What's
Happening with PAC Mate?
High School Student
Soars to the Top of her Class with Help from PAC Mate
 October
2006 - As she nears the end of her high school career, Kolby
Garrison talks about how her PAC Mate accessible Pocket PC has helped
her achieve a higher-than-4.0-GPA, keep track of her large network
of friends, and take part in a host of extra-curricular activities.
She also details a typical day of PAC Mate use. Listen
to Kolby speak about a variety of Freedom Scientific products in
school and
at home.
PAC Mate Featured
in February 2006 Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine
February 2006 - A
comprehensive review of the PAC Mate, its accessible features, and
its advantages
over the
competition is spotlighted in the February 2006 edition of Smartphone
and Pocket PC magazine. An
accessible version of the article can be read on our Web site.
A Blind Student and his Mother's PAC Mate Success in the Classroom
 June
2006 - When blind school student Alex Follo entered fourth grade, he
found the
challenges of accomplishing his school workload on a brailler nearly
impossible. His grades fell, and he and his teachers were frustrated.
When he began using a PAC Mate, his grades soared - and so did his
eagerness for learning. Hear about Alex's classroom experiences with
the PAC Mate assistive technology and his mother's enthusiastic comments.
Go to the PAC
Mate student story.
Learning from the Experts: A PAC Mate Curriculum for Teachers
October 2005 -
Explore more benefits of the PAC Mate for K-12 classrooms with the Teacher's
Curriculum for the PAC Mate. This comprehensive guide for teachers
examines the PAC Mate's features, gives step-by-step instructions from
set up through applications, and includes useful practice exercises.
Not just for teachers, the curriculum is a valuable addition for anyone's
PAC Mate library - and an excellent guide for the beginning PAC Mate
user.
Teachers Get Visual Access to a Blind Student's Work on the PAC Mate
September 2005 - Now
sighted teachers and their students who use PAC Mate adaptive technology
can
truly work
together in the classroom. With the new PMViewer, it's easy for sighted
teachers and others using a computer with a monitor to review a blind
student's work on the PAC Mate and even enter instructions, corrections,
or other text on the PAC Mate's "screen," using the teacher's mouse,
computer keyboard, or the PAC Mate keyboard. The handy PMViewer is
a free download. Find out
more and download the PMViewer.
Going the Distance with StreetTalk and PAC Mate
 June
2005 - When Terry Martin of Rochester, NY, entered a 40-mile
charity bike ride,
he took his PAC Mate, a GPS receiver, and the StreetTalk GPS solution
along for the ride. Discover how
Terry used StreetTalk for orientation through the course. Then
listen to Terry as he talks about how he used his PAC Mate and StreetTalk
during the 2005 Rochester Tour de Cure
for the American Diabetes Association.
PAC Mate Gear: A Web Site for and by PAC Mate Users
PAC Mate users have created
a Web site specifically for all things related to PAC Mate. Visit
the PAC Mate Gear Web site for shared user insights on software
and hardware compatibility, scripts written by PAC Mate users, and
more.
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