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Speech to Text Apps - Updates. Chrome as Assistive Technology. Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative. Reading Goes Digital – 6 Ways Technology Enhances Reading Practices — Digital Rhetoric Collaborative. Over the past several years, we at Subtext have talked to and observed teachers in schools at all different stages of technology integration.

Reading Goes Digital – 6 Ways Technology Enhances Reading Practices — Digital Rhetoric Collaborative

While some teachers have class sets of iPads or Chromebooks, others have only a few classroom computers, or access to a school computer lab. Despite these differences, we would submit a simple principle that helps teachers be successful in their efforts: When literacy instruction goes digital across the curriculum, reading can be transformed as it becomes more impactful, engaging, and effective for students. Here, we’ll share what this looks like when technology extends 6 tried-and-true reading practices, whether your classroom is fully digital or just exploring technology. Highlighting Becomes Metacognitive. Council for Learning Disabilities.

The International Dyslexia Association Promoting literacy through research, education and advocacy. TeachingLD. Educational Literacy Apps.

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