DigiTools

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DigiTools
A New Curriculum for a New Era!
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Policies Commission for Business and Economic
Education

• Policy Statement 73 This We Believe about
  Computer-Input Technologies
• The NBEA ACTE/BE policy asks Business
  Education teachers to ...take the lead in using,
  teaching, and integrating computer-input
  technologies into the curriculum."

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The Input Technologies or DigiTools Revolution

• Trends in technology require business educators
  to provide opportunities for all students to
  learn the new technologies and techniques that
  are emerging in todays workplace. Current
  technologies include speech recognition
  handwriting recognition tools, such as Tablet
  PCs Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and other
  handheld devices and scanners. While touch
  keyboarding techniques remain a viable foundation
  for entering and manipulating text and data,
  other skills include composing, editing,
  enunciating, electronic handwriting, and
  scanning. Educators must provide instruction on a
  variety of input technologies for successful
  academic, professional, and personal
  applications.
• (www.SpeakingSolutions.com/news/art16.htm)

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New Standards speakingsolutions.com/news

• Washington
• Nebraska
• North Carolina
• Virginia

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Firsts Features

• Keying, speech, and handwriting are taught
• Tablet PC / Office XP pen-driven interface taught
• Dragon NaturallySpeaking 5, 6, 7, Microsoft or
  ViaVoice lessons available
• College-level MOS Office skills at a younger age
• More pages on the IRCD than in the book!
• Digital Workbook, ExamView, Ancillaries
• Corporate View Intranet 2 online Websites

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DigiTools
Hardware Software Supplies
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SuppliesSoftware and Hardware

• Windows Office (Professional)
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook/PDA,
  Internet Explorer (Optional DreamWeaver
  FrontPage)
• Handwriting Recognition
• Office XP, 2003, or Tablet PC Edition
• Wacom Graphire 2, Tether
• Speech Recognition
• Dragon NaturallySpeaking, ViaVoice, or Microsoft
  Speech
• Plantronics Headset
• Scanner

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SuppliesSoftware and Hardware

• PC Requirements for Speech
• Pentium III 800 MHz (higher if possible)
• 256 MB of RAM (more if possible)
• Certified Sound Blaster sound card or USB
  Microphone
• Quality Noise Cancellation Microphone
  (Plantronics)

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• Three Options for Handwriting
• Retrofitted Desktop PCs
• Smart Screens (Cintiq
• Tablet PCs

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Big Box PC Configuration
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DigiToolsHandwriting/Speech Bundlewww.speakingso
lutions.com 1-888-749-1844

• Wacom Graphire II
• Tether
• .Audio 50
• Nifty 50 for Handwriting book

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Handwriting DigiTools

• Recommendations
• Wacom
• Graphire II
• Intuos
• Tablet PC
• Acer
• Toshiba
• Compaq
• ViewSonic

www.speakingsolutions.com
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DigiToolsDragon Speech Bundlewww.speakingsolutio
ns.com 1-888-749-1844
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Compare using the Dragon Scalewww.SpeakingSolutio
ns.com/news
IBM ViaVoice 10 PC Mac Enhanced or OS X
LH Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7
Microsoft Office XP Speech Recognition
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Business Education
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Microphones www.speakingsolutions.com/plantronics

• Recommendations
• Sound Card Headset
• Plantronics SR1
• Plantronics .40 .50
• Plantronics USB
• DSP-100
• DSP-300
• DS400, 500

Plantronics recommended by Microsoft and shipped
with Professional IBM software.
www.speakingsolutions.com
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PC MagazineEditors Choice

• Snippets from the review read, -Scansoft's
  Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 7 makes
  dictation, correction, and voice control of your
  PC faster and easier than any voice recognition
  software yet. It continues
• "After the required 5 minutes of training, our
  initial accuracy for dictation ranged from 90
  percent to 95 percent (depending on the document)
  After an hour or so of dictation, correction,
  and retraining, accuracy rose to between 96 and
  98 percent. "
• If you want to save time typing or control your
  PC by voice, Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred
  7.0 is now the one to beat.
• (Retrieved May 6, 2003 http//www.pcmag.com Greg
  Alwag
• USNews (May 12, 2003) 1 or 2 errors per 100
  98-99

