Comments on: Awesome Highlighter (online resource) http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2008/06/25/awesome-highlighter-online-resource/ Educational and Assistive Technology to support Universal Access and Universal Design for Learning Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:11:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Marie http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2008/06/25/awesome-highlighter-online-resource/comment-page-1/#comment-3497 Marie Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:10:22 +0000 http://paulhami.edublogs.org/?p=880#comment-3497 Paul, Have you tried the add-on? I tried it and it highlighted ok, but that is all I could get it to do. When I used the linked URL for the highlighted page, it would not open. Couldn't get it to post a note either, nor email. Paul,

Have you tried the add-on? I tried it and it highlighted ok, but that is all I could get it to do. When I used the linked URL for the highlighted page, it would not open. Couldn’t get it to post a note either, nor email.

]]> By: Ira Socol http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2008/06/25/awesome-highlighter-online-resource/comment-page-1/#comment-3493 Ira Socol Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:04:57 +0000 http://paulhami.edublogs.org/?p=880#comment-3493 This is a great tool, and I'll link it to PDF-XChange that Patricia Donaghy just told me about. Both free solutions that allow real study skill strategies to be used. I love WYNN, and I love Read-and-Write (always struggled with Kurzweil - but its just a personal disconnect - plus it is the most expensive solution), but without public financing all of these are out-of-reach for most students in terms of home and post-graduation use. At CSUN this past spring Jim Fruchterman - the guy behind JAWS and WYNN - said we always needed this parallel development. The expensive solutions (where high level development could thus be paid for) and the free solutions which really build both institutional and human capacity. This is a great tool, and I’ll link it to PDF-XChange that Patricia Donaghy just told me about. Both free solutions that allow real study skill strategies to be used.

I love WYNN, and I love Read-and-Write (always struggled with Kurzweil – but its just a personal disconnect – plus it is the most expensive solution), but without public financing all of these are out-of-reach for most students in terms of home and post-graduation use.

At CSUN this past spring Jim Fruchterman – the guy behind JAWS and WYNN – said we always needed this parallel development. The expensive solutions (where high level development could thus be paid for) and the free solutions which really build both institutional and human capacity.

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