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Note: To go to the Clicker 5 Home User Version for parents buying for the use of this program at home click here.

Clicker 5 Aust/New Zealand is the latest version of Clicker, released in May 2007.

The exciting new features of Clicker 5 ANZ are:

• Graphics

125 new Australian graphics

• Example files

Updated example files that have been localised for the ANZ market

• Integrated link in Clicker 5 to localised Learning Grids ANZ site

This new site contains fully localised resources and is accessible directly through Clicker 5.

The boxed copy will contain a separate DVD case with Clicker 5 ANZ resource CD in it. Once you have installed Clicker 5, you then need to install the additional CD.

It has a modern look and is based on the latest technologies. A single file contains grids, pictures, sounds and video, making it easy to share your sets of grids.

The informative Clicker 5 Guide takes but a few minutes to read and is a printer friendly ^PDF file!
A shorter more general Clicker 5 program description can also be printed from a ^PDF download by clicking here.

Clicker 5 is packed with fantastic new features:

• Edit Mode makes it easy to create grids
• Cell Palettes contain ready-made cells with different shapes and actions - simply drag them onto the grid!
• Realistic software speech with a UK accent
• Words are highlighted when spoken
• Pop-up grids for labelling activities, and for writing talking books
• Direct access to LearningGrids.com within Clicker
• Use MP3 sound files and MPEG video
• A highly detailed educational picture library, with even more images

Clicker Writer is Clicker 5' s talking word processor - you can type into this with the keyboard, or you can click on items in the Clicker Grid to send them into Clicker Writer. You can hear words in the Clicker Grid before you write, or hear what you've written in Clicker Writer. You can also use full-screen Clicker Grids (without Clicker Writer) to create multimedia presentations and talking books.

Clicker 5's new Elan Sayso^TM UK English speech engine sounds incredibly realistic - click here for a sound sample!

You can also record your own speech in Clicker, or use other speech engines.

As well as the picture library that comes with Clicker, you can also use your own pictures, or other ready-made picture libraries.

New Clicker Grid features:

• New cleaner, crisp, modern look
• Cells can have different shapes - squared corners, curved edges, or even circular!
• Easy to change grid background colours - and add patterns, or even pictures!
• Disable some cells until other cells are clicked on
• Play MPEG video and MP3 audio files
• Unlimited number of groups for cell group scanning

New Edit mode:

• Drag and resize cells
• Pop-up Editing Toolbox gives you easy access to all your editing tools
• Cell Palettes contain cells with different shapes and actions - simply drag them onto the grid!
• Picture, Sound and Video palettes too - simply drag to a cell to add a picture, sound or video!
• Can still Shift-click to edit cell text in Run mode
• Protects your grids from accidental editing in Run mode

New Pop-up grids:

• Click on a cell and open a pop-up grid!
• Use pop-up grids for word banks
• Create labelling exercises
• Use pop-up keyboards to enter text into a talking book
• Switch users can now write talking books!

New Clicker Explorer features:

• New XP-style look
• Task pane lets you find Grid Sets easily
• Direct access to LearningGrids.com - search for and run or download files without leaving Clicker!
• Drag and drop grids to create or reorder sequences
• 'Master grids' let you modify many grids in one go!
• Instant access to any grid in a set - simply double-click on it!

NB: Free resources support for Clicker 5 and other great Crick software such as ClozePro, Jigworks and WordBar can be downloaded from Crick's learninggrids website.

System Requirements:

Special access feature: Switch

Windows and Macintosh Dual Platform CDROM

Ordering:
For the single user version either use our online ordering selector under 'Available Options' and 'Price ex. GST' at the bottom of the page and pay by credit card (secure PAYPAL system) or direct deposit. Customers can also place an order online but pay with credit card details over the phoneline, or simply place an order over the phone during business hours (0386829945). Note: GST does not apply to any of the Clicker products.

School ordering of single and Multi-user Packs
5-User & 30-user packs are available with a Clicker 5 CDROM, ANZ resources CDROM, User Licence and User manual. See the table below. Organisations may fax a purchase order to East West (0390178931) rather than use the online ordering system. Schools, hospitals and other government bodies will then be sent an invoice with the delivered goods. See the table directly below for the ex. GST price.

Reviews:

1. ^Download the following article on Clicker 5 as a PDF file, "Clicker 5 poised to change the way children write" from Closing the Gap (Computer Technology in Special Education and Rehabilitation), Vol. 24 No. 3, August/September 2005
2. ^Download the following article on Clicker 5 as a PDF file, "The ICT Guide" from Special magazine, Autumn 2005
3. See "Using ICT to support young learners who are non-native speakers of English" from Children and Teenagers, Autumn 2006 by clicking here
4. ^Download the following reviews & reports on Clicker 5 by writers of The Times Education Supplement Online:
   • See "Winner at the Grid" by John Galloway, January 2005 by clicking here
   • See "Finger Clicking Good" by John Galloway, March 2005 by clicking here
   • See "Adventures with Toby the bear" by Arnold Evans, April 2006 (from TES Teacher) by clicking here
   • For a review on using a Touch Screen Monitor with Clicker 5 see "Touching tales" by John Galloway, May 2006 by clicking here

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