News–2-You by
News-2-You. Online current events weekly newspaper universally designed
for all readers. A subscription includes 4 levels of reading
comprehension: simplified, regular,
higher and advanced editions. Simplified and regular levels use
Symbolstix to support text. Includes Spanish versions. Standards/IEP
oriented. Includes news, activities, computer games and storybooks
Speaking versions of all 3 newspapers are available or print from your
computer.
News-2-You
cannot be purchased online. Please contact LAB Resources to place
order.
Phone:
800-691-3476
Fax: 262-695-2504
Unique
Learning System by News-2-You. Online curriculum designed
for students with special needs. 4
special grade bands so you can teach age-appropriate material geared to
the ability level of your students: elementary, intermediate, middle
and high school. All lessons are aligned to content standards and
include
differentiated tasks and progress monitoring standards. Over 25
activities are available for you to download immediately—with access to
new materials and subjects each month.
Unique
Learning System cannot be purchased online. Please contact LAB Resources to place
order.
Phone:
800-691-3476
Fax: 262-695-2504
My Own Bookshelf by:
SoftTouch, Inc. This is an easy-to-use software program that lets
educators create their own electronic books. Students can have their
own bookshelves with the books they would like to read on the computer.
Easy steps walk you through creating a book, putting books on
bookshelves and selecting books for the students to read. Collects data
on each student's reading experience. Mac/Win CD
The Magic Bookshelves by:
Learning Magic. 18 books created using My Own
Bookshelf. Students watch a parade, a buffalo round-up,
beekeepers at work, and a hot air balloon launch. Includes
photos and movies. Books can be modified or edited in My Own
Bookshelf. Choose Macintosh or Windows CD. Mac/Win CD.
Classroom
Suite 4.2 by:
Intellitools. Reading, Writing, and Math
activities and templates. Designed for grades Pre-K to 5. Reading
instruction is aligned with national standards. Math instruction
targets number sense and automaticity. Writing templates across many
genres. Creativity tools for whole class instruction and student
presentations. Early Learning activities for emergent learners.
Authoring your own activities is now quick and easy. Easy assignment of
activities and progress monitoring. Report data and student portfolios.
Accessible by mouse, IntelliKeys and switch. Includes built-in onscreen
keyboards (abc and QWERTY layouts), word prediction and auditory
feedback.
To view our
training materials on this software, see LAB Learning Series. Single
Adventures in Reading by: Learning Magic. Grades K-8.
Contains stories that run in Classroom Suite in which the reader
becomes an active participant in each adventure as he or she makes
choices that determine the course or outcome of the story. Students can
read or hear the text read to them. Stories are switch accessible and a
custom overlay for IntelliKeys is included. Also includes 2 templates
to create more stories with your own graphics and content. Requires
Classroom Suite 3 or 4. Mac/Win CD.
The Writing
Bin I by: Learning Magic. Collection of 7 easy-to-use and
flexible templates and 30 ready-to-go activities for Classroom Suite.
Use templates to quickly develop guided reading and self-selected
writing activities for students. Student selects a picture and then
writes with full scaffolding; with words or with Pictures. IntelliKeys
overlay is included. Requires Classroom Suite 3 or 4. The Writing Bin
II contains 30 new activities. Choose Macintosh or
Windows.
Balanced Literacy
by: IntelliTools. Covers first grade reading skills with each unit
introducing reading essentials. Nine units feature different animal
themes. Each unit includes 16 sequenced lessons. Skills build from unit
to unit. Units include guided reading, writing and phonics.
Customizable options for different learners. Accessible for mouse,
IntelliKeys
and switch users. Teacher's Guide provides daily lessons and extension
activities. Student tracking system monitors progress. Mac/Win CD.
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Clicker 5 by Crick
Software. One great program that meets many needs! Students can write
with whole words, phrases, or pictures - as well as with letters.
Create pop-up grids, talking books, classifying activities, labeling
activities and word banks. New Clicker Explorer and new editing mode.
Realistic speech. New picture library. Supports MP3 files. To
view our
training materials on this software, see LAB Learning Series.
