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Ramondetta, June – Learning, 1987
Three programs to help students learn proper keyboarding techniques are reviewed. (MT)
Descriptors: Courseware, Elementary Education, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Skill Development
Download full textSpenciner, Loraine J., Ed.; Cohen, Libby G., Ed. – 1989
This guide summarizes and evaluates 48 educational software packages for special educators working on the specific skill areas of keyboarding, language arts, math, personal/social skills, problem solving, readiness, and reading. Each review is written by a teacher and covers strengths and weaknesses of the software, suggested activities for its…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews, Courseware, Disabilities
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Support Branch. – 1989
The directory provides reviews of 50 software programs approved for educational use in Alberta (Canada) schools. Each program was reviewed by two teachers with the purpose of determining the specific populations of special needs students (including the gifted) that the programs would be suitable for and the approximate grade level with which the…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews, Courseware
Peer reviewedLeventhal, J.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1988
This review examines electronic braille input-output devices which have a braille keyboard for data entry and/or a braille display. Four braille notetakers and two braille computer systems are evaluated, commenting on their keyboards, ease of use, documentation, and analysis of speech and/or the braille display. (JDD)
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Blindness, Braille, Computer System Design
O'Neal, Betty – Media and Methods, 1992
Describes microcomputer-based hardware, software, and adaptive devices that are available to help disabled students based on experiences in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Highlights include speech synthesizers; devices for computer monitors that bypass the need to use a keyboard; switches sensitive to light, movement, and air; and word…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Disabilities
