Read, write, click. (new products).Crick Crick , Francis Henry Compton 1916-2004. British biologist who with James D. Watson proposed a spiral model, the double helix, for the molecular structure of DNA. He shared a 1962 Nobel Prize for advances in the study of genetics. Software, www.cricksoft.com, Software, $199 (for single user) $899 (for 30 users) Clicker click·er n. One that clicks, as: a. A remote control, as for a television or VCR. b. A computer mouse. c. A mechanical counter. is designed for students who are unwilling to read and write; the software's grid is programmed to respond with sounds, pictures, whole words or letters to help avoid boredom. The software is available for both Windows and Macintosh, in single user, lab pack and site license versions. Ready-made templates, graphics and sounds are available in Clicker's grids, but teachers can also create their own. Student creations can be saved in HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , multimedia format and printed, e-mailed or posted to a Web site. The talking spell checker A separate program or word processing function that tests for correctly spelled words. It can test the spelling of a marked block, an entire document or group of documents. Advanced systems check for spelling as the user types and can correct common typos and misspellings on the fly. can be set up to check only specific words, and it uses pictures and sound for added support. CIRCLE #523 FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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