Technology Information
Technology Information
Technology Information
Britannica:
Offers encyclopedia access and related materials for students of all levels. Access to
maps, history timelines and teacher resources available.
Career Cruising:
Career Cruising is an online, searchable data base of careers. Students can complete
c omplete a
personal profile and generate matched careers.
Link: www.careercruising.com
School specific username and password: Contact Career and Guidance @ 2313.
March 2009 Newsletter or
November 2008 Newsletter
Portfolio Enhancements
For those who have either IE 7 or Vista at home, the Clicker 5 application requires a
download from the site to run properly. Go to the clicker website:
http://cricksoft.com/us/downloads/ which provides a patch for both Vista and Explorer 7
Comic Life:
Registration:
For Windows:
Serial Name: OSAPAC License Agreement
Serial Number: CMLFW1-D1D9-AD66-E5DC-D6C0-0170
*Note, registration name and number must be exactly as indicated above, and as p rinted on the CD
For Macintosh:
Serial Name: OSAPAC License Agreement
Serial Number: comiclf999-3156-821V-E1C0-SC90-H53Q
User Name: peelsb
Password: estat
As in the past, if students and teachers access E-STAT through the PDSB network, they
are not required to enter a User Name and Password. Visit the E-Stat Website
Ebsco:
Print and electronic journals, online access to more than 100 research databases,
thousands of e-journals, and e-commerce book procurement. Includes Student Research
Center, Ontario Education Resource Bank and Canadian Reference Centre
Link: http://search.ebscohost.com/
Username: pdsb
Password: proflib
You will need to navigate to the drivers and download section of the page.
Serial Number: PC7FOZ1782L
FINALE 2008:
Serial Number: HFNS-003874
Geometer's Sketchpad 5:
School License:
License Name: ONTARIO PEELDSB
Authorization Code: KA7458-UTTTH7-P4BA49-EVD2H2
Student License:
License Name: ONTARIO PEELDSB STUDENT 2010-2011
Authorization Code: 4G9DHA-8WBMNA-AHY4OY-QRE12U
Click here for a student home-use license installation guide.
Grolier:
An educational portal providing access to information from many electronic sources. This
online suite consists of eight databases.
Link: http://go-ontario.grolier.com/
Username: peeldsb
Password: peel8567
Info Trac:
Free access to a core of digital information resources, including full-text of magazines,
newspapers, journals, essays, encyclopedias, dictionaries and eBook collections.
Password: trillium (password required from home only, for all Info Trac databases listed below)
Elementary
Middle School
Secondary
Mathville 1 (K-3):
An on-line mathematics resource that students may access from school or home
machines.
Link : http://www.mathville.com/grade1
Username: fun121
Password: numbers
Link: http://www.naxosmusiclibrary.com/
Username: peel01
Password: peel01
Link: http://resources.elearningontario.ca/
Student Login:
Username: PDSBstudent
Password: oerbs
Teacher Login:
Teacher Username: PDSBteacher
Teacher Password: oerbt
Username: onedt10
Password: wut4kx
Activation Code: NB-AEDAW-BIKJS-N4T3V-EWCEP
Smart Ideas:
Smart Ideas does not ask for a serial number during install. Instead, it is requested the
first time the application is run. Failure to enter the serial number results in a 30-day trial
copy. The serial number is the same for Smart Ideas 4 or 5.
Serial Number: ideasontsbda8b599g788f
Universalis on line:
Link: Universalis on line
Word Q
Install Code: 739-845508-971
Home Use Serial Number: 152-562809-224
Premier Assistive Technology has created a wide assortment of tools that make your computer read to
you. Peel Distric t School bo ard has made these progr ams available for y ou to us e at hom e. Have
your computer read your favourite web page, PDF file, email, homework, or even read a book. There is
also a program on this site that will let you convert your documents into audio files so you can listen to
them on your MP3 player. These tools are also great for proofreading and editing your homework.
You can go to www.PremierAtHome.com and download and install the products you need.
The limitation is that these programs can only be installed on co mputers owned
by the stud ent, parents of th e stud ent, or Peel board staff. Please hono ur thi s.
2. Type in the following Login Name and password and then click the LOG IN button
Login:Peel
Password: access
3. From this screen you may select information on Gettin g Started or select one of the tabs for
Products, Start Downloading, Support or Contact Premier Literacy. Your will also see the
Peel board logo on this page.
2. Make sure you select the Save button in the window that opens. This will prompt you where you
want to save the setup file on your personal computer. Make sure you make a note of the name and
location where you save the file.
3. Once the file has been downloaded, go to the location where you saved the file. Double-click on the
filename to launch the installation program. Follow the prompts during the installation to successfully
install the tool.
Support – If you have a question or need help at any time, click on the Support tab. You’ll find links to
view video tutorials and access product manuals and FAQs if you want to learn more about how
a tool works. There are also phone numbers and email addresses so you can contact Premier
Literacy’s Customer Service or Technical Support departments for additional assistance.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Before you download and use Premier Literacy’s tools, you will want to make sure your home computer
meets the following minimum system requirements. If your system meets these requirements and you
have any issues once you download and install the software, be sure to contact Premier Literacy
Technical Support at 815-927-7390, Option 2.
After opening internet explorer, your students can all make use of the T-POINTER device. You can
change the t-pointer delay to 2-3 seconds depending on the student. By using the t-pointer device,
your struggling readers will be able to select appropriate web pages because it will read portions of
the page to them.
If they want to read more than just a title, they can highlight a portion and click READER. This will
read all of it to them.
Premier is not currently compatible with apple products. If your students are looking for a similar
program to help them with reading and writing at home, they can download a program called
WORD Q. It works in a similar fashion to premier.
Notes on PREMIER:
For voices- VW Paul is a good one, it is a new voice that has been upgraded.
Always use the V10 version of premier.
Click on TWP (Talking word processor)
Choose text and copy and paste it into the TWP
If you highlight it will only read the section that is highlighted.
Prediction- turns green when on. Computer will guess what you are saying. Click once and it
will read it to you, click twice and it will put the word into the sentence. If you want the
program to predict more, do into prediction and hit options you can have it change for
number of words it predicts- you can have more to choose from. You can also make the
words bigger. From the top menu bar.
Word Repeat - For younger students
Sentence Repeat-For older students, ELL's to read the sentence again. Helpful to them.
PREMIER for help with Summarizing & Determining the Main Idea
Click Read--> Options--> Tracking and highlighting.
Main Idea/ Summarizing tool--> Highlight and extract , then click summarize. Students can
use this as a tool although the summarizing feature is of course, never as good as the students
doing it themselves.
Extract colours- you can teach to extract based on the colours-i.e. make blue unknown
words. This is awesome for when students have large amounts of information and need to
classify it in some way. You can extract the colours separately and then use that to take
different pieces of information.
ALL CASI grades have been put into Premier format- you can access it by clicking: Board services--
special education support- EQAO- premier
Old EQAO tests in Premier format are available by clicking: Teaching and Learning--> TLCP-->
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