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Diverse Hands Holding the Word Collaborate
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3 Ways to Increase Collaboration in Google Docs, Sheets and Drive

March 10, 2015 Jason Carroll

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com If you are an educator (or student), chances are that you have to collaborate on

LearningGrids search for "sentences" resources
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Finding LearningGrids resources – top tips

December 9, 2014December 9, 2014 Jordan Butel
Google Search Box
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Get More Out of Google Searches – Infographic

December 8, 2014 Jason Carroll

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Ghotit window showing colour bars and word prediction
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Ghotit – Real Writer and Reader V9.3 for MS Windows and Mac OS X Review

September 26, 2019November 22, 2021 Gerry Kennedy

Ghotit Software and Apps are literacy support tools, available for MS Windows and MAC OS X computers as well as

Review of Ghotit Real Writer and Reader V8 for Mac
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Review of Ghotit Real Writer and Reader V8 for Mac

November 22, 2018 Gerry Kennedy
ClaroRead for Mac
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ClaroRead Plus for Mac OS V6.3 Review

November 2, 2018 Gerry Kennedy
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Google Story Builder

January 14, 2014January 13, 2014 Jason Carroll Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, higher education, Implementation, K-12

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com I recently stumbled upon Google Story Builder and found it to be a great way

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Using Writing Prompts to Jumpstart Student Writing

January 10, 2014December 20, 2013 Jason Carroll Web links, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, Research, Implementation, K-12, Learning Tools

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com The last few posts on this blog have been on word prediction software, which is

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629 More Free Fonts

January 7, 2014December 20, 2013 Jason Carroll Web links, Google, higher education, K-12, Tips

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com I recently posted about a Free Dyslexia Font that many readers found useful. While the

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Notice of Closure of the Spectronics New Zealand Auckland office effective from close of business 27th June 2013

June 27, 2013October 31, 2013 Michael O'Leary Assistive Technology

It is very sad to have to announce that, after five years of service to New Zealand out of our

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Mac Laptop Hands-on Lab 

Here is another demo conference resource post :)

April 18, 2012April 24, 2012 Keiran O'Leary

Coming soon…

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Difference between PCS Thinline and PCS Classic symbols

September 26, 2011November 9, 2016 Charlene Cullen boardmaker plus, symbols, boardmaker

Recently we have had a lot people asking us about the difference between the PCS Thinline symbols and PCS Classic

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