Cool Tools

As part of some excellent presentations of case studies, I learned about two tools I am looking forward to getting on my computer.They sound like great tools to increase accessability and enhance motivation.

HyperStudio\
Multimedia tool
Version 5 http://www.mackiev.com/hyperstudio/index.html available for about $60.00
Tutorial: http://www.education.umd.edu/blt/hyperstudio/

My Study Bar
Free Assistive Technology Reading Writing Open Source software
http://www.pediastaff.com/blog/delv-a-tool-for-assessing-the-speech-of-children-who-speak-african-american-english-aae-dialect-ja
Tutorial:http://fircroft.vlemiddleware.com/file.php/1/Learning_Aids/Manual.pdf