Clicker Paint by:
Crick Software. Integrates with Clicker 5 allowing students to
illustrate their talking books. Also works as a child-friendly graphics
stand alone program. Designed as an educational tool to be used in the
classrooms.
The Wonders and Magic of Nature
by: Learning Magic. Eight educational units focusing on Earth and Life
Science run in Clicker: Coral Reef, Desert, Oceans, Rain Forest,
Savannah, Taiga, Tundra, and Wetlands. Each unit is composed of
multiple Clicker 5 gridsets. Each unit has an anchor book with
additional activities for reading and writing. Requires Clicker 5.
Windows.
A to Z Photo Collection by:
Learning
Magic. Collection of over 4,000 original high-quality
photographs can be
used in any multi-media product of your choosing or printed out as
classroom
resource materials. The photographs are organized in folders and
subfolders for
your easy use. Folders include: Animals; Backgrounds
& Scenes;
Community Things; Feelings & Emotions; Flowers; Plants
& Trees; Food
& Beverage: Household & Household Items;
Money; People; School
& School Supplies; Sports & Recreation; Traffic Signs;
Transportation;
and Weather.
ClozePro by: Crick
Software. Easily create cloze activities from any text in seconds when
you type or past in some text and choose the words you want to remove.
Appropriate for all ages -- you can use pictures and speech to support
younger or struggling readers or create age-appropriate multiple-choice
tests for older learners. ClozePro tracks everything the student does
and you can easily create reports.
Everybody Has Feet by:
Marblesoft-Simtech. Sing-a-long story. Uses PCS symbols. 2 modes.
Explore-A-Story mode allows story to be read aloud word-by-word or
line-by-line. Sing-a-Long mode features enjoyable music that can be
controlled using a switch or the spacebar. Keyboard and switch
accessible. Mac/Win CD.
Word Track by:
Tool Factory. Students practice spelling words in the context of 180
sentences. These 180 sentences are arranged in order of increasing
phonemic complexity. A sentence is initially presented visually and
auditorily and then disappears. After the sentence disappears, the
student must reassemble it from a string of words and add punctuation.
Clear audio support and fully configurable teacher options. This
program helps students develop visual discrimination and proofreading
skills. Switch accessible. Mac/Win CD.
Spell Track by:
Tool Factory. Provides spelling practice from a large bank of word
lists. After a student listens to a word and sees its printed form, he
or she will click on the appropriate letters in a line
of randomly selected letters to track the word he just saw and
heard one letter at a time. Once a student has tracked a word, he is
asked to type the entire word. Audio recording may be replayed as many
times as necessary. Switch accessible. Mac/Win CD.
Story Builder by
Judy Lynn
Software. New! Build a story, write a story, and read a story, all in
one fun and easy program. Students write their stories by assembling
prewritten pages related to a specific topic—that they choose—such as
“The Class Trip”. A student can control the path the story takes. Comes
with a collection of over 25 different story templates covering a wide
range of topics. Additional story templates can be downloaded for free
on the Judy Lynn website. Data is collected for each student that can
be viewed in a spreadsheet or text format. The program can also be used
to create personalized photo albums. Windows CD.
The Sentence Master by:
Laureate Learning Systems. This program is designed to help students
who are at risk of
failing to learn to read due to difficulties in phonics and oral
language. It focuses on the 150 commonly used non-content words in the
English language, which make up almost half of the text on any page and
are major determiners of meaning. By teaching these words, the Sentence
Master gives the learner control over half of any page he or she will
ever encounter. The Sentence Master is divided into 4 levels. At each
level, sentence structures and stories become more complex. Each level
of The Sentence Master contains: 40 to 70 new words; 8 animated
computer stories; 8 story booklets with writing and comprehnsion
exercises.
If you're a non-reader, start
with Level 1 and continue through Levels 2, 3 and 4.
Inspiration by:
Inspiration Software. Students who struggle with writing may need help
visually organizing their ideas, thoughts and facts. Diagram view
creates a concept map showing how ideas relate. Outline view takes
concepts and sets up a hierarchical structure. Outlines can be exported
to your word processing program. Mac/ Win CD.
