Welcome to our blog for Reluctant Writers. The purpose of this site is to provide educators, parents and anyone wishing to know more information for helping reluctant writers. This blog will be a wealth of information about the complicated writing process and will provide links, app reccomendations and professional development in this particular area. Hope you find it a very 'useful' blog for your particular needs. Enjoy and feel free to send suggestions or ask questions regarding the writing process.
Monday, 18 July 2011
Is your student experiencing difficulties with lower level writing?
If you have a student who is struggling with aspects of lower level writing skills such as mental planning, past experience recall, vocabulary, spelling, pencil grasp, OT visual concerns, proprioception and directionality etc then we can help.
Depending on where the breakdown occurs, after inital assessment, will depend on the type of intervention or assistive technology that could be implemented. For example, if a student lacks manuel dexterity then a keyboard may be used(dependent on the level of dexterity) or voice recognition software could be used to assist writing.
Shake a Phrase (1.99)
This app writers inspiration to start writing by
building language, vocab, memory etc.
A few apps for young writers as well as older students are listed.
iWrite Words(2.99)
This is a app to teach
children the proper formation
of letters in a fun and educational way
Even if young students need a tactile way of learning letters
then there is a fun way to engage them.
Teaching the proper pencil grip is another video linked to teaching proper pencil grip.
What happens when fine motor issues are holding the student back from producing any written output?
Some options are AlphaSmart(Neo), Word Q+Speak Q, Voice Memo, Co-Writer SOLO, Fusion, Quickpad, Aurora Suite, EZ Keys for Windows and Write:Outloud.
A video of AlphaSmart usage is demonstrated below.
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