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Read Write Think is a website that is dedicated to resources for teaching literacy by
- making it available for grades K-12
- Providing many free lesson plans
- offering many topics to choose from to capture a wide spectrum of student's interests
- giving the option to choose from classroom resources or professional development
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NaturalReader is a Text to Speech software with natural sounding voices.
- This easy to use software can convert any written text such as MS Word, Webpage, PDF files, and Emails into spoken words
- NaturalReader can also convert any written text into audio files such as MP3 or WAV for your CD player or iPod
- NaturalReader has many other functions, such as OCR. OCR function works with your scanner to convert printed characters into digital text and it is up to 99% accurate. This allows you to listen to your printed file or edit it in a word-processing program.
- The best part of NaturalReader is it's free software and free to download...check it out!
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Bookshare is an online resource for accessible books.
- Free to anyone with a qualifying disability.
- Offers currently over 276,000 digital books along with teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and Assistive Technology tools.
- Books for every age and interest of readers.
- Most of the material is compatible with any e-reader.
- Very accessible and user friendly.
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IXL makes language arts practice fun and exciting by providing games that are interesting by:
- motivating students through interactive games and exercises while keeping teachers and parents informed and involved
- offering over 3,000 skill sets for pre-school through high school
- offering a dynamic and enjoyable environment suitable for any learning style
- making there site very user friendly
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Livescribe is the global leader in the design and manufacturing of smartpens, enabling customers to capture, search and share handwritten notes on the digital devices they use every day.
- Livescribe makes the only smartpens on the market that synchronize handwritten notes with recorded audio
- Livescribe’s family of smartpens include the Echo smartpen, the Sky wifi smartpen and the Livescribe 3 smartpen, with complementary software for each platform.
Livescribe Video Explanation And Uses