Composing+Written+Material

Composing Written Material 

For the majority of students with disabilities or special needs, they have trouble with the writing process. Below are listed software tools and examples of these to help students with all of the steps of writing and notetaking: Prewriting: takes place before writing, and involves process of planning for your writing ~Technology Tools: Graphic Organizer or Outlining Software ~Examples: Inspiration and Draftbuilder

Drafting: Developing ideas into meaningful words, sentences and paragraphs ~Technology Tools: Word Processing Software, Word Prediction Software, Macros, and Speech Recognition Software ~Examples: Microsoft Word, WordQ, Co:Writer, Dragon Naturally Speaking and Speaking SpeakQ Evaluating what was written: Rereading and evaluating what they have written ~Technology Tools: Talking Word Processing (Text-to-Speech)  ~Examples: WordQ, Write: OutLoud, and Read and Write <span style="color: #0a8a4f; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;">Editing and Revising: Self Evaluations that make editions and revisions such as spelling, grammar, organizational structure, word choice and content <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 35.35pt; tabstops: 35.35pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;">~Technology Tools: Talking Word Processing with talking spell-checks (text-to-speech), homonym finder, word prediction and grammar checker <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 35.35pt; tabstops: 35.35pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;">~Examples: WordQ, Write: OutLoud, Read and Write, Confusingwords.com, Co: Writer and Microsoft Word <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;"><span style="color: #0a8a4f; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;">Sharing and Publishing: After multiple revisions and drafts, this is when the final product is complete <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 35.35pt; tabstops: 35.35pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;">~Technology Tools: Track Changes and Insert, Comment Features, Multimedia Software (combining text with graphics, sound and video) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 35.35pt; tabstops: 35.35pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;">~Examples: Microsoft Word and PowerPoint <span style="color: #0a8a4f; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;">Notetaking <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 35.35pt; tabstops: 35.35pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;">~Technology Tools: Portable notetakers, PDA's (Personal Digital Device) with keyboards, Braille notetakers, Software with captionist and sound display, and capturing devices <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 35.35pt; tabstops: 35.35pt; text-indent: -14.15pt;">~Examples: Neo, Dana, Palm, Braille Lite M40, BrailleNote, C-Print, CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation), mimio and SMART Board

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