Title: Resources
Course: Accommodations to Support Written Language

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Vendors:

Don Johnston Incorporated
- Producers for CoWriter (word prediction); SOLO (Literacy Suite for reading and writing), Draft Builder (Graphic Organizer), and Write OutLoud (Text-to-Speech)
  - Have free activities, templates, and lesson plans at their website.
  - www.donjohnston.com

Cambium Learning Technologies
- Kurzweil Educational Systems
  - An integrated Literacy software, combining reading, writing and learning. Helps provide access to print text (with scanning capabilities), electronic files and Web-based documents.
  - Can request a trial CD or DVD copy oft he software.
  - www.kurzweiledu.com
- IntelliTools
  - Producer of Classroom Suite software (Grades PreK-5 Skill and building and assessment in reading, writing and math) and IntelliKeys (An alternative access keyboard compatible with all software)
  - Free 30 day download of software.
  - www.intellitools.com

Crick Software
- Producer of Clicker 5 (Spell check, word prediction, word banks, writing templates, picture supported writing option); Write OnLine (Word prediction, text-to-speech and word banks - tools available online at any location through the web); and Word Bar (Word bank).
  - Free activities, templates, and lesson plans at their website. Can use a demo copy at their website.
  - www.cricksoft.com

Inspiration Software, Inc.
- Producer of Kidspiration (grades K-5) and Inspiration (grades 6-12) (Graphic organizer writing tool to help with planning, outlining, brainstorming and organizing)
  - Free 30 day download available at the website
  - www.inspiration.com

textHELP
- Producer of Read and Write Gold software (Literacy/writing software package which integrates multiple tools - word prediction, spell check, text-to-speech, etc.)
  - An integrated Literacy software, combining reading, writing and learning. Helps provide access to print text (with scanning capabilities), electronic files and Web-based documents. Integrated word prediction, text-to-speech and spell check.
  - Can request a trial version CD
  - www.texthelp.com