Software Developed:

 

Schuler, J., Steelman, J. D., Catella, C.  (in production).  The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  Hyperbooks Project.  A program designed to give young children with developmental disabilities access to stories through the use of technology.

 

Schuler, J., Steelman, J. D., Catella, C.  (in production).  Nip and Tuck.  Hyperbooks Project. A program designed to give young children with developmental disabilities access to stories through the use of technology.

 

Schuler, J., Steelman, J. D., Catella, C.  (in production).  The Halloween House.  Hyperbooks Project. A program designed to give young children with developmental disabilities access to stories through the use of technology.

 

Schuler, J., Steelman, J. D., Catella, C.  (1994).  The Gingerbread Man.  Hyperbooks Project. A program designed to give young children with developmental disabilities access to stories through the use of technology.

 

Steelman, J. D., Pierce, P.P., Johnson, G. W., Gordon, S. A., Gordon, V.D.  (1992-94).  Exploring the Arts Through Technology (EXALTT).  A program designed to combine the creation of graphic arts and music, i.e., making music through art and making pictures through music.  The initial program is designed for students with or without disabilities ages 3 through early elementary school.

 

Steelman, J. D.  (1991-93).  Technology, Interaction, Literacy Learning and Teaching (TILLT).  A teacher tool designed to make it easy for teachers to implement strategies for the effective teaching of literacy to individual students.  The program allows the user to create individual and highly motivating literacy materials which may be accessed independently by students with severe speech and physical impairments (SSPI).

 

Steelman, J. D.  (1991-93).  SuperStories.  These programs are books on disk which are the exact duplication of Jason & Nordic’s Turtle books.  The books give users independent access to the stories with options to read the text word by word or sentence by sentence while the text is highlighted.  Titles completed include:  Sarah’s Surprise, Fair and Square, A Smile From Andy, Andy Finds a Turtle, Andy Opens Wide, and Patrick and Emma Lou.

 

Steelman, J. D.  (1991).  Time Coding Conversion HyperCard Stack.  This is a HyperCard stack designed to allow the user to enter time data and it will convert it to the number of seconds the observation took place.

 

Steelman, J. D.  (1989-90).  CamilleWriter.  A HyperCard program developed to assist individuals with cerebral palsy and limited physical ability.  The program may be used for augmentative communication regardless of the cause of the disability but was specifically designed with the physical restrictions faced by those with cerebral palsy.  The program also allows the individual to manipulate text, i.e., spell words, put together sentences & paragraphs, load files, save files, and to access any ASCII text saved on the disk including text downloaded from an electronic bulletin board.

 

Steelman, J. D., Chambliss, M., & Tucker, D.  (1989).  Organizing and Summarizing Information.  An interactive video program designed for use with ED 105 students, college freshmen scoring below a specified criterion on the SAT.  The program was developed using a Macintosh computer with HyperCard and a videodisc on the subject of AIDS.

 

Steelman, J. D.  (1989).  Metaphors.  A HyperCard program developed to introduce and reinforce the concept of metaphors.  The program was field tested with college freshmen in ED 105 classes.

 

Steelman, J. D.  (1984).  Kindergarten Registration Program.  An Applesoft BASIC program created to manage information on kindergarten students enrolling in Mariam Boyd Elementary School.  Student information was recorded, organized, printed, and form letters printed to parents of the students lacking specific information.