Graphic organizers are wonderful tools to help students to brainstorm and organize their ideas in the writing process. Talking word processors are also helpful for students in the editing process since they can listen to what they have written. For older students, speech recognition could be an alternative to typing. Using a microphone the students simply speaks and the computer enters the text for them into the word processor.
Write OutloudEasy to use word processing with text to speech suuport.
- graphic organizer
- brainstorming ideas
- pre-writing
- text to speech built-in
Dragon Naturally Speaking
- speech to text application
- requires training & maintenance
- needs quiet environment to work well
- student motivation & training is key
