I absolutely was enthralled with the ReadPlease program. I especially liked what happened when I did exactly what it told me not to do--click on the speaker's face. The best line was "We can't help it if we are all trapped in your computer. . ." Whoever designed that program certainly had a great sense of humor. I think that that function alone is worth using the program. For some of my kids who might have reading difficulties but are kind of tough kids that could be the thing that gets them to even consider using it.
I was also fascinated by the higher end programs. I think that the fact that Kurzweil will allow texts to be scanned in and then reads them is very useful for those students who have low reading abilities. I know for a fact that we own that program in our school, but I believe it is hugely underutilized. In fact, I only know of one student who has access to it, yet it was purchased by the district. I will be looking into this matter because for the price we paid for it one would think that it would be money better spent if all the students who needed such technology could use it.
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Hi Tracy
I agree that the comments on the program maybe just want some of the kids need to use this type of program.
If your school is like many others you have a great number of resources that are not being used. This is so frustrating. I hate going to staff meeting and listening to people say that we have to find(buy) some program to help a student when we have the resources already but they have been forgotten about or lost in the back of a closet.
Good luck with all of your technology adventures.
Megan
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