KURZWEIL TO OFFER ASSISTIVE TECH TRAINING - Kurzweil Educational
Systems, which makes reading technology systems for people with learning and visual
disabilities, has launched a "professional development program" to train educators in
integrating its latest platform, the Kurzweil 3000, into classrooms. The company is
offering hands-on basic and advanced workshops in both half-day and full-day formats
for groups of 20. The basic workshop is designed to introduce teachers to Kurzweil's
reading features, writing supports, study skills tools, test taking, and scanning. The
advanced workshop is designed to take educators who are familiar with the technology
to the next level, including: customizing Kurzweil, accessing the Internet with the
product, performing text and zone editing, learning about curricular supports, and
managing student files. (Syllabus News, Resources, and Trends, 11 Feb 03)