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editor’s desk SPECIAL HELP No group of students can better benefit from the use of technology in a classroom than those identified with special needs. Name the challenge, and you can find a tool that is made to help. From sound systems that amplify a teacher’s voice, to reading intervention software that tracks student progress, to hardware that provides computer access to students with physical disabilities. Three articles this month attempt to categorize and clarify the burgeoning trends of assistive technology for schools. T&L managing editor and product maven Christine Weiser consulted with experts in the special ed field to compile our Special Needs Guide (p. 26c). Match the challenges to the solutions. You may find that you already have some of these technologies and are just not using them to their best advantages. Using software to target the specific needs of students is a relatively new and exciting field. RTI (Response To Intervention) is the most popular technique people are talking about—but does anybody really understand it? To find out what exactly this acronym means, we asked Christy Chambers, the immediate past president of the Council of Administrators of Special Education and CEO of Beyond the Box, how schools can best incorporate RTI into everyday curriculum (p. 18). Last, meet Edward Foote, a special education teacher at the Jefferson Avenue Elementary School in Fairmont, NY, who shares his successes with using technology to inspire and advance kids with a range of learning challenges (p. 50). How have you used tech to help with special needs? Log onto techlearning.com and share. OCTOBER 2008 | VOL. 29 NO. 3 Publisher: Allison Knapp aknapp@nbmedia.com; (510) 868-5074; Fax: (650) 238-0263 EDITORIAL Editorial Director: Kevin Hogan khogan@nbmedia.com Managing Editor: Christine Weiser cweiser@nbmedia.com Senior Art Director: Nicole Cobban ncobban@nbmedia.com Art Director: Annmarie LaScala Graphic Artists: Michelle Henning, Adrianne Knapp, Neel Patil Consulting Editor: Judy Salpeter Contributing Editors: Jeffrey Branzburg, David Jakes, Scott McLeod, Gwen Solomon Custom Editorial Director: Gwen Solomon gwensol@earthlink.net ADVISORY BOARD Larry Buchanan, Sheila Offman Gersh, Doug Martin, Lane Mills, Alan November, Jason Ohler, Cathleen Richardson, Kathy Schrock, Ellen Towers, David Warlick TECHLEARNING.COM Web Production: Minnick Web Services; Mike Lemmerling mlemmerling@nbmedia.com ADVERTISING SALES East Coast Sales Manager: Caliann Mitoulis cmitoulis@nbmedia.com; (215) 370-5813 Account Manager: Bryan Bogart bbogart@nbmedia.com; (650) 238-0329 MARKETING Marketing Manager: Jared Stearns jstearns@nbmedia.com Production Manager: Fred Vega fvega@nbmedia.com CIRCULATION Group Circulation Director: Denise Robbins drobbins@nbmedia.com Circulation Director: Anne Drobish adrobish@nbmedia.com REPRINTS AND PERMISSIONS Wright’s Reprints: (877) 652-5295 EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICES 810 Seventh Ave., 27th Floor, New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212) 378-0400; Fax: (650) 238-0263 For general editorial correspondence: techlearning_editors@nbmedia.com NEWBAY MEDIA LLC—CORPORATE President & CEO: Steve Palm Chief Financial Officer: Paul Mastronardi NEWBAY MEDIA K-12 EDUCATION GROUP Vice President, Group Publishing Director: Adam Goldstein Publisher: Allison Knapp Editorial Director: Kevin Hogan Editorial/Creative Director: Anthony Savona Web Manager: Mike Lemmerling Web Editor: Rob Granger Web Analyst: David Leach Web Production Specialist: Ashley Vermillion Web Ad Production Specialist: Lesley Keller SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION $29.95 per year in the U.S. $59.90 for two years. $39.95 in Canada and Mexico. $69.95 in all other countries. To subscribe: (888) 266-5828 or www.techlearning.com POSTMASTER: send address changes to Technology & Learning, PO Box 8746, Lowell, MA 01853 Technology & Learning (ISSN-1053-6728) (USPS 695-590) is published monthly by NewBay Media, LLC 810 Seventh Ave., 27th Floor, New York, NY 10019 Periodicals Postage Paid at San Bruno, CA, and additional mailing offices. Copyright © 2008 NewBay Media, LLC All Rights Reserved. Kevin Hogan Editorial Director khogan@nbmedia.com N THE WEB www.techlearning.com www.techlearning.com 8 | TECH & LEARNING http://www.TECHLEARNING.COM http://www.techlearning.com http://www.techlearning.com http://www.techlearning.com http://www.techlearning.com

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