Tech Resources For Literacy
Literacy in the classroom
Reading and writing can be difficult for students with disabilities. It can especially be difficult for students who are deaf, blind, or that are behind when it comes to grade level standards. The following links will lead to some awesome technology to help when it comes to literacy resources.
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Kurzweil 3000
https://www.kurzweiledu.com/products/products.html
Kurzweil 3000 is a text-to-speech device. Coming from under the video on YouTube: "Kurzweil, leader in assistive technology, text-to-speech tools, software literacy solutions and reading technology serves the nation's most challenged students, including individuals with dyslexia, attention deficit disorder or those who are English Language Learners (ELL). Kurzweil 3000, the integrated reading, writing and study skills software, allows your struggling readers to learn from the same curriculum materials as their peers." |
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Readability
https://www.readability.com/
Coming from the website: "Readability is a free reading platform that aims to deliver a great reading experience wherever you are, and to provide a system to connect readers to the writers they enjoy." Readability can be used on the iPad, desktop, or tablet. It also helps clean cluttered pages and saves pages to read later.
Coming from the website: "Readability is a free reading platform that aims to deliver a great reading experience wherever you are, and to provide a system to connect readers to the writers they enjoy." Readability can be used on the iPad, desktop, or tablet. It also helps clean cluttered pages and saves pages to read later.
sprintz
• http://www.spritzinc.com/
• Coming from the website: "Spritzing is reading text with Spritz Inc.’s patented technology. When you’re spritzing, you’re reading text one word at a time in our “redicle,” a special visual frame we designed for reading." • As the website suggests, almost everyone can use this service. |
start-to-finish library
• http://donjohnston.com/stflibrary/#.U1-8_VzS3fY
• Coming from the website: "The Start-to-Finish Library offers your struggling readers a wide-selection of age-appropriate narrative chapter books written at two readability levels." • This tool is for 2nd-5th grade readers. |
cowriter
• http://donjohnston.com/cowriter/#.VXcELmRViko (Links to an external site.)
• Coming from the website: "Co:Writer Universal for Google Chrome uses grammar- and vocabulary-smart word prediction to help students better express their ideas in writing across devices. And now built-in speech recognition adds an entirely new way of getting ideas out!" • Co:Writer can be used through desktop or iPad or Tablets. It has speech recognition, supports vocabulary in the new standards, and proves outcomes with data. |
bookshare
• https://www.bookshare.org/cms/bookshare-me
• Coming from the website: "Bookshare offers the world’s largest collection of accessible titles. As a result, people of all ages, as well as schools and many organizations around the globe can access the books they need for school, work, career advancement, skill development and the simple love of reading in formats that work for them." • Also from the website: "How can you read Bookshare books?
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