Parents+Guardians

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Welcome to Miami-Dade's Kurzweil 3000 Parent/Guardian Web site

On this page you will find resources and links to help you learn about Kurzweil 3000™, a comprehensive reading, writing and learning software solution for any struggling reader or writer.
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 * 1) ====Video overview of Kurzweil 3000's features====
 * 2) ====Online videos showing how to use Kurzweil 3000's features. These videos are also built into Kurzweil and can be found under HELP.====
 * 3) You have permission to install Kurzweil 3000 Web License on all school, teacher, student, and local Library computers. Click on this link and it will take about two hours to download: __ [|kurzweiledu.com/installv12] __- select Web License to install
 * 4) ====Directions how to install Kurzweil on your home Windows computer.====

After you've watched the Kurzweil 3000 movie and installed the software on your computer, the next step is to ask your son or daughter to open Kurzweil 3000 and login with their individual User Name and Password:


 * **User Name:** ideafirstname: ideajsamine
 * **Password** idealastname: ideagonzel
 * **License Type**: Kurzweil 3000 LearnStation 12.0

When you log in your child will be able to work on a writing assignment started in school, create a new document, read an assignment his/her teacher assigned, or click on the Read the Web icon and Kurzweil will read the information on any web page your child wants to learn from. Kurzweil 3000 has many more features, but for now, this is a good start.

Parent/Guardian suggestions:

1. After your child has logged in, ask him/her to write a sentence and then have Kurzweil read the sentence back to them. When they hear mistakes, they'll know that they need to go back and edit their work. Now you try it. Do you like the way the word processor repeats each word that is typed? Do you think this will help your child?

2. Ask your child to click on the Open Folder - click on Sample documents and open a file. After the file is open, have them click the Read button to hear the information read to them. See if they can change the speed of the reading. What's a comfortable speed for your child to listen and comprehend? Did you notice that when the word is read, it is also highlighted? This helps students use their auditor and visual skills when reading which increases comprehension.

3. See if you remember how to start a new blank document and write two or three sentences. Wouldn't you have loved to have this in your classes when you were in school??

If you have questions, please contact your child's teacher or Deborah Barrows, Cambium Learning Technologies.