54-Read+Write+Gold+in+the+Gen+Ed+Classroom

Susan Tomlinson Teacher Librarian Humboldt High School stomlinson@humboldt.k12.ia.us
 * __Read Write Gold 9.0 in the general education classroom__**
 * 1) What is it?
 * 2) Began as a special education tool
 * 3) Can help make a student more independent
 * 4) Read documents, web pages, pdfs, other digital files
 * 5) Word Prediction
 * 6) Homophone and homonym checking
 * 7) Phonetic spell checking
 * 8) Automatic summarizing
 * 9) Speech to text
 * 10)  Brain storming organizer
 * 11) Research collection
 * 12) There is no reason to limit its use to special education students
 * 13) Any student that writes, reads or does research can use the program.
 * 14) Getting started
 * 15) Once the program has been installed by the technology department it is ready to use.
 * 16) The program can be tied to your log in.
 * 17) If you change any of the settings these can be remembered
 * 18) You can change
 * 19) The voice
 * 20) Gender
 * 21) Pitch
 * 22) Speed
 * 23) Volume
 * 24) Word Pause
 * 25) Word Pronunciation
 * 26) ETC
 * 27) Toolbar
 * 28) orientation
 * 29) Spell Check
 * 30) Designed for students not business professionals
 * 31) Uses phonetics to suggest words not the beginning letters
 * 32) Each entry includes:
 * 33) Correct spelling
 * 34) Definition
 * 35) Use in a sentence
 * 36) Homophone Checker
 * 37) Similar to the spell check
 * 38) Color codes the homophones
 * 39) Check offers options
 * 40) Definition
 * 41) Use in a sentence
 * 42) Dictionary
 * 43) Highlight a word and see the definition
 * 44) Several levels
 * 45) Basic
 * 46) Advanced
 * 47) Web
 * 48) Dictionary.com
 * 49) Word Wizard
 * 50) Explores many aspects of a word to help refine it to the best option
 * 51) Definition
 * 52) Opposites
 * 53) Types
 * 54) Is part of
 * 55) The parts of
 * 56) Related words
 * 57) Calculator
 * 58) Basic and Scientific
 * 59) Shows the previous actions
 * 60) Fact Folder
 * 61) Helps students to collect and organize information from digital sources
 * 62) Find the information that you need and highlight it
 * 63) Click on the button and the option opens
 * 64) Records several items needed for a citation
 * 65) Create groups to organize the information
 * 66) Record any other notes as needed
 * 67) Access the facts at any time by using the arrow and selecting Review Facts
 * 68) Can be exported to Microsoft Word
 * 69) Fact Mapper
 * 70) Brainstorming and organizational tool
 * 71) Is internet based
 * 72) Highlighters
 * 73) Can be used on the web or in a document
 * 74) Use the different colors for different areas
 * 75) Facts can be gathered together and exported
 * 76) Video Tours
 * 77) Embedded within the program are video tours
 * 78) Nearly every button or function has one
 * 79) They are about 3-5 minutes long
 * 80) Some are available on-line
 * 81) Texthelp.com
 * 82) The website for Read Write Gold
 * 83) [|www.texthelp.com]
 * 84) Educator Tab
 * 85) Lesson Plans
 * 86) By Teachers and by Texthelp
 * 87) Videos
 * 88) By schools using the product
 * 89) Product Information and articles
 * 90) Funding Information

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