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The one keyboard shortcut your students should really know.

March 17, 2017 - Leave a Comment

UPDATED: June 16, 2019 (Happy Father’s Day!) If students knew keyboard shortcuts, then they could get class work and homework assignments done a lot quicker. Seriously. Students who know their way around a keyboard and a computer are definitely at an advantage. As a literacy teacher, I told my students, if it takes you twice […]


Dragon Naturally Speaking Home vs Professional 15 Review:

  • Nuance offers two versions of their voice software. Read this blog post comparing Dragon Professional vs Dragon Home 15.
  • UPDATE (Tue, Dec 10, 2019): By the way, I still use Dragon Professional 15 to blog and write things down – even though I type at 100+ WPM. The last post I dictated was this one about a free New Year’s Resolution writing activity.

March Break and Getting Unstuck

March 15, 2017 - Leave a Comment

Sometimes, it’s hard to get unstuck. My buddy suggested getting out of the house. Hang out in a coffee shop and work away on the free wifi. So, here we are – double double in hand, and marking bins left at home. Here are 10 things that I want to think about over the next […]


Dragon Naturally Speaking Home vs Professional 15 Review:

  • Nuance offers two versions of their voice software. Read this blog post comparing Dragon Professional vs Dragon Home 15.
  • UPDATE (Tue, Dec 10, 2019): By the way, I still use Dragon Professional 15 to blog and write things down – even though I type at 100+ WPM. The last post I dictated was this one about a free New Year’s Resolution writing activity.

Dragon Professional 14: Why Teachers should use voice recognition

June 28, 2016 - Leave a Comment

Dragon Professional 14 Article UPDATING June 29, 2019: It’s been 3 years since I used Dragon to speak naturally and dictate this post. Here’s the updated post about Dragon Professional 14 from June 2016: It’s been a while since I’ve written on this blog but since it’s June (2016) I thought I would reboot it. […]

This post was written using Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking (Dragon Professional 14)

When I wrote the first draft of this post, Nuance Dragon Voice Software was 97.7% accurate. Although I spoke naturally, the voice recognition software made 17 mistakes out of 739 words.

Dragon Naturally Speaking Home vs Professional 15 Review:

  • Nuance offers two versions of their voice software. Read this blog post comparing Dragon Professional vs Dragon Home 15.
  • UPDATE (Tue, Dec 10, 2019): By the way, I still use Dragon Professional 15 to blog and write things down – even though I type at 100+ WPM. The last post I dictated was this one about a free New Year’s Resolution writing activity.

You can do better than a 10% discount for Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 premium.

June 6, 2015 - Leave a Comment

If you’re going to buy Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 premium, don’t pay full price. Sometimes, when you’re on the Nuance website, just as you’re about to leave, they will offer you a discount. When I bought the voice recognition software, it offered me a 20% discount which I took right away. (Darn.) Yesterday, I was peeking […]

This post was written using Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking (Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium 13)

When I wrote the first draft of this post, Nuance Dragon Voice Software was 97.5% accurate. Although I spoke naturally, the voice recognition software made 3 mistakes out of 121 words.

Dragon Naturally Speaking Home vs Professional 15 Review:

  • Nuance offers two versions of their voice software. Read this blog post comparing Dragon Professional vs Dragon Home 15.
  • UPDATE (Tue, Dec 10, 2019): By the way, I still use Dragon Professional 15 to blog and write things down – even though I type at 100+ WPM. The last post I dictated was this one about a free New Year’s Resolution writing activity.

Windows 10 is coming and I just reserved my free upgrade.

June 5, 2015 - Leave a Comment

UPDATED: June 16, 2019. This post was originally written 4 years ago when I used Dragon, spoke naturally, and dictated this article. My computer transcribed what I wrote using speech-to-text software. Right now, I’m using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 with Windows 8.1 Pro. But, in a few months (on July 29, 2015) to be exact, my […]

This post was written using Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking (Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium 13)

When I wrote the first draft of this post, Nuance Dragon Voice Software was 99.1% accurate. Although I spoke naturally, the voice recognition software made 3 mistakes out of 342 words.

Dragon Naturally Speaking Home vs Professional 15 Review:

  • Nuance offers two versions of their voice software. Read this blog post comparing Dragon Professional vs Dragon Home 15.
  • UPDATE (Tue, Dec 10, 2019): By the way, I still use Dragon Professional 15 to blog and write things down – even though I type at 100+ WPM. The last post I dictated was this one about a free New Year’s Resolution writing activity.

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How to lock your iPad screen so students can only use 1 specific app

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