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Educational Technology Leaders – A Great Resource

July 18, 2014 Jason Carroll Learning Disabilities, Learning Difficulties, Assistive Technology, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, professional learning networks, Google Apps, higher education, K-12, Professional Development, edtech

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com July is shaping up to be a busy month. From ISTE two weeks ago to

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Tools & Resources

6 Resources to Help Stop the Summer Slide

July 11, 2014 Jason Carroll Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, reading activities, vacation activities

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com This week marks the halfway point of summer break for many students in the US.

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Read&Write for Google Update – June 2014

June 27, 2014June 30, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, text-to-speech, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, Word Prediction, Google, Read&Write for Google, Google Docs extension

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com A new update for Read&Write for Google went live today and includes several exciting new

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Techniques & Tips

Tips for Training Students and Staff on New Technology

June 20, 2014June 27, 2014 Jason Carroll higher education, Implementation, K-12, Professional Development, Ed Tech, online training, technology training

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com In last weeks post, 11 ways to get the word out about technology on campus

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Techniques & Tips

11 Ways to Increase Technology Usage on Campus

June 13, 2014June 20, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, higher education, K-12, edtech

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Too often in the EdTech world we spend the majority of our time finding the

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Techniques & Tips

Tips for Effectively Using Social Media in the Classroom

June 6, 2014June 10, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, social media, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, wikis

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com A reasonably well agreed upon definition of social media is that it includes web based

Tools & Resources

Read&Write 6 Gold for Mac Now Available!

June 2, 2014June 12, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, text-to-speech, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, Word Prediction, screen reader, higher education, PDF reader, web reader

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Today Texthelp released Version 6 of Read&Write Gold for Mac. The software has been completely

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Tools for Summarising Text

May 30, 2014May 30, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, Google Docs, higher education, ESL, study skills

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com I just returned from a wonderful week in Australia where I had the opportunity to

Tools & Resources

Read&Write for Google is now Free for Teachers!

May 22, 2014May 22, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, text-to-speech, Reading and Writing Difficulties, Word Prediction, dyslexia, study skills, ePub reader, Google Docs extension

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Last week, Texthelp announced through social media channels that a surprise was coming soon in

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What Will You Buy Next? A Look at Computer Market Share

May 9, 2014May 9, 2014 Jason Carroll higher education, K-12, information technology, ITC, laptop sales

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Earlier this week my wife came into our home office to grab a computer. We