tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268058133525072004.post7397863169642115656..comments2024-03-26T20:54:21.966-07:00Comments on No Limits to Learning: Don Johnston: Classmate Reader and Premier Assistive Toolkit DevicesLonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567344790169106284noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268058133525072004.post-4194672699879912272008-04-18T09:16:00.000-07:002008-04-18T09:16:00.000-07:00Thanks for this great information. Nothing helps u...Thanks for this great information. Nothing helps us more than contrib uting reviews based on practical experience. Thank you so much for the contribution. I would never consider it making trouble!<BR/>LonLonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567344790169106284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268058133525072004.post-47228383928482007392008-04-17T05:39:00.000-07:002008-04-17T05:39:00.000-07:00I'm always willing to make trouble. I played with ...I'm always willing to make trouble. I played with the Classmate Reader at CSUN and liked it... but, it is, once again, a 'school-only' solution. When schools use disability-specific hardware rather than ubiquitous software linked to common-place hardware (a smart phone costs less after all) they are dooming the student to device-specific dependence that will not work for them, five years from now, or often even just two years from now, and will not go with them (successfully) outside of school. It is so much better to teach software. I have now used WYNN for my reading for almost a dozen years, on six different laptops and four different desktops, the software has grown but I have never had to relearn a device.<BR/><BR/>Also: Has Premier improved their Key to Access? When we tested it with students 18 months ago its constant attempts to write to the systems folders of public computers got our students thrown out of a number of public libraries. Have you seen this Ohio State free USB-drive initiative?<BR/>http://ideal-group.org/initiatives/access-tomorrow/irasocolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.com