Posted in Low Tech Tools on Nov 28th, 1999 4 Comments »
© 1999 Scott James sjames@ssd.k12.mo.us For the last three years I had a dirt-simple to operate, but fairly poor quality digital organizer, and I used it constantly. It was a Radio Shack discontinued item that I got for less than $50. I thought of it as my “outboard memory,” and still use my portable analog [...]
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Nov 27th, 1999 No Comments »
© 1999 Larry Arnold Chairman Coventry Council of Disabled People In my life as an activist and campaigner I have to respond to a lot of issues. The computer frees me from the tyranny of sequence, without it I could never express my ideas. My fingers fly over the QWERTY keyboard. I learnt early to [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Nov 12th, 1999 No Comments »
© 1999 Priscilla Vail All contents 1997, 1998, 1999 Schwab Foundation for Learning All Rights Reserved. Most students enter school eager to learn and to succeed. Unfortunately, some intelligent students have difficulties in reading, writing, spelling, and pencil-and-paper arithmetic. Students who struggle in school often experience self-esteem and motivation problems. How can we help kids [...]
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Nov 12th, 1999 200 Comments »
© The Times of India New Delhi Thursday, March 4, 1999 By a Staff Reporter NEW DELHI: Children who suffer from dyslexia, a learning disability, but are otherwise normal and intelligent students can over come the problem if they are encouraged by parents and teachers. Experts made this observation at a workshop, “Growing up and [...]
Posted in Portable Keyboards on Nov 8th, 1999 5 Comments »
© 1999 Gary Sharp Director of the North Bend Public Library North Bend, Oregon North Bend Public Library recently embarked on a year-long experiment, making five AlphaSmart 2000′s available for public use. The idea for this experiment came from an old friend of mine from Oregon who now lives in Connecticut, Richard Wanderman. Richard is [...]
Posted in Portable Keyboards on Nov 8th, 1999 No Comments »
© 1999 Will Small “Thanks heavens!” is what I said when I learned of the existence of lightweight, inexpensive, and uncomplicated word processing technology. The AlphaSmart 2000 is essentially a full size keyboard. You simply turn it on by touching a key, you do your writing, then you turn it off when done. Text is [...]
Posted in Portable Keyboards on Nov 8th, 1999 No Comments »
© 1999 Daniel J. Berkowitz, M.A. I like to write, and one of the things I most like about writing is doing research. Poring over books, journals and reference materials, is just plain fun. What I don’t like about writing is dealing with the documentation of research. Nothing ruins the joy of doing research more [...]