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Focus on Writing
Content-free Software
2
Categories of Software
1. Reinforcement (Drill & Practice Software)
2. Interactive Books (Talking Stories)
3. Content-free Software
4. Exploratory Software
5. Reference Software
6. Assessment Software
7. Access Tools / Software
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3. Content-free Software
• Allows user to enter own content
Benefits
Use in many areas of curriculum
Develop own materials to meet indiviual needs of students
Helps students to overcome barriers to learning
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Content-free Software
Types:
Word Processing Programs
Writing Frames
Talking Word Processing Programs
Word Prediction
Word Bank Planning and Organising
Desktop Publishing / Art & Design Applications
Multimedia Authoring Systems
Presentation
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Word Processing Programs
• Enables user to produce wide range of professional looking products
Benefits:
Writing can help students develop word recognition and reading skills
Highly motivational as students can express themselves without being worried about appearance
Text can be moved, changed and copied easily
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Word Processing Programs
Benefits (cont.):
Facilitates drafting and rewriting processes
Spellchecker allows students to concentrate on content rather than spelling
Picture or graphic can facilitate those with reading difficulties
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Word Processing Programs
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of sentence building, sequencing, punctuation, etc.
Basic keyboard skills
Some mouse skills
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Word Processing Programs
Examples include:
Appleworks
Creative Writer
Microsoft Word
Young Writer’s Workshop
My World 2
Write on for Windows
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Word Processing Programs (Writing Frames)
Supports students through the writing process by providing prompts and sentence beginnings
• Highly motivational as students can use frameworks to structure and complete a piece of writing
• Students can concentrate on content
• Written work is relevant to given topic
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Word Processing Programs (Writing Frames)
Examples include:
• I Can Write 2
• The Big Editor
• Frameworks
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Talking Word Processing Programs
• Include an inbuilt speech synthesizer that reads back text
• Can be set to read every letter, word, line, sentence, paragraph or whole screen
Benefits:
Allows students to monitor their work
Auditory feedback assists students in correcting their spelling, grammar, syntax
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Talking Word Processing Programs
Examples include:
Clicker 4
Granada Writer
Inclusive Writer
Textease 2000
Texthelp! Type & Talk
Write Outloud
Writing with Symbols
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Word Prediction
• Run in conjunction with a word processing program and suggests words as text is entered
• When user types first letter of a word, a list of words appear
Benefits
Suggests words so students can concentrate on context rather than spelling
Remembers words that student uses most frequently
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Word Prediction
Examples include:
Co: Writer
Penfriend
Predict IT
PredictAbility
TextHELP! Read and Write
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Word Bank
• Allows the teacher to input lists of words
• Student can hear the word by pointing to it with the mouse
Benefits
Teacher can chose words that individual students have difficulty with
Can input topic words, sentence starters, etc.
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Word Bank
Examples include:
Wordbar
Granada Writer*
Clicker*
Textease 2000*
* Talking word processors that include word banks