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Easiest Multimedia Program For Early Literacy Activities

BuildAbility is the easiest-to-use authoring tool for building rich, single-switch early literacy activities and lessons. Teachers can build a complete multimedia page in just four easy steps � draw or choose a picture, add text, add sound and select the page advancement. The one-click toolbar lets you add the next graphic, text, sound, movie, your voice, pupil voices and the single-switch option. BuildAbility activities are easily shared with other teachers and parents with the free BuildAbility Player. Get started with the more than 20 literacy activities created by Caroline Musselwhite, Patti Rea and other literacy experts.

Easy-to-Use�Click-to-Create toolbar lets teachers or pupils build a page in 4 easy steps

Combine any text, fonts and sizes. Add graphic or photo. Add Quicktime movie. Draw and change brush size to draw. Record voice. Add Text-to-Speech. Set a switch press or mouse click to proceed.

All learners get literacy experience

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Emerging readers get literacy experiences while learning switch use.

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Developing readers are exposed to a wide range of literacy experiences.

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All learners have age-appropriate literacy activities that build knowledge.

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Teachers can build libraries of reading material.

Individualised activities motivate pupils

Because it is so fast, you can create instant lessons or books with pupils sitting right there. Tie in topics that pupils are learning to build background knowledge. Easily include pupils' own drawings, their own experiences, voices or photos of familiar people and surroundings taken with a digital camera.

Multimedia books reinforce early literacy learning

BuildAbility engages young learners with movement. Drawmation� technology remembers each stroke you make on a page. As pupils read, pages are redrawn and the story dramatically unfolds. Story text is automatically read aloud and highlighted, helping pupils attend to words. BuildAbility books can be adapted versions of what the general class is reading, "how-to" books for daily tasks or about any topic.

Create library of single-switch activities

All BuildAbility activities you create are easily single-switch ready. Select where you want pupils to press their switch or click the mouse to proceed to the next sequence. Go from cause-and-effect to language rich, age appropriate activities.

More literacy support:

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Mulitmedia books can be printed

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Choice of synthesised or digitised voices

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Story Selector for pupil access to sample stories

Tools for Teacher Support

Acecat Flair® Selwyn Electronics Here is any easy-to-use drawing tool to help teachers and pupils create original art or enhance existing art. Tracing overlay helps to create accurate drawings.

Photo Textures
By BeachWare
Use real photos as background pages. Here are 100 license-free digital photographs that include City, Earth, Plants, Seashore, Sky and Underwater.

Music Tracks
By BeachWare
Use BuildAbility's Sound tool to add fanfares, background music and more. Offers 100 license-free music clips.

BuildAbility Photo Companion CD
By Patti Rea
Here are images assembled specifically for early literacy support. Includes 15 libraries, sample activities, a demo session, virtual field trips, animation photos and functional images.

QuickTime Classroom Collection CD
By Patti Rea
QuickTime videos are especially designed to facilitate beginning literacy skills, language development and curriculum development. Includes 100+ verbs, 200+ movies and 200+ photos. Combine with the BuildAbility Photo Companion CD for powerful authoring tools for the classroom.

A Zillion Sounds 2.0
By BeachWare
Add interest and reinforce concepts. Choose from 5,000 royalty-free sound effects, separated and organised into 70 categories.

Ability Level: Age 5-7 • Interest Level: Age 5-14

A Don Johnston Solution

BuildAbility�	MAC/WIN	Cost/Computer
1-4 Computers	R24WBUK	$69.00
5-9 Computers *	R24 0SLWBUK	51.00
10-19 Computers *	R24 1SLWBUK	48.90
20-49 Computers *	R24 3SLWBUK	43.82

	MAC/WIN	Price
Acecat	P12WBUK	£35.00
BuildAbility Photo Companion CD MAC	W1OMWBUK	£29.50
BuildAbility Photo Companion CD WIN	W1OWWBUK	£29.50
QuickTime Classroom CD MAC	W11MWBUK	£29.50
QuickTime Classroom CD WIN	W11WWBUK	£29.50
QuickTime Classroom CD and Photo Companion CD Bundle	B80WBUK/B80WWBUK	£51.50
Photo Textures	P08WBUK	£14.75
Music Tracks	P10WBUK	£14.75
A Zillion Sounds 2.0 MAC	P09WBUK	£14.75
A Zillion Sounds 2.0 WIN	P09WWBUK	£14.75

Prices exclude VAT and carriage.

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