Day 3 writing tools
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The Blank Page Drafting Revising (and revising…and revising…) Presentation
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College students begin to understand what academic writing really means only after they receive negative feedback on their work
To become a strong writer in college, you need to achieve a clear sense of two things:◦ The academic environment◦ The kinds of writing you’ll be doing in that
environment
What’s different about college What’s different about college writing?writing?
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College instructors are much more likely than high school teachers to:◦ assign writing◦ respond in detail to student writing – or not much at all◦ ask questions that cannot be dealt with easily in a fixed
form like a five-paragraph essay You may have learned only one kind of writing genre and now find you need to master other types of writing as well
More differencesMore differences
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Look for: mind mapping, speech to text
Look for: word prediction, speech to text, references
Look for: mechanics, text to speechLook for: reference management, formatting, templates
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SmartArt in Word FreeMind XMind Inspiration Mindomo Mindmeister Places to look:
Wikipedia: List of concept mapping softwareTry at least two to see which you like better. Record results on your wiki page.
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Limited capability in Word Sphinx (Geeky!) Dragon Naturally Speaking ($79.95 - $199)*◦ I recommend the premium version for academic
work Dragon Dictate app (free – iOS only, requires internet
connection)
SpeakQ ($360)
*low end of scale is student-only pricing from AcademicSuperstore.com
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Talking Word Processor LetMeType OpenOffice
Text Expander (Mac) $29.95 Phrase Express Texter (a bit geeky)
Check out at least two to see which you like better. Record results on your wiki page.
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Online dictionaries Thesauri◦ FreeThesaurus◦ VisuWords
Multiple-purpose◦ Word (& other software) built-ins◦ Lingoes◦ The Sage◦ WordWeb◦ StarDict
Check out at least two to see which you like better. Record results on your wiki page.
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Work that word processor!◦ Spell check◦ Grammar check◦ Find & replace
Spelling/grammar checkers◦ Jspell multilingual◦ ieSpell for online writing◦ Grammarly (7-day free trial)◦ Ginger (designed specifically for learning
disabilities)
Style checkers◦ The Editor◦ WordDog
Check out at least two to see which you like better. Record results on your wiki page.
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Read back what you’ve written Listen for:◦ Mispronunciations: possible misspellings◦ Long-winded sentences: may need to break
into multiple sentences◦ Odd-sounding phrases: may be grammar
errors Cannot lie to you
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BibMe Son of Citation Machine Zotero Reference management software pages on Wikipedia
Check out at least two to see which you like better. Record results on your wiki page.
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Hide/show formatting Use styles! Save templates to save time
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Why use a template?◦ Speed◦ Consistency
Creating your own templates◦ Save as .dot (Microsoft Word)◦ File, New select template◦ Must save under new name
Microsoft templates