January 6th, 2022
The WRDSB SEA Assistive Technology Team is offering workshops to help families who might want to understand more about the basics of Google Read&Write.
Google Read&Write is a web based tool designed to help every student engage with digital content in a way that suits his/her abilities and learning styles. It is Intuitive and easy-to-use.
Read&Write offers a range of powerful support tools to help you gain confidence with reading, writing, studying and research, including:
• Text-to-speech to hear words, passages, or whole documents read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting
• Text and picture dictionaries to see the meaning of words explained
• With speech-to-text, dictate words to assist with writing, proofreading & studying
• Word prediction offers suggestions for the current or next word as you type
• Collect highlights from text in documents or the web for summarizing and research
• Create and listen to voice notes directly inside of Google Docs
• Simplify and summarize text on web pages to remove ads and other copy that can be distracting
Please visit the link below for available webinars from January 7th to 14th. There are also open office hours available for more personalized support.