| Software and Publisher |
Cost and Where Available |
Annotations/Comments/Instruction |
Screen Design/Modifications |
Intellikeys
keyboard by
Intellitools |
$395
www.intellit
ools.com |
Alternative
keyboard,plugs
directly in the
keyboard port of
computer and
runs any software
that works with
the standard
keyboard. Use
with Intellitalk II,
and Overlay
Maker software. |
Use with
Intellitalk II
and Overlay
maker
software to
help students
who are not
able to
negotiate the
intricacies of a
regular
keyboard. |
eReader by
Cast |
$199
www.cast.or
g/ud1/ |
Talking word
processor and a
web browser
with several
options. In this
unit can be used
to read text from
web sites and to
read a student's
writing |
Universal
Design
Can be used
with regular
Keyboard |
Inspiration/Ki
dspiration
www.inspirat
ion.co |
$69.95
1-(800)877-
4292
Int'l (503)
297-3004 |
Creates
organizers of
information such
as concept maps,
outlines,and
diagrams: may be
used in this unit
to develop an
organizer for
facts in order to
write
informational
paragraphs |
Program can
be adjusted to
a large view.
Allows
pictures and
graphics from
the web to be
inserted,
which can
help student
with reading
deficits
associate text
to picture.
Kidspiration
provides voice
feedback |
CoWriter by
Don Johnston |
$325.00
at
www.donjo
hnston.com |
Independent
word prediction
software that
works with any
word processing
software. Can be
used on language
arts activities for
students with
learning
disabilities,
language delays
or limited
physical abilities |
Select
dictionary and
options to use,
offer
appropriate
words for any
level. Topic
dictionary.
Background
and text colors
can be
changed for
assistance
with visual
impairments.
Drop-down
selections
make
choosing a
word easy,
you don't have
to look
around
the screen to
find words |
Intellitalk II
by:
Intellitools | $139.95
at
www.intellit
ools.com |
Student
with
learning
disabilities can
use this talking
word processor
for a variety of
needs. The
teacher can use
this as a tool to
create worksheets
with locked text
that students can't
erase. |
Allows
teacher to
select level of
assistance to
include verbal
or picture
cues. Would
need to be pre-
taught. This
software is
compatible
with the
adaptive
keyboard
Intellikeys. |
Timeliner
4.0-5.0 Tom
Snyder
Productions
www.tomsnyd
er.com |
$79.95
Classroom
Direct
1-800-466-
3713 |
Create, illustrate,
& print time
lines; used in this
unit for event
sequencing |
Can include
images from
web and clip
art |
Kid Works
Deluxe by
Knowledge
Adventure |
$69.95
http://www.
edresources.com | Create
multimedia
books, stories,
invitations with
words, pictures
and sounds.
Special editing
mode allows for
teacher feedback
right on students'
work. Great way
to spark students'
creativity. |
Six character
voices that
read text
aloud, easy to
use with lots
of simple
pictures on
function
buttons to
assist non
readers. |
Overlay
Maker
by: Intellitools |
$69.95
at
www.Intellit
ools.com |
Create overlay
keys of
any size
to be used with
Intellikeys. You
decide what each
key will do.
May
be used in this
unit to write
descriptive
paragraphs by
preloading
specific words |
Can be used
with Intellitalk
to create a
communication
board. Keys
can be pictures
or text or a
combination
of both so that
individual
levels of
learning can
be dressed. |
NAME OF WEB
PAGE | URL Address |
NOTES |
Mount St.Helens
National
Monument
 |
http://volcano.un
d.edu/vwdocs/m
sh/msh.html |
BEFORE/DURING/AFTER
Lots of pictures. Click on
Other Northwest Volcanoes
to find info and pics of all 3
times. What happened to
thePlants & Animalslink. If
you want to know how the
alpine, forest and water
environments survived, just
click on Snapshots in Time
and find out. |
MT. ST. HELENS
 | http://www.olyw
a.net/radu/valeri
e/StHelens.html? |
BEFORE/DURING/AFTER
Site by a native
Washingtonian. Scroll to the
bottom of the home page
and click
onBefore eruption
link and scroll down toIt's
not as if they were not
warned...section for a
time-line of the last 28 days
before the eruption. If you
want to read eyewitness
accounts of the eruption and
see some incredible pictures
of the destruction to homes,
click onDuring eruption.If
you're interested in the
effect the eruption had to
the logging industry, click
on After eruption. |
Death and
Recovery -
The
Biosphere
 | http://interactive
2.usgs.gov/learni
ngweb/pdf/volca
noes/lesson5pdf |
AFTERNo pictures. What
was the impact on plants
and animals? Did any
animals or amphbins survive How? |
 |
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publi
cations/text/dynamic.htm |
Online edition of book.
Introduction into plate
tectonics. Contents
include Pangaea,
understanding
plate
movements, Hotspots,
plate tectonics and
people. Use for
Trackstar on
LP#2????? |
 |
http://library.thinkquest.o
rg/17457/english.html |
Think Quest winner.
Student friendly and
good to browse. |
 | http://interactive2.usgs.go
v/learningweb/teachers/v
olcanoes.htm
| Easy to read info &
great pictures on why
& where volcanoes
erupt, why they grow
Mount St. Helens info,
water, rock, and
mudslides. Part of
teaching guide on
Earth as a system
(geosphere &
biosphere).
Appropriate for
students & teacher. |
Earth Science
lessons | http://volcano.und.nodak.
edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/le
ssons/lesson.html
| program on Earth's
layers, cones,
eruptions, and
pyroclasts good for
independent activity. |
U.S. Geological
Survey Volcano
Hazards
Program |
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov |
Weekly updates on
worldwide and U.S.
volcanoes with specific
sections on Alaska,
Cascades, Hawaii,
Long Valley, and
Yellowstone, and
reducing volcanic risk.
|
Living With
volcanoes |
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov
/LivingWith/framework.h
tml |
USGS site showing
"plus side" of
volcanoes and FEMA
& American Red
Cross. |
Human
Responses
Curriculum |
http://volcano.und.nodak.
edu/vwdocs/msh/11c/hr/hr/
.html |
Looks at the eruption
of Mount St. Helens
from a human reaction
point of view. Lesson
plans |
Mount St.
Helens National
Monument
Web site |
http://volcano.und.edu/v
wdocs/msh/msh.html | Best reference for
before, during and
after the eruption
pictures and
explanations.
snapshots in time. |
