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CalcuScribe
= an Interactive Calculator
+ a Simple Word Processor
Send
files to PC or Mac, into any application!
Curriculum Integration:
Reading Comprehension
Beam story prompts to the students
They read and perform word searches with 'Find'
They answer questions and beam back to the teacher
'Riting & Revision
WordWiz
Beam story prompts to the students
They borrow ideas, write stories, and print
Teachers or parents provide feedback
Kids revise and beam the final draft to a computer for
formatting and publication
Teachers say: 'Rite on CalcuScribe
'Rithmetic
MathWiz + EZMath
Beam word problems to the students
They compose files comprising math and text
CalcuScribe auto-computes, displays the results, immediately,
and saves files ready for printing
CalcuScribe is perfect for problem-solving and writing
lab reports or science papers
Improve Grammar skills
Beam a file to the students
They edit and punctuate the file and beam it back
Develop
Keyboarding skills
Beam a file with prompt lines followed
by blank lines
Create prompt lines that rhyme or use interesting words
Allow students a fixed amount of time to keyboard
Press the COUNT key on the CalcuScribe
Press the SPELL key to count the number of errors
Score each student
Develop Research skills
Beam a file with data and questions
Students perform searches with Find or GoTo commands
They analyze the data and get more information
at the library,
or over the Internet, to answer the questions
Collaborative Work
Suggest a theme or a project
Each student works on a different part of the project
When finished, they beam their work to their teammates
They discuss their work and revise it
Finally, they beam to a big computer for final publication
Become
great a Writer!
CalcuScribe's File-Copy command lets
you develop multiple versions of a story
or to maintain a history of each version as it is revised
numerous times.
Go back to an earlier version to restore an original
idea
by performing copy 'n' paste
Organize your thoughts
with the cut, copy and paste
commands
Become
a better speller
with
CalcuScribe's spellcheck capability
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