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PC MagazineEditors Choice

• I'm using Dragon's 7 exclusively as the engine
  for Windows XP. It offers complete hands-free
  computing for the person like me who cannot use
  his hands whatsoever. Dragon 6 never worked
  acceptably with PowerPoint unless you did some
  activities using your hands. Dragon seven works
  well with PowerPoint, Windows XP, and has
  incredible accuracy. Every now and then a
  program comes out of this quality. Any of your
  readers who must have hands-free computing can
  rely on Dragon seven for virtually any
  application. It works better with Microsoft
  applications than some others which I did not
  think is the case with ViaVoice.
• Gerald Gold, Professor
• York University
• Toronto, Canada

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PC MagazineFour Stars

• IBM ViaVoice's Pro USB 9 received a superb review
  as well. "ViaVoice pro is a great choice for
  executives or any two-fingered typists who want
  affordable, fast, accurate dictation." It
  continues
• IBM is now shipping a Plantronics USB/DSP-300
  headset with this high-end Pro version which
  lists for 229.95 We found the high-end
  Plantronics stereo microphone extremely
  responsive. It's the best mike we've seen
  included with a speech recognition product.
• (Retrieved March http//www.pcmag.com click
  Reviews SoftwareSpeech Recognition.)
• USNews (May 12, 2003) 2 or 4 errors per 100
  96-97

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PC Magazine

• Reviews are often harsh for Office XP Speech.
  Fine for exploratory classes, helps with injury
  prevention. I feel Im back in 1997 . . .
  (www.speakingsolutions.com/news)
• "We had similar initial results with Microsoft
  Office XP, but accuracy increased more slowly and
  remained at about 90 to 95 percent because of the
  lack of correction options."
• (Retrieved March http//www.pcmag.com click
  Reviews SoftwareSpeech Recognition.)

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Windows SAPI

• Windows 98SE
• Windows NT SP6 or higher
• Windows ME
• Windows 2000
• Windows XP
• Windows XP Tablet PC
  Edition

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DigiTools
Units, Chapters Ancillaries
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Unit 1 DigiTools for Academic and Business
Success

• Chapter 1 Digital Communications Tools
• AUP, Login, Passwords, Windows, Office
  Applications, File Management, Printing
• Can add Nifty 50 for Handwriting Recognition
• Extra Activity 1-1 Worksheet and Disclosure
  Letter found at
• www.speakingsolutions.com/resources

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Unit 1 DigiTools for Academic and Business
Success

• Chapter 2 Internet and Intranet
• Online Research
• Jumpstart using their digital communications
  skills by searching online and on the Corporate
  View intranet for meaningful content

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On November 7, 2002 Computers ChangedForever
with the Release of Tablet PC Technologies!
Unit 2 Input Technologies
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Unit 2 Input Technologies
"When you get the small form factor device, the
idea of having speech recognition, fits right
into that because it's not as easy to type on a
small device. Bill Gates, July 3, 2000 (US News
and World Report) "The day is coming when every
object big enough to hold a chip actually has
one. We'd better be able to talk to these objects
because very few of them will have room for a
keyboard. M. Mitchell Waldrop, January, 2001
(Technology Review )
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Unit 2 Input Technologies
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Unit 2 Input Technologies

• Chapter 3 Keyboarding Alphabetic Keys
• 17 Skill Lessons in Chapter 4 in Appendix 21
  
• Chapter 4 Number and Symbol Keys
• 5 Numbers and Symbols
• 5 Keypad

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Unit 2 Input Technologies

• www.speakingsolutions.com/news
• Part 1 SAFER KEYBOARDING
• Fifteen Principles of Safer Keyboarding
  Instruction

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• Policy Statement 73 The Policies Commission also
  took a powerful position on the injury prevention
  issue with the following statement
• "We believe that students must be made aware of
  the health benefits of an integrated approach to
  text and data input. Research indicates that
  carpal tunnel syndrome and other repetitive
  strain injuries may be linked to occupations that
  require repetitive use of the hands (i.e.,
  keyboarding and mouse operations). Varying the
  use of computer-input technologies reduces the
  risk of repetitive motion injuries."
• Please take the time to share the entire
  document... www.speakingsolutions.com/news/art16.h
  tm

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• Are Keyboard Mouse Hazards to your Children?
• Michael Rutter
• Christa McAuliffe Fellow
• Are your children at risk?
• Millions are. Currently, 21 million Americans
  suffer from some form of repetitive stress injury
  (RSI) including carpal tunnel syndrome. What is
  especially troubling to health officials,
  however, is the ever-increasing injuries among
  children and teens.
• The culprit isnt lurking among the shadows.
  Its likely sitting in plain sight. Dont look
  further than the trusty keyboard and mouse on the
  nearest PC.

