ELA Technology Tool: Kurzweil 3000

 Kurzweil 3000 is an educational assistive technology tool designed to support each individual student throughout a school system to attain academic success. For struggling readers, English Language Learners, as well as students with physical challenges, Kurzweil 3000 provides critical features for active and independent learning, participation in the integrated classroom, and more importantly, for keeping up with peers.

Features

• Support for fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, study skills, and test taking.
• A single user interface containing all the tools necessary for academic success.
• Access to all major digital file formats and printed materials.
• Allows for individualized instruction as learners can move at their own pace with materials that serve their individual needs.
• Easy-to-use tools for teachers to customize and implement instructional supports.
• Support for all Response to Intervention (RtI) tiers of instruction, special education and multi-tiered classrooms.
• A program anchored upon the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

In my school district, the ELA teachers will be going through Kurzweil training in the Spring.


Resource: http://www.kurzweiledu.com/k12.html