A few comments from day one…
Here’s what a few of the participants have said so far
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Kurzweil Kamp Participants
Group shots taken after lunch – April 28th/08
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9:15 Introductions
By 9:15 the majority of the Kamp Kids arrived, despite the traffic jams. Each participant gave a small intro about themselves:
Chazz is 14 years old and has been using Kurzweil since September 2007. He uses Kurzweil for writing tests and for enlarging print. He is here to learn about how to scan books properly and would love to know how to scan legal size documents for Kurzweil.
Devon is 11 years old and has never used Kurzweil before. A student in her class uses the software and she is really keen on learning the software. She would like to learn how to scan text and how to type notes on Kurzweil.
Jonathan is 13 years old and has a good knowledge about using Kurzweil. He can scan documents and type on Kurzweil. SET-BC consultants have been to his school several times to give tutorials and demonstrations, and he has gained a lot from this. As well as Kurzweil, he enjoys using Powerpoint and Microsoft Word.
Owen is 12 and he is a new to Kurzweil, although he’s been introduced to it at Literacy Camp. He’s enjoys using the computer, especially downloading video’s to his iPod. He uses both MAC and PC, but prefers MAC.
Sarita is in grade 7 and has never used Kurzweil before.
Thai is 13 years old and has been using Kurzweil for the past year. He is looking to gain more knowledge on Kurzweil.
Travis is in Grade 7 and has been using Kurzweil since he got his computer in December. He likes surfing the web to find stuff on the latest tech gadgets.
Tyler is 14 years old and uses Kurzweil for almost all his classes. He’s hoping to find out some more neat features.
Zurinneh is in grade 8 and carries her laptop everywhere with her. She is experienced with Kurzweil.
Nathan is 12 years old and has used Kurzweil about 10 times. He considers himself an intermediate user. Kurzweil has been very helpful for spelling. His favourite thing to do on the computer is playing internet games.
Kurstyn is 10 years old and enjoys using Kurzweil for reading, especially the internet. She uses version 3 of Kurzweil and is very excited to learn the new features of version 4.
Hayden was a little late today, but is catching up fast.
Alaina is 13 years old and is new to Kurzweil. She uses her computer frequently for studying and for homework.
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