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• Are Keyboard Mouse Hazards to your Children?
• Michael Rutter
• Christa McAuliffe Fellow
• For the record, one in four adult computer users
  will suffer from some form of RSI. With
  children, since young bodies are still growing,
  the number is greater. And the problem isnt
  gender friendly since females are three times as
  likely as males to have problems. Apparently,
  there is a down side to technology.

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Unit 2 Input Technologies

• Limit intensive practice to 15 minutes
• Emphasize accuracy
• Remove wpm as a performance requirement
• Grade on proper technique and accuracy, not on
  wpm
• Eliminate all timings longer than 3 minutes and
  use 3-minute timings sparingly

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Unit 2 Input Technologies

• Stretch, shake, and rest
• As students progress, reduce practice time
• Eliminate all practice after a student reaches 55
  wpm at 95 or higher!
• Be careful when implementing keyboarding
  instruction before middle school (Read the 10
  things wrong with elementary keyboarding)

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Unit 2 Input Technologies

• Reduce typing for all k-12 students by 50 by
  2005
• Ask students to use proper technique when they
  are outside of your watchful eye
• Expect students to know what the RSI symptoms are
  and expect them to use alternatives to
  keyboarding
• Forbid the use of the backspace or delete keys
  during practice

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Unit 2 Input Technologies

• Teach proper keying/sitting position
• Teach neutral wrist and arm position.
• Demand proper sitting position and keyboard
  height.
• Provide each student with an adjustable chair.
• Teach proper curved finger and floating
  techniques
• Tell students to use a light touch
• Emphasize curved fingers
• Allow hands to float to the upper / lower reaches
• Never rest hands on the keyboard or the table

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Unit 3 Increasing Productivity with DigiTools

• Chapter 8 Spreadsheets
• Chapter 9 Databases
• Chapter 10 Presentations
• Chapter 11 HTML and Web Sites
• Chapter 12 Enhancing Workplace Performance (Time
  Management, Effective Telephone skills, Records
  Management Outlook or PDA)

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Unit 4 Your Career and Academic Pathway
Learning with a Purpose

• Chapter 13 Choosing Your Pathway
• Chapter 14 Your Focus Within a Pathway
• Chapter 15 Job Search Strategies

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Unit 4 Career Academic Planning

• Give kids the opportunity to learn how to
  communicate rather than just teaching some type
  of tool. Cindy Agnew
• Personal Employment Portfolio
• Academic plan
• Employment strategies
• Resume and other career documents
• Interview skills

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Unit Summaries DigiTools for Academic and
Business Success

• Four Unit Tooling Up! Sections
• Four Career Cluster Pathways in Each
• Business Trends, Issues, and Ethics
• Critical Thinking
• Writing (Citing Sources, Capitalization Usage)

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Learning with a PurposeCareer PathwaysTooling
Up! Sections

• Hospitality and Tourism
• Education and Training
• Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Architecture and Construction
• Scientific Research and Engineering
• Health Science

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Learning with a PurposeCareer PathwaysTooling
Up! Sections

• Marketing, Retail/Wholesale Sales and Services
• Manufacturing
• Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics
• Law and Public Safety
• Finance

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Learning with a PurposeCareer PathwaysTooling
Up! Sections

• Arts and Audio/Visual Technology
• Communications
• Human Services
• Business and Administration
• Government and Public Administration
• Information Technology

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Other Features

• DigiTips
• Help keywords
• Ethics Lessons
• Self checks, Peer checks
• What You Should Know About.
• Teamwork icons
• Appendix

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Support MaterialsInstructor Resource CD

• Digital Workbook
• Review, Writing and Math
• ExamView
• Solutions
• PowerPoints
• Corporate View Intranet

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Support MaterialsInstructor Resource CD

• Dragon Books in PDF on Instructor Resource CD
• NaturallySpeaking 5
• NaturallySpeaking 6
• NaturallySpeaking 7
• ViaVoice
• Microsoft Speech

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Support Materials Corporate View Intranet

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Support Materialsdigitools.swlearning.com
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Questions?