Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i1PDjhI02074; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:45:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:45:43 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <001b01c3fba4$1fe4ea10$0a01a8c0@JODT> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Jo DT" <jodt@btopenworld.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3166] Re: speed reading programs? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1692 Lines: 39 This may not exactly answer your question - rather poses another! - but I've just been exploring a program called 'speed reader plus' on my PDA (handheld). It uses RSVP - Rapid Serial Visual Presentation, which means that instead of the text being presented as a page, the words are presented in the same place one at a time. I think this sort of idea has been developed for PDAs to try to address the problem of presenting larger amounts of text on a small screen but I understand such programs claim to help increase your reading speed too. I would be interested to know if anyone has introduced RSVP to learners with literacy difficutlies. I have read one report that suggests it might be preferable for people who easily lose track of where they are in a text, and others who have difficulty concentrating, but I would imagine it would present problems rather than solve them for some learners. Any thoughts/experiences? Jo Dixon-Trifonov Southampton, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Shank" <cshank@access.k12.wv.us> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:15 PM Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3165] speed reading programs? > A teacher in my program has asked if there are any online programs or > software to assist students in learning to speed-read. Does anyone have > any suggestions or comments? > > Cathy C. Shank, Adult Basic Education Professional Development > Coordinator > West Virginia Adult Education and Literacy Information Network > RESA III, 501 22nd Street, Dunbar, WV 25064 > Phone: 304-766-7655 ext. 112 or 1-800-257-3723 ext. 112; Fax: > 304-766-7915 > cshank@access.k12.wv.us > >
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