I really like Microsoft Word. Sure, I use Google Docs in the classroom with my students. No one does online collaboration like Google – Microsoft and Wikispaces just can’t compare. I love how you can have multiple students working in the same Google document at the same time, and Google does a great job of […]
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WordQ and SpeakQ: Assistive Technology for the Classroom
Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time playing around with WordQ and SpeakQ. (Mostly because my free 30 day trial is about to expire, but also because I like playing around with voice recognition software.) WordQ is a pretty neat piece of assistive technology. It’s a third-party application that helps students to write, whether […]
SpeakQ Speech Assistive Technology vs Dragon NaturallySpeaking Voice Recognition Software
WordQ is assistive technology software that helps students write by predicting their next word as they type. SpeakQ is a plug-in for WordQ that adds speech recognition. Sometimes students get stuck trying to spell a word because they are so wrong that they can’t find the word in the dictionary, and assistive technology can’t predict […]
Google dictionary gives you a definition just by double-clicking a word
A few weeks ago, I read Paul Barnwell’s article about why Twitter and Facebook were not good instructional tools in the classroom. That article, combined with some recent experiences using classroom technology, really drove home the point about how we need to take classroom technology beyond the initial “wow” factor and how we need to […]
Using Google auto complete to help students write better
In today’s texting generation, a lot of students can’t spell properly. Some students may have an identified learning disability and have access to assistive technology such as WordQ or Talking Word Processor. Other students just can’t spell and rely heavily on spell check to catch their mistakes. Sometimes, you end up with a lot of […]