Posted in Low Tech Tools on Nov 29th, 1998 2 Comments »
© 1998 Joan R. Manchester jmanches@curry.edu Joan R. Manchester teaches at Curry College. Seiko Inc. (now Wizcom) is shipping a product named The Quicktionary Reading Pen. The Quicktionary is essentially a hand held scanning device. It is small and can be held by adults and children alike. I have found the Quicktionary to be extremely [...]
Posted in Reading, Writing, and Math on Nov 27th, 1998 No Comments »
© 1998 Norine Kerstein norinek@kktv.com I am an occupational therapist currently working with children in the school system. In May 1998, I had the pleasure of meeting Richard Wanderman at the Assistive Technology Conference in Colorado. During his presentation titled Learning Disabilities and Technology, Richard described his lifelong difficulty and frustration with the process and [...]
Posted in Personal Stories on Nov 12th, 1998 No Comments »
© Chris Carey Recently my father was cleaning out the family homestead and getting it ready to sell. As he came across bits of paper that related to me he bagged them up and made a C.A.R.E. package. A few weeks later I sat down and looked through the bits of paper. I saw in [...]
Posted in Personal Stories on Nov 9th, 1998 No Comments »
© 1998 Courtney Wyche My memory of my education goes back to nursery school. The school was Groveners in New York City, the burrow was Manhattan. My classroom was on the top floor of a four story building. There were about forty kids split up into two classrooms. The rooms were divided by a wall [...]
Posted in Portable Keyboards on Nov 8th, 1998 3 Comments »
© 1998 Julia Bolus jul@ropenet.com Julia Bolus is a creative writing teacher, published poet, and artist. She makes small edition, hand-made artist books. On Sundays, my partner and I go to our favorite Italian diner for breakfast. This morning, we slide into our regular booth by the window and check out our new AlphaSmart. It [...]