software 74 Programs-That-Work 88 FriendlySoft Inc. 71 Proximity 81 Functional Resources Psychological Software Services Enterprises 87, 88 Inc. 51, 52, 58, 66 Gamco Industries Inc. 37 Quality Educational Designs 29 General Information Inc. 72 Que Software 79 Glencoe Division - Queue Inc. 7, 8, 32, 34, 39, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 74 57, 63, 80 Harding & Harris Inc. 84 Realtime Learning Systems 79 Hartley Courseware Inc. 5, 15, Recording for the Blind 44 18, 25, 26, 31, 33, 36, 40, Rehabilitation Psychology 45, 46, 47, 50, 58, 59, 64 Associates 45 Houghton Mifflin 17, 32, 38 Resource Software Humanities Software 21 International 34, 36, 52, 85 IBM Corporation 10, 65, 99 Rhiannon Software 46, 56, 61 IBM Educational Systems 5, 6, Royal Data Systems 61 12, 13, 14, 18, 25, 28, 29, Scholastic Inc. 68, 70, 80 30, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, Slosson Educational 44, 45, 53, 54, 55, 56, 62, Publications Inc. 94 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, Southern Micro Systems 6, 83, 89, 96 92, 94, 97, 98 IEP/Creative Educational Spin-A-Test Publishing Services 89 Company 9 Imaginart Communication Spinnaker Software 57 Products 25 Summa Technologies 70 J.E. Stewart 88 Symantec Corporation 71, 78, K-12 MicroMedia Publishing 80 Inc. 26 TCE Programs Inc. 26, 69 Kidsview Software Inc. 77 Teachers' Institute for Special Krell Software 11, 15 Education 74 Laureate Learning Systems 9, The Conover Company 27, 87 51 The Psychological Corp. 91 Laureate Learning Systems Timeworks Inc. 8 Inc. 8, 9, 24 Tom Snyder Productions 20, 21, Learning Company 16, 19, 20, 46, 49, 62, 64, 65, 84 37, 56 United Educational Services Learning Tools Inc. 83, 86, 90 Inc. 90, 92, 97, 98 110 Index U. of Michigan Software Washington Computer Intellectual Properties Services 77 Office 59 WINGS for learning 10, 35, 40, Valpar International 91 41, 58, 59, 64, 65 Vertek Inc. 92 Wordstar International 82 VORT Corporation 86 World Communications 70, 71 111 Index +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | IMBED TRACE | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Page 0 (READPC SCRIPT D0) Page 0 (SCRIPTX SCRIPT D0) Page 0 (FONTS SCRIPT D0) Page 0 (OMNISYM SCRIPT) Page 0 (LEARNING FNT D0) Page 1 (KICKOFF SCR D0) Page 2 (IMPNOTIC SWR D0) Page 3 (NSCPDINT SCT D0) Page 1 (LEARNING COV D0) Page 2 (LEARNING EAP D0) Page 4 (READING COV D0) Page 4 (READING SCT D0) Page 28 (MATH COV D0) Page 28 (MATH SCT D0) Page 43 (ACADEMIC COV D0) Page 43 (ACADEMIC SCT D0) Page 68 (PROD_WRD COV D0) Page 68 (PROD_WRD SCT D0) Page 83 (ASS_ADM COV D0) Page 83 (ASS_ADM SCT D0) Page 99 (THINK SCR D0) Page 102 (IBMSUPP COV D0) Page 103 (IBMEDUC EAP D0) Page 104 (INTERNAT EAP D0) Page 105 (DISABSUP CV1 D0)