Hopkins County Schools Choose Wizcom's Research-Based Reading Pen 2 Assistive Technology to Support Students with Learning Disabilities

Mittwoch, 31.08.2011 13:20 von Hugin

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Hopkins County Schools Choose Wizcom's Research-Based Reading Pen 2 Assistive 
Technology to Support Students with Learning Disabilities 
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Hand-held literacy support tools increase independence in content area classes

Rosh Ha'ayin, August 31, 2011. Wizcom Technologies Ltd. (Prime Standard: WZM,
IL 0010830706), the global leader in portable literacy support tools, announced
today that Hopkins County Schools of Madisonville (Kentucky/USA) has chosen
Wizcom's Reading Pen 2 as its standard for students with disabilities in general
area content classes.  The school purchased 30 classroom sets (300 Reading Pens)
to meet the needs of grade 4-12 students who receive specially designed
instruction.

"We have an amazing staff of 185 special education and early childhood teachers,
consultants, specialists, and psychologists to help over 1500 students with
special needs reach their full potential, academically and socially.  We chose
Wizcom's Reading Pens to help increase students' independence and confidence in
content area classes and support new common core standards in reading," said
Jennifer Williams Lutrell, Director of Special Education & Early Childhood.

By scanning text, students can see and hear words, lines or paragraphs spoken
aloud in English and are instantly provided with word definitions, synonyms,
translations, spelling, and pronunciation via Text-to-Speech technology (built
in speaker or earphones) to help make reading easy and fun.

"Students who use the Reading Pens become less dependent on their peers and
adults when reading content material, improving schools' education effectiveness
and experience," Ms. Williams Lutrell continued.

"We use assistive technology as a differentiated instruction tool and to provide
technology based assessment accommodation," Ms. Williams Lutrell commented.

Wizcom's Reading Pens are backed by proven research and support the essential
components of reading instruction, as outlined in the US National Reading
Panel's guide,"Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks For Teaching
Children to Read" (2001): Phonemic Awareness, Phonic, Fluency, Vocabulary, and
Text comprehension.

About Hopkins County Schools: Hopkins County Schools Department of Special
Education & Early Childhood is responsible for providing specialized services to
students with identified disabilities and those children eligible for the KERA
Preschool Program. The department is comprised of more than 115 special
education and early childhood teachers; 3 teacher consultants and specialists;
7 school psychologists; 20 related service providers; and more than 50
instructional support staff. The department provides specially designed
instruction and related services to more than 1500 students with disabilities
ages 3 through 21. The KERA preschool program provides developmentally
appropriate early intervention services to more than 300 children in
collaboration with our Head Start partners. The departmental service providers
work throughout our schools to ensure that every child has the necessary
accommodations and instruction to be academically and socially successful. The
department is committed to our district's mission.Every Child, Every Effort,
Every Day. http://www.hopkins.k12.ky.us

About Wizcom: Wizcom is a pioneer and world leader in personal, portable, and
powerful text scanning Dictionaries and Reading Pens. Our breakthrough suit of
hand-held literacy support tools are used to effectively boost vocabulary,
phonemic awareness, fluency and comprehension among a wide range of reading
levels and learning abilities -- including those who have limited English
proficiency and those who have been identified as learning disabled -- and are
utilized in thousands of 21st century classrooms throughout the U.S and around
the world.www.wizcomtech.com


For further information, please contact:

Wizcom Technologies Ltd.
Shimon Amouyal, CEO
13 Hamelacha St.
Rosh Ha'ayin, 48091, Israel
Tel +972-3-9103330
shimona@wizcomtech.com
www.wizcomtech.com

SCHWARZ Financial Communication
Frank Schwarz
Investor Relations
Tel +49-611-1745-398-11
Schwarz@schwarzfinancial.com
www.schwarzfinancial.com


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