1. Welcome to the Writing Page

2. Areas of the Writing Process Accessing Organizing Entering Text Reviewing/Editing

3. Low/no tech: Peer editing High Tech: Word processor editing tools, text to speech, homonym check, franklin spellers, Ginger Soft http://www.gingersoftware.com/

4. Word Processing Editing Tools Check out tools within technology already available and familar! right click replace Auto Correct (Abbreviation Expansion)

5. Word Processing Editing Tools Having a peer or teacher edit work is still a very appropriate and powerful option. Reviewing and editing tools in Word can help to improve this process. highlighting voice comments

6. Text to Speech Benefits and Why? Text becomes more interactive and engaging Reading/hearing text becomes a stronger multisensory experience Studies have shown reading and hearing text together increase comprehension Students can improve editing skills by hearing errors that they may typically miss Students gain independence (decreasing decoding requirements) In turn can increase self esteem

7. Text to Speech Tools Free options (Explosion of these in the past couple years) o Balabolka o ReadPLease o Expressivo For Purchase o Write OutLoud (Don Johnston) o Talking Word Processor (Premier Assistive)

8. Assistance with spelling Portable dictionaries Portable spellers such as Franklin Spellers Software Ginger Software: Helps by using a high level phonetic dictionary to correct errors in text.

9. Reviewing and Editing Reviewing and Editing text would be an important part of the writing process. For more information regarding writing, please visit the Infinitec website. http://www.myinfinitec.orghttp://www.myinfinitec.org