Special Education Technology Practice 4.5
November/December 2002
The contents of the current issue of Special Education Technology Practice:
New & Noteworthy
Announcements of important developments in assistive and instructional technology.
Screens
New software products and interesting web sites.
Executive Digest
Summaries of interesting articles for busy professionals. Articles featured in this issue include:
Allington, R.L. (2002). You can’t learn much from books you can’t read. Educational Leadership, 60(3), 16-19.
Elliot, L., Foster, S., & Stinson, M. (2002). Student study habits using notes from a speech-to-text support service. Exceptional Children, 69, 25-40.
Hitchcock, C., Meyer, A., Rose, D., & Jackson, R. (2002). Providing new access to the general curriculum: Universal design for learning. Teaching Exceptional Children, 35(2), 8-17.
Zenger, W.F., & Zenger, S.K. (2002). Why teach certain material at specific grade levels? Phi Delta Kappan, 84, 212-218.
BookWatch
Belson, S.I. (2003). Technology for exceptional learners: Choosing instructional tools to meet students’ needs. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN: 0-618-07359-0
Cunningham, C.A., & Billingsley, M. (2003). Curriculum webs: A practical guide to weaving the web into teaching and learning. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. ISBN: 0-205-33659-0
Product Spotlights
Hall Pass Timer
Cover Feature
Voices of Assistive Technology Users
by Dave L. Edyburn
Feature Articles
Sheila Rae the Brave: A Thematic Unit
by Cindy Anderson and Kevin Anderson
Learning by web design: Issues and challenges for special education teacher preparation
by Sarah Summy
Planner
Professional Development Opportunities
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