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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

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ILT2014 Keynote Resources: Try Another Way. Like it is a Bad Thing?

May 23, 2014May 23, 2014 Greg O'Connor

Introduction Marc Gold http://mn.gov/mnddc/extra/marc-gold1.html http://www.marcgold.com/ Marc Prensky (2012) Literacy in the Digital AgeBrain Gain: Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom http://marcprensky.com/brain-gain-technology-and-the-quest-for-digital-wisdom/ Learning

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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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Switched onto successful access to mobile tablets

May 22, 2014February 11, 2015 Charlene Cullen ipad, android, switch access, tablet

This blog post includes resources and links for the workshop session “Switched onto Successful Access to Mobile Tablets” at the

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Connecting with others via video conferencing: Google Hangouts and the alternatives

May 5, 2014May 4, 2014 Greg O'Connor conference, video, Google, video conferencing

Jason Carroll’s recent blog post Upgrade Your Next Meeting With Google Hangouts gave an overview of this increasingly popular video conferencing tool.