Video Demonstrations of Different Assistive Technologies

I watched all of the videos and found all of them very interesting.  I like how we can get a 30 day free trial of Inspiration, I plan on trying that out and seeing in depth what the strengths and weaknesses of it are.  I also like that Prezi.com is completely free, only you don't get a few features (that are really not that great either).


I find myself asking which one do I like the most and which one do I think will be the most beneficial to use?  I continually find myself answering that Draft Builder is the best idea on the table.  Don't get me wrong, all of the other ideas are awesome and I found myself continually saying "Wow, that would really help students who has trouble with this.


The reason that Draft Builder wins in my mind is that it has parts of Inspiration in the mind maps and it has parts of the Read Out Loud program in the form of being able to change any parts of the paper.  So, in SPED 445 and 418 we are learning that Graphic Organizers really help students recognize what information is important and relevant and what isn't.  Draft:Builder does just that, it provides a Graphic Organizer option.


My choice and what I would use is definitely Draft:Builder because it has the most amount of uses.  However, I don't know what Inspriation is like or what Prezi is like and I may post again when I use them to talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the programs.