Kidspiration 3 by:
Inspiration Software. Designed for students grades K-5 to support
emergent writers. Kidspiration helps young stgudents connect visual
thought to expression. The new version includes Symbol Maker for
drawing, unlimited Super Grouper images, a Venn diagram option, and
symbols displayed net to corresponding words in writing view. Now
includes 7 ready-made activities.
IRISCan Express 2 Scanner By:
Iris. Portable color scanner is
lightweight and compact – a good choice when portability is
important. Scans a single page at a time (does not scan books
unless they are broken down into single pages). Works well with
ClaroRead Plus. $125.95
The Fusion by:
Advanced Keyboard Technologies. The Fusion is a portable keyboard with
text-to-speech capability. Large LCD Display. Word Prediction can be
added to the keyboard. Students hear what they have typed when they
press the speak key. Words are highlighted as they are read aloud. Word
prediction can be added and is also easy to access, a student just
needs to press the Word Prediction key to activate the prediction
library. Students can choose to hear each word predicted. The Fusion
also includes: Spell Check, Thesaurus, Cut/Copy/Paste, Dictionary,
Wireless Infrared Send, Keyboard Instruction, and Writing Prompts.
The Writer by: Advanced
Keyboard Technologies. New Updated—Smaller and Lighter! Portable
keyboard combines ease of use with powerful array of teacher and
student centered features. Password protected student work folders.
On-board writing prompts, spelling program, advanced spell check, and
daily journal. On-board keyboard instructor with 116 pre-programmed
lessons. Special Education Package includes Writer, Infrared Receiver,
Word Prediction and Carrying Case.
Feature List:
• Creative Writing Prompts • Daily Journal • Spell Check • Word Prediction • 1 Key Wireless Send to Mac/PC • Spanish to English dictionary and more!
ClaroRead Plus
By: Claro Software, Ltd. Easy-to-use floating toolbar
sits on top of Microsoft Word (as well as other Windows applications)
and provides high quality text to speech capabilities, plus talking
spell checker, homophone feedback, and word prediction. Works with a
scanner to convert handouts, documents and books into Word documents.
Easy to customize character, line and paragraph spacing. Compatible
with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 and 9. A unique feature allows
ClaroRead Plus to echo
back words and phrases dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
Bundle: ClaroRead
Plus + Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional + LAB Lessons Tutorial + Look & Learn
Video for
Dragon:
This bundle
includes ClaroRead Plus 2008, Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 10,
LAB Lessons Tutorial for Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 and iPod/Media
File Training video. Dictate text with echo feedback of words and
phrases. Tutorial and training video will help you get up and running
quickly with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Look & Learn Video runs on iPod or
computer and links to tutorial. Windows only.
ClaroRead Premium
By: Claro Software, Ltd. Run ClaroRead Plus directly from USB memory
stick. Does not install any files on the PC. $289.00
Write:Online by:
Crick Software. WriteOnline is an online word processor which has
built-in tools for writing support. Students can use its integrated
speech, word prediction, word banks, and writing frames to help them
write - at home and at school.
Students can save documents online. Clear, realistic speech. Word
banks. Integrated word prediction.
Elementary
School
Middle School
High School
Flip
Automatic Page Turner by: AbleNet. User presses a button
or a switch to turn a page. Move forward and backward through
book with pause option. Single-Switch automatic scanning or
two-switch direct selection. Dwell time can be set to turn pages
continuously. Easy to set up - in less than 2 minutes a book can be
installed and page turning can begin at the user's page. Flip accepts a
full range of book and magazine sizes, up to 1.18" thick. Portable.
Writing
with Symbols 2000 by: Mayer-Johnson Co. This program is a
creativity tool for teachers and parents. Just by typing, you can
create the following: picture stories for emerging readers, picture
strips to use with reading books, everyday class curriculum to help
with the inclusion of a special student, picture directions, picture
recipes, and picture schedules. Over 3800 picture symbols (each in
black and white or color). Windows CD