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designing innovative teaching
methods for students of all ages,
from preschoolers to adults.
The Center for Educational
Technology (CET) developed the
multi-media computer program
to allow exceptional children with
special needs to use all their sens-
es in learning to read—sight,
sound , and even touch. The pro-
gram employed in about 150 Is-
raeli schools, has been so
successful that the software has
been adapted for use with regu-
lar preschool three- and four-
year-olds at home and in nursery
school. The same highly-struc-
tured and multi-sensory princi-
ples have been adopted in a
special program geared to teach
English speakers to read Hebrew.
The material was written to
meet the specific needs and the
pace of special education pupils:
children with learning disabili-
ties, mental retardation or emo-
tional disturbances. By applying
the latest computer hardware—
audio cards, touch screen moni-
tors, and advanced color
graphics— the designers have
succeeded in creating an innova-
tive and dynamic learning situa-
tion that allows children to use
all their faculties in learning to
read in an entertaining way.
The program, titled "I have a
secret—I can read!" is particu-
larly user-friendly and requires
no previous exposure to comput-
ers. The computer—equipped
with an audio card—"talks" to
the pupils, creating a close asso-
ciation between the spoken word
and its written form, and en-
hancing acquisition of reading
skills among children with learn-
ing disabilities who have diffi-
culty linking familiar audial
sounds with the as-yet-familiar
written form. Exceptional chil-
dren operate the program with-
out a keyboard using a
touch-screen monitor—"paint-
ing" areas, moving words and
constructing sentences. In other
learning situations, the program
can also be operated using a
mouse in lieu of an expensive
touch-screen monitor.
The computer offers the pupil
encouragement and praise as he
or she progresses. Music and
sound effects are integrated into
each lesson, making the learning
process an enjoyable experience.
The lesson is reinforced by a va-
riety of tutorials and games on
three levels of difficulty that al-
low the teacher to adjust the les-
son so each child may progress at
his or her own pace and abilities.
The "I have a secret—I can
read!" program has generated in-
terest abroad, including a dele-
gation of Egyptian educators and
computer personnel who plan to
visit Israel to study the software.
While the program was designed
for learning to read Hebrew, its
multi-media design and didactic
methods are applicable to other
languages.

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