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Research Reading
Daiute, C., & Morse, F. (1994). Access to knowledge and expression: Multimedia writing tools for students with diverse needs and strengths. Journal of Special Education Technology, 12, 221-256.
Additional Readings
Lafer, S. (1996). Audience, the computer, and the development of writing ability. Computers in the Schools, 12(1/2), 141-152.
Liu, M. (1994). Hypermedia assisted instruction and second language learning: A semantic-network-based approach. Computers in the Schools, 10(3/4), 293-312.
Millman, P. G., & Clark, M. P. (1997). Using desktop publishing to enhance the "writing process." Computers in the Schools, 13(3/4), 119-126.
Reed, W. M., & Wells, J. G. (1997). Merging the Internet and hypermedia in the English language arts. Computers in the Schools, 13(3/4), 75-102.
Sites on the Web
HyperStudio
http://www.hyperstudio.com
Developed by Roger Wagner, Inc., Hyperstudio is one form of software that can be used to develop hypermedia presentations. This web site provides examples of hypermedia and ways it may be integrated into classroom instruction.
Internet School Networking Group (1994). Primary and secondary school Internet user questions. Online Document.
[Available: http://chs.cusd.claremont.edu/www/people/rmuir/rfc1578.html]
While many teachers use the Internet on a daily basis, many struggle with issues of integrating the Internet and desktop publishing into classroom goals and objectives. This online book provides information that may help many teachers answer questions pertaining to the use of current and emergent technologies in any school setting.
National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education
http://www.edc.org/FSC/NCIP/MM_Multimedia_Composing.html
This site, sponsored by the National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education Through Technology, Media, and Materials presents a summary in using multimedia technology to develop writing skills of students with learning disabilities. This collection of work includes a summary of a study by Colette Daiute and Laura Anderson-Inman.
Perkins, B. (1995). Integrating hypermedia and assistive technology: An overview of possibilities. Information Technology and Disabilities. 2(2). Online Serial.
[Available: http://www.isc.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv02n2/perkins.html]
This article by Perkins (1995) provides readers with an overview description of hypermedia. The author explores ways hypermedia may be integrated with assistive devices used by students with special needs.
Smith, S., Boone, R., & Higgins, K. (1998). Expanding the writing process to the Web.
Online Document. [Available:
http://www.nscee.edu/unlv/Colleges/Education/ERC/Articles/Writing/wp01.htm]
Available software technology makes publishing on the World Wide Web a possible aspect of publishing and presenting. This article provides case stories and suggestions for integrating WWW publishing into the writing process.
Softseek
http://www.softseek.com
Once in this site, you may search for software by type and titles. The site provides links to reviews and online demonstrations of a wide array of desktop publishing, presentation, and hypermedia software.
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