Word: computerizing
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Students with manual impairments will be able to use the voice-activated Dragon systems developed by Paul G. Bamberg, director of science instruction in continuing education, to enter text into a computer, according to Ellen C. Fanizzi, assistant director of the ODR.
Blind students will use the Vert Plus voice-synthesis system which reads out text from a computer screen that may be entered from a printed page through a scanner. The system is connected to a Braille printer for student reading and an ink printer for handing in assignments.
The Vista system will display text in large print on a computer system to help people with poor vision.
After studying student learning patterns, professors at Harvard this year designed courses around the use of graphic calculators and computer programs. And while graphing has traditionally come secondary in most calculus courses, the focus in many classes has now shifted to ideas and pictures, instead of formulas.
"I remember trying to make surfaces out of my sweater or coat," Hughes Hallet said. "The computer is a lot easier and makes better shapes."