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2013 Laptop Sales

Techniques & Tips

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

Screenshot of ToolMatcher

Tools & Resources

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

Texthelp Highlighting Tools

Tools & Resources

New Google Add-Ons for Docs!

April 4, 2014April 4, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, Read&Write for Google, Google Docs, higher education, K-12, Highlighting Tools, study skills

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com In case you haven’t heard, Google recently announced the availability of Add-Ons for Google Docs

Techniques & Tips

Making Google Forms Accessible for Struggling Readers

January 28, 2014October 14, 2019 Jason Carroll text-to-speech, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, higher education, K-12, ESL, Read and Write for Google

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com In last week’s post I talked about how easy it is to create Google Forms

Web links Tools & Resources

Using Google Forms to Evaluate Progress

January 24, 2014January 17, 2014 Jason Carroll Web links, curriculum support, K-12, Learning Tools, test making, quizzes, survey making, evaluation form, feedback form

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com It appears that most schools and universities are back in session by now (unless of

Web links Tools & Resources

Google Story Builder

January 14, 2014January 13, 2014 Jason Carroll Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, higher education, Implementation, K-12

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com I recently stumbled upon Google Story Builder and found it to be a great way

Image of TPACK Model

Techniques & Tips

Using Writing Prompts to Jumpstart Student Writing

January 10, 2014December 20, 2013 Jason Carroll Web links, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, Research, Implementation, K-12, Learning Tools

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com The last few posts on this blog have been on word prediction software, which is

Tools & Resources

629 More Free Fonts

January 7, 2014December 20, 2013 Jason Carroll Web links, Google, higher education, K-12, Tips

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com I recently posted about a Free Dyslexia Font that many readers found useful. While the