Clicker 6 ANZ (Australian/New Zealand Version)
Clicker is a powerful yet easy-to-use writing support and multimedia tool that enables children to write with whole words, phrases or pictures
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What is Clicker?
Clicker is an onscreen keyboard with speech. Each key (or cell) can hold a letter, word, phrase or picture. When you click on a cell in a Clicker grid, the text and graphic in the cell is sent into the built-in word processor – Clicker Writer. Cells can also speak their text using the built-in software speech, and you can record your own voice directly into a cell!
Do you work with early readers and writers? Do you want to extend your older writers? Do you need to support your struggling writers? Then Clicker is for you.
Children can write with whole words, phrases or pictures by clicking on cells in a ‘grid’. Grids can be linked so that students can move through them in a sequence, offering scaffolding through written tasks, and access to an unlimited number of words or pictures. Reluctant or struggling writers really achieve success as they write in a way that they have never done before.
Words in the grid can be spoken with a right-click, enabling the student to hear a word before writing it. Sentences in the word processor are read aloud automatically as they are completed with a full stop. The child’s writing can be printed out or saved in HTML format, so that school children can publish their work on the school website.
Clicker is also a powerful tool for creating multimedia presentations which can be enhanced with digital photographs, sound and video. For example, children can make simple talking books, produce a multimedia guide to the school or create collaborative onscreen presentations.
Whether you are working in mainstream education or a special needs setting, Clicker is the perfect tool for helping all your students achieve reading and writing success. Clicker enables children to learn and progress within an easy-to-navigate, motivating environment tailored to their individual needs.
Clicker 6 builds on the acclaimed support features of its predecessor. It combines customisable student support tools that empower children to work independently, with intuitive activity wizards that make it easier than ever before for teachers to create and edit Clicker activities.
What’s new in Clicker 6?
Clicker 6 takes all the best features of Clicker 5 and adds some fantastic new functionality!
More student independence!
- Quick start word processor
Children are able to start working straight away! - Primary word predictor
This intelligent predictor suggests words that fit the context of the student’s writing. - Enhanced picture library
Over 2500 curriculum pictures, which are available for use in documents, Clicker Sets, the predictor and the spellchecker! - Built-in painting tools
Crick’s popular painting program, Clicker Paint, is now fully integrated into Clicker. - Webcam support
Students’ photographs instantly appear in their Clicker documents. - Favourites list
Children save their favourite Clicker activities for easy future access. - Click and Edit books
Enable students to independently create their own talking books and presentations!
Less teacher time!
- Clicker wizards
Follow the step-by-step instructions to quickly create personalised reading, writing, matching, labelling, speaking and listening activities. - New editing tools
Editing activities made simple! Click on a cell and the toolbar instantly changes to display only the tools relevant to the item being edited. - Faster access to LearningGrids
No need to login, access hundreds of free resources instantly from within Clicker!
Clicker Benefits
- Boost writing independence with Clicker’s word processor
- Review writing with Clicker’s clear voice
- Develop vocabulary and spelling with word prediction
- Build reading and writing confidence with Clicker Sets
- Create your own personalised activities quickly and easily with Quick Grid Wizards and Quick Page Wizards
- Encourage students to work creatively
- Motivate and support learners with built-in picture library
- Support learners with special needs such as Dyslexia, Learning Difficulties, Speech or Language Impairments, Physical Disabilities and Low vision
- Develop English language learners’ literacy skills
Want Clicker 6 to speak in other languages? Check out Speech Support for Modern Foreign Languages (MFL).
Clicker, ClozePro, Jigworks and Wordbar are supported by Crick Software’s free website of resources at LearningGrids ANZ and LearningGrids.com (UK and US) (over 70,000 registered users). The LearningGrids.com website provides ready-made materials for use in your classroom. Just register on the site, view images of the resources, then simply click to download.
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