The computer screen is also a screen. And it is amazing
how uncritical people are in selecting one.
When i bought one quality came first, and like
in buying a music set you cannot spend too much money on the speakers,
the screen is very important, we are very satisfied with IIJAMA Vision
Master VisionMaster pro 22" , a fantastic quiet screen i can recommend to
everybody.
A screen tube is a kind of lightbulb, it keeps the attention
, for visual weak children it can be a blessing, kiki reads better
off the screen compared to reading from paper.
In the world of multimedia the content and artistic
creativity is lightyears behind of the technical possibilities. And
it is a sad result of capitalistic competition billions are spent on all
kinds of stupid games but good and nice educational software is rare and
often very expensive.
So expensive only schools can afford them and the home
market is polluted with cheap but secondrate software.
Still there are enough examples of a creative mingling
of pictures,sound, animations , interactive challenges. I discovered
that nearly all the educational software i really think is great comes
from the same house ,the English D
K .
But what i really want to point out here is that
children disabled, or not, can be very much stimulated by the right
kind of software.
Not only parents but also softwarepublishers are not
realizing and using the full potential of good and creative educational
software. We need speciliazed artdirectors and above all creative
scenariowriters, that are close to and in touch with the educational
reality.
On the output side there are lots of exciting possibilities.
For Kiki the computer will be her voice to the world, her key to the world
of direct communication.Speechsynthesis will give her her voice.
At the end of this section i have to mention the
development, to use the computer to direct and organize all
kinds of electric equipment ,electric doors, washing macines ,t.v.etc.
This opens the way to a new kind of practical independency.