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Using Clicker to Stretch More Able Students

October 21, 2014 Kelly O'Brien Learning Difficulties, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, curriculum support, ESL, Primary School Education

Reposted with permission from Crick Software US Blog My colleague, Cath, was visiting a school recently and got into a

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Fluency Tutor for Google Update – Includes FREE Android App

October 3, 2014October 3, 2014 Jason Carroll Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, Google Chrome apps, K-12, ESL

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Today Texthelp announced a number of welcomed additions to Fluency Tutor for Google. These include

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Fluency Tutor for Google – Free Premium Access through Oct. 1

September 18, 2014 Jason Carroll Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, Google Chrome apps, K-12, ESL

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Back in July Texthelp announced the availability of Fluency Tutor for Google at the California

A page of a Science books created using Clicker Books showing the handle of a frying pan

Techniques & Tips

Using Clicker in secondary school science lessons

September 16, 2014 Siobhan Percival Learning Disabilities, Learning Difficulties, curriculum support, clicker 6, clicker apps, ESL, science, talk books, Clicker Books

Reposted with permission from Crick Software UK Blog We have a really interesting new success story to finish the term

A girl writing happily

Techniques & Tips

Keep Students Writing All Summer

July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 Jason Carroll Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, K-12, ESL, vacation activities, writing activities, summer slide, iReadWrite

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post on 6 Resources to Help Stop

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Fluency Tutor for Google Now Available

July 24, 2014July 24, 2014 Jason Carroll text-to-speech, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, Google Apps, ESL

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly two-thirds of students in the US

Screenshot showing summarizing text on mac

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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

Screenshot of ToolMatcher

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Read&Write Gold ToolMatcher

May 2, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, higher education, K-12, ESL, study skills

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Many schools looking for assistive technology supports that can benefit a wide range of students

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3 Note Taking Alternatives

April 28, 2014April 28, 2014 Jason Carroll Reading and Writing Difficulties, speech recognition, livescribe, Read&Write for Google, higher education, ESL, study skills, note taking, dictation, smart pen

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com I recently visited a college campus and had the opportunity to talk with the Disability

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How Higher Education is Changing

April 8, 2014April 4, 2014 Jason Carroll higher education, Secondary School and Post-secondary, ESL

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Earlier this month I pulled together tons of information related to the current status of