Posted in Computers and Software on Sep 24th, 2007 4 Comments »
‘$100 laptop’ to sell to public The organisation behind the project has launched the “give one, get one” scheme that will allow US residents to purchase two laptops for $399 (£198). One laptop will be sent to the buyer whilst a child in the developing world will receive the second machine The G1G1 scheme, as [...]
Posted in Computers and Software on Apr 29th, 2007 8 Comments »
gSpell is a system service extension for Mac OS X that uses the Google spelling engine to correct spelling. It looks at least as good if not better than OS X’s built in spelling service. It goes without saying that in order to use it one must be online but these days we’re online quite [...]
Posted in Computers and Software on Jan 30th, 2007 5 Comments »
New version of TextParrot, new value bundles and educational licenses: “ Amsterdam – 30 January 2007 – AssistiveWare/ConvenienceWare today announced the release of TextParrot® 1.0.1 for Mac’OS’X as well as a number of new value bundles and new educational licenses. TextParrot is a Universal Binary, multilingual speech solution for Mac OS X that allows users [...]
Posted in Computers and Software on Jan 30th, 2007 No Comments »
AssistiveWare introduces new product family for Mac OS X: “ Amsterdam – 12 December 2006 – AssistiveWare, the world leader in accessibility solutions for Mac OS X, today announced ‘ConvenienceWare‘, a new family of innovative and affordable products. The new product family makes the advanced technologies developed by AssistiveWare available in cool and convenient applications [...]
Posted in Computers and Software on Oct 5th, 2006 2 Comments »
Google has a Literacy Project that includes index lists of books, videos, maps, blogs, groups, and other scholarly information online useful to anyone working in the literacy field. Source: David Clark
Posted in Computers and Software on Sep 11th, 2006 No Comments »
©2006 Dr. Brian S. Friedlander brian@assistivetek.com www.assistivetek.com After checking in to the National Educational Technology Conference at the San Diego Convention Center I decided to see what materials the Exhibitors had left for us in anticipation of the start of the conference on the following day. To my surprise, the Inspiration Company, was about to [...]
Posted in Computers and Software on Aug 25th, 2006 No Comments »
Public Domain Books, Ready for Your iPod: “Several emerging collectives offer free or inexpensive audiobooks, usually read by volunteers, of works whose copyrights have expired.” (Source NYT > Technology.)
Posted in Computers and Software on Jul 19th, 2006 No Comments »
David Pogue: Like Having a Secretary in Your PC: “If you’re among the thousands who have abandoned dictation software in the past, it’s now ready for prime time” (Via NYT > Technology.)
Posted in Computers and Software on Jul 1st, 2006 6 Comments »
Inspiration Software, Inc. has just recently released Inspiration 8, its award winning software. Inspiration has been a basic part of my software toolkit for years and with each release it just keeps getting better and better. User of previous versions of Inspiration 8 will feel right at home using the latest release but will enjoy [...]
Posted in Computers and Software on Jun 9th, 2006 5 Comments »
© 2006 Dr. Brian S. Friedlander brian@assistivetek.com www.assistivetek.com After using a piece of software day in and day out for a couple of years, it is always refreshing to take a look at it through the eyes of students and teachers who have never used it. I have been working with a school on a [...]
Posted in Computers and Software on Nov 18th, 2005 2 Comments »
37 Signals is offering a Free Basecamp Basic plan to teachers. Basecamp is a fantastic online project management and collaboration tool that is hugely popular in the business world.
Posted in Computers and Software on Oct 3rd, 2005 2 Comments »
Writeboard is a web-based collaborative writing tool from 37signals that makes it easy for many people to collaborate on a single text document. It’s free, fast and is well designed, intuitive, and easy to use. I can see schools using this as well as businesses and individuals.