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Type of Software |
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Software Program |
Uses |
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Drill and practice software |
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Spell It Plus, First
Phonics, Get Ready for School Charlie Brown |
- Provide practice with feedback.
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Tutorial software (provides
guided practice) |
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Writing Trek, Every Child a
Reader |
- Provide assistance as well as feedback.
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Simulation |
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African Trail, Amazon Trail,
Great Ocean Rescue |
- Involve reading and writing in an
cross-curriculum environment.
- Basis for research.
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Desktop Publishing |
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Microsoft Word |
- Posters
- Newsletters
- Storybooks
- Class album
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Writing |
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Kidspiration or Inspiration, The
Amazing Writing Machine, Microsoft Word using Highlights, Comments, or
Track Changes. |
- Use for collaborative writing.
- Return students writing samples with highlights
or comments.
- Use highlights to teach parts of speech
or spelling.
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Graphic |
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KidPix, PaintShop Pro, Photoshop LE |
- Illustrate stories
- Draw illustrations to match a favorite
illustrator.
- Draw maps of events.
- Create wordles and pictograms.
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Multimedia authoring |
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HyperStudio, PowerPoint |
- Present projects
- Write and illustrate stories
- Design posters
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Handheld/Personal Digital Assistants
software |
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Documents to Go,
Dictionary and Thesaurus,
eBooks |
- Beam assignments or writing samples.
- Read downloaded Web pages.
- Check reference sources.
- Read eBooks.
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