Examples of Accessible Technology Available on School Computers by MCPS Tech Mod Year
Software titles in bold link to additional resources on the HIAT web site.
Software |
FY 08 |
FY 09 |
FY 10 | Summer 2010 |
Summer 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ActiveInspire | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Alphasmart or Neo Manager | X |
X |
X |
X |
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| Audacity | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Boardmaker v. 5 (Secondary Schools only) | X |
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| Boardmaker Plus (except in TM08 secondary schools) | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Classroom Suite 3.2 | X |
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| Classroom Suite 4.0 | X |
X |
X |
X |
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| Clicker 5 (Elementary Schools Only - has staff take home rights) | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Geometer’s Sketchpad (MS/HS math teachers only) | X |
X |
X |
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| Inspiration v. 9 (has staff take home rights) | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Kidspiration v. 3 (Elementary Schools Only - has staff take home rights) | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Kurzweil (all Middle and High Schools) | v.10 |
v.10 |
v.10 |
v.10 |
v.12 |
| Kurzweil (Elementary Schools) | v.10 |
v.10 |
v.10 |
v.12 |
|
| Kurzweil (some Elem. Schools may have purchased) | v.10 |
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| Microsoft Office 2010 (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, Infopath) | X |
X |
X |
X |
x |
| Movie Maker | X |
X |
X |
X |
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| Movie Maker Live | X |
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| Natural Reader | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| PhotoStory 3 | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Pixie2 | v.1 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| PowerTalk | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Solo(Network): Draft:Builder, Write:OutLoud, Co:Writer, and Read:OutLoud | X |
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| TI Smartview 3.2 (MS/HS math teachers only) | X |
X |
X |
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| Turbo Typing (MS and HS only) | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Type to Learn (Elementary Schools only, primary schools have Type to Learn, Jr.) | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Windows Operating System | XP |
XP |
XP |
XP |
7 |
| WordQ | v. 2.6 |
v. 2.6 |
v. 2.6 |
v. 3 |
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| Writing with Symbols | X |
Some programs offer home use for teachers. See Home Use Summary (45K pdf). You can also view a spreadsheet of all software installed on MCPS computers (42K xls).

