Looking for Press Releases?Don Johnston in the News2012 ArticlesJuly 2012 - Learning and Tech Magazine - Snap&Read: Don Johnston’s new Snap&Read delivers text-to-speech in a simple package... January 2012 - Tele-Read: Improv™: New Augmentative Communication Software Gives AAC Users Opportunities for Conversations January 2012 - Milwaukee WI - JS Online – Improv™: New Augmentative Communication Software Gives AAC Users Opportunities for Faster, Deeper and More Impromptu Conversations January 2012 - AAC Speech – Improv™: New Augmentative Communication Software Gives AAC Users Opportunities for Faster, Deeper and More Impromptu Conversations January 2012 - Eye Watch – Improv™: New Augmentative Communication Software Gives AAC Users Opportunities for Faster, Deeper and More Impromptu Conversations
2011 Articles and Video
December 2011 - Tri:City News: Birchland Elementary School, BC: Local news article points to academic success through great teachers, UDL principles and SOLO6 technology. November 2011 - Free Radical Thinking Blog – The Girl with the Imaginary Rope November 2011 - About.com – Assistive Technology Reviewer, Andrew Liebs, says, “Co:Writer Predicts Right Words However Badly Students Misspell Them” November 2011 - International Dyslexia Association – Teen Shares Use of Classroom Literacy Technology October 2011 - AEP - Association of Educational Publishers Hall of FAME - Don's Insight....30+ years in Special Education
Septmeber 2011 - Education sites pick up our story about "Bookstream Takes School eBooks to the Cloud for Access on Student iPads, Smartphones, Laptops" July 2011 - Dyslexia AtoZ celebrates Don's AEP Hall of Fame Award June 2011 - Province, IL Local News picks up Don's AEP Hall of Fame Award June 2011 - Red Orbit - Special Education Technology pick's up Don's AEP Hall of Fame Award June 2011 - ConnSense Bulletin picks up Don's AEP Hall of Fame Award June 2011 - Education sites pick up our story about AIM-Virginia renewal of Read:OutLoud license statewide indefinitely
May 2011 - Ed Tech Digest - Interviews our President, Ruth Ziolkowski about "How Far Assistive Technology Has Come in U.S. Schools?" April 2011 - The NSSLHA Newsletter (National Society of Students Speech, Language and Hearing Association- ASHA) published Barb Wollak's e-Pal writing program featuring Joey, her student, using Co:Writer to communicate. Read the article beginning on page 2. March 2011 - Technology & Learning Magazine - Features Customers Stan Tom of Prentice School, CA and Nancy Hoppe, Lee County, FL Schools speaking about their implementation and students successes using our assistive technologies. March 2011 - eReader Round Up features DAISYtoEPUB February 2011 - Orange County Register (CA) - North Tustin class helps dyslexic children. Watch the video by Rod Veal. February 2011 - ConnSENSE Bulletin Spotlights Don's Message of Hope for Children with Disabilities - ATIA Orlando January 2011 - Don Shares African Schools Outreach with message of hope for children with disabilities - ATIA Orlando January 2011 - eSchool News picked up our press release about Dr. Kristin Rytter January 2011 - Exceptional Abilities Blog spotlights, "People Who Raised Me Beyond" 2010 Articles and Video
November 2010 - AssistiveTek blog - Brian Friedlander, Graduate Professor and AT Expert reviews the new DAISYtoEPUB software conversion tool. November 2010 - The Digital Reader covers DAISYtoEPUB October 2010 - The Education Blog features our new professional development program, SHIFT. Learn how to build an AT implementation framework. October 2010 - Special Needs Kids Examiner, Heather Sedlock, gives Don's Book, Building Wings: How I Made it Through School a 5 STAR review for National Dyslexia Awareness Month. October 2010 - College News - Post-secondary students with disabilities learn about Bookshare and the new Read:OutLoud and Co:Writer University Editions. October 2010 - Bookshare Blog - Nichole Maples is a remarkable young teen with cerebral palsy who loves downloading accessible ebooks from Bookshare. She uses Read:OutLoud to hear the book's content aloud. Enjoy her remarkable story about the desire to help individuals with special needs discover the true pleasure of reading. July 2010 - Maryland teacher, Jo Belyea-Doerrman, conducted research in 2007-08 to observe ESL youngsters using assistive technologies to improve their literacy skills. Her research is featured on the Educators' Royal Treatment Blog. June 2010 - Educators' Royal Treatment showcases the teaching strategies of Daniel McNulty. He uses Co:Writer to work with autistic students and students thought to be incapable of learning. Read his article. June 2010 - Leila Banks, Blog Writer and Book Reviewer of Special2ME, recently reviewed Building Wings and loved it! She said "There is something to be said for teachers who believe that every student can & will achieve if given the proper motivation and age-appropriate books!" Read her review. April 2010 - Closing the Gap featured a great article by Barb Wollak, CCC-SLP at Highland Park Junior High MN, about her e-pal distance learning program using Co:Writer. She teamed up with Appalachian State University, NC to mentor her students with autism. Learn more about Barb's collaborative project Margaret Kardos of the ConnSense Bulletin reviewed Start-to-Finish Library and Start-to-Finish Literacy Starters Family Center for Technology & Disabilities (FCTD) - Read this thoughtful interview called "Crossing the AT Bridge" by Ruth Ziolkowski, President of Don Johnston. Ruth talks about systemic change and leadership in school districts in the light of ARRA funding and several AT trends she envisions for the future. SESA (The Special Education Service Agency) of Alaska featured Daniel McNulty's story "Teaching Words As Symbols" in their Fall print newsletter.
Multi-Media & Internet Schools - Charles Doe, Media Specialist for Hastings Area Schools, MI gives “All A’s” to the Read:OutLoud 6 text reader in an independent review. 2009 Articles and Video
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