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Developed by Dr. Jeannine Herron and Dr. Leslie Grimm, Read, Write & Type!™ is distributed by Talking Fingers, Inc. Address: One St. Vincent Drive, San Rafael, California 94903. Email: contact@talkingfingers.com. Web: www.talkingfingers.com. Telephone: (800) 674-9126.
Read, Write & Type!™ was developed in 1994. Information is not available on the number or demographics of students, schools, or districts using the software.
Game-like computer activities with animated characters lead students sequentially through each lesson of Read, Write & Type!™. Each of the program's 40 lessons explicitly teach one of the 40 phonemes. Lessons in the activity book correspond to the software and include activities on identifying beginning, middle, and ending sounds, thinking about sounds in words, rhyming, spelling words, and dictating. The lessons begin by having students say and write individual sounds and the letters that represent those sounds, and then progress to having students write words, sentences, and stories. After attaining a certain level, students do the Power Fountain activity to practice speed and accuracy in writing and typing. The E-mail Tower, a simulated e-mail program, is another optional activity for students to practice their newly acquired skills by writing short messages.
The software program can be used at school or home, where teachers or parents can print out individual or group reports of student progress.
The program can be purchased for in-school use for $89.00 for two discs/licenses. A site license costs $699.00 for 25 discs and classroom materials. The software can be purchased for in-home use for $79.00.
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