Transcript Document 7352661

A.J.’s Technology for Writing
Internet
Computer software: Microsoft word,
Inspiration, Readplease, Kidspiration,
Solo, Co-Writer, Write Outloud, Dragon
(voice to text), The Writing Machine, Story
book Weaver
THE WRITER
The Writer
The Writer
Who It’s For - Who will it Fit?
Using the Writer – How could you use it?
Management – How can we use it best?
The Writer: Who it’s for
 Students whose fine motor difficulties are
supported more effectively with keyboarding
 Students who have difficulty copying from the
board
 Students who have difficulty spelling
 Students who are not motivated to write
 Students who need assistance with generating
ideas, word choice, and organization when
writing
Using the Writer
Enrolling and opening a work folder
Press the On/Off key
Folder Selection screen
FI Available
F5 Available
F2 Available
F6 Available
F3 Available
F7 Available
F4 Available
F8 Available
Remember
Pressing Esc at any time will return you
to the previous screen and main
menus!
The Writer saves everything
automatically!
Press F1
[
Enter Folder Name
Type your subject area here ]
Press Enter
[
Enter student name
Type your first name here ]
Press Enter
[
Enter teacher name
Type your last name here ]
Press Enter
Resource
K= Keyboarding
N = New File
Press N to open a new file in your “Work Folder”
Name your new file
[Type a topic from your subject area such as
Math Journal]
Enabling Password Protection
Open your work folder and press Alt-P
Enter New Folder Password
Password: [ Type 3 digits here ]
Verify:
Creative Writing Prompts
 There are 41 writing prompts programmed in the
Writer
 Press the Apps. key. Place the > on writing prompts
and press Enter. Three choices will be offered – by
pressing the downward arrow key, select Browse
prompt list
 Continue to press down arrow key to view prompts
 Press Enter to view writing prompt (if you accept it is
automatically saved as a file in the folder you are in)
 Press Escape to go back to Work Folder screen
 Press N to open a new
file in your “Work
Folder”
 Name your new file:
Writer
 Type the following
sentences:
I had this great dream about when I was a little kid. A
funny little guy came up to me and told me I had three
wishes. He was very nice but I wondered how…
Auto-Thesaurus
 Press the Option key
and the Thesaurus
key the Writer will
scan for overused
words and offer
suggestions.
 Mine turned out like
this:
I had this wonderful
dream about when I
was a little girl. A funny
little fellow came up to
me and told me I had
three wishes. He was
enormously
captivating although I
wondered how…
Thesaurus
Place the cursor under the word you would like to check
for synonyms and press the Thesaurus key.
By pressing the Thesaurus key once or even twice
again, you will be a shown a second or even third
set of word choices.
I’m happy to see you, my friend said
No suggestions – Press Esc to Exit
Or try using the root word
Or
I’m happy to see you,” my friend
>cheerful
jolly
jovial
Press Esc to Exit
Or Enter to replace
Spell Check
Spell check your dream story by pressing
the spell check key.
One of two windows will appear similar to
the Thesaurus screens.
You will either get a no suggestion screen,
a list of suggested spellings, or a Spell
check complete screen.
Replacing the Word
If you locate a word that you believe is the
correct spelling for the misspelled word,
press the Enter key and the word will
immediately be inserted into your text
Writer word prediction
Move your cursor to the bottom of your Dream text
Press Alt-W to open word prediction
Begin to type anything you like
The Writer will automatically offer word options
Press the number that you would like to choose. If
you do not see the word you like, continue typing
the word and more suggestions will appear
Deleting a folder
In order to delete a folder you must be in
that folder
Open your work folder F1-F8 and press
Alt-D
Checklist Templates
 There are seven checklist templates available:
 1. Good Writing Checklist
 2. Perfect Paragraph Checklist
 3. Multi-Paragraph Checklist
 4. Six Traits of Writing Checklist
 5. Response to Literature Checklist
 6. Persuasive Essay Checklist
 7. Writing Prompts Checklist (automatically
attached to the on-board writing prompts)
 8. (No Checklist)
More cool features
 Written files and Keyboarding reports can be
sent via infrared to both computers and some
printers
 Daily journal with five page writing capacity.
Entry is automatically dated and student may
only write under current day.
 All writing printed from the Writer comes with an
automatic heading that contains: the student’s
name, the teacher’s name, the file name and the
date, and with a student self - assessment
checklist.
Sample of Print out page
Student : Wendy
Teacher : Parsons
File : New Species
Date : Feb. 23, 2007
You discovered a new animal specie. Write an article announcing your great discovery. Be sure to
include:
a complete description of this new species.
how the discovery was made.
what makes this discovery so special.
Writing Prompts
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My writing
___ is well organized with a beginning, middle and end.
___ uses exact and interesting language to develop the characters.
___ uses exact and interesting language to develop the setting.
___ uses exact and interesting language to develop the action.
___ does not stray from the main idea of the story.
___ answers important who, what, where, when and why questions.
___ has heart and expresses feeling.
___ demonstrates good spelling, capitalization, punctuation and sentence
structure.