Software Links
Mac and PC software:
Micro Warehouse = http://www.warehouse.com
Zones = http://www.zones.com
PC and Mac Mall = http://www.cc-inc.com/pcmall
Mac software:
Apple Higher Education Store = http://store.apple.com/1-800-780-5009/WebObjects/EducationIndividual?type=higherEd
Special Needs Hardware and Software
Index to assistive technology =
http://www.makoa.org/computers.htm
http://www.apple.com/disability
You can also get to this site by going to http://www.apple.com
and then:
click on "Education" (in the menu bar at the top)
click on "K-12"
click on "Disability Solutions"
R.J. Cooper Assistive Technology: http://rjcooper.com/site-map/
Abledata Index to Computer Assistive Technology: http://www.abledata.com/text2/computers_gen.htm
This site has links to sites that provide software review: http://www.gillespie.macoupin.k12.il.us/software.htm
PEP registry of educational software publishers: http://www.microweb.com/pepsite/Software/publishers.html
Sunburst Software: http://www.sunburst.com/
My Own Educational Software Sites
Surplus CD-ROM=http://www.surpluscdrom.com/education1.html
ESC (Educational Software Cooperative)=http://www.edu-soft.org/index.shtml
Software I would like to have in my classroom:
Adobe Photoshop 7.0 ($134.94 per copy)
Virtual PC 5.0 with Windows 2000 Professional ($228.94 per copy)
Math Blaster: Cross Terrain Challenge ($19.99 per copy)
AppleWorks 6.2.4 ($39.00 per copy)
World Book Mac OS X Edition ($59.95 per copy)
Typing Tutor 10 Windows & Macintosh ($12.99 per copy)
Kidspiration ($53.99 per copy)
Inspiration 7.0 Win/Mac ($53.99 per copy)
I Love the USA Win/Mac ($19.95 per copy)
Microsoft Powerpoint 2001 Mac Ver Upg ($134.90 per copy)
ReadIris Pro 7.0 Mac OCR ($86.99 per copy)
Special Needs Software I would like to have in my classroom:
KeyStrokes® 1.5 for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X (On-screen keyboard for
native applications running on Mac OS 9, and OS10)
Cost: $45.00 per copy
KeyStrokes for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X is a fully-functional advanced
virtual on-screen keyboard that allows you to type with a mouse, trackball,
head pointer or other mouse emulator to type characters into any standard
Macintosh application.
HyperSign: Teacher Version (An Interactive Dictionary of American Sign
Language)
Cost: $95.00 per copy
HyperSign is an interactive program designed to help people learn American
Sign Language (ASL). HyperSign is a dictionary of about 2000 basic
ASL signs presented in full motion video.
WRITING ACTIVITIES
Cost: $49.00 per copy
Writing Activities is a writing skills training system designed for
use with children with communication disabilities. This program includes
13 writing activities and more than 240 boards. Users can compose stories by selecting words
or pictures. Upon completion, writing exercises can be read aloud or printed
in word or picture format. Activities include making grocery lists, to do lists,
Christmas and Channukah lists, birthday and vacation lists, story composition,
making greeting cards, writing to a pen pal, and writing sentences.
Software Processing and Storage:
-Software must be reviewed to ensure effectiveness
-Copy registration and store one copy after sending in the original
-Store backups under lock and key
-Keep a list of all available software in a software database
-Have a process for students to check out the software