How Read&Write Meets Diverse Learning Needs
In a digital world, diverse learning needs can be supported with the right technology.
Technology can help learners access reading and writing skills, not only in K-12, but trade school, higher education, and their careers, too. Read&Write is a literacy support tool that helps millions of people with reading and writing. It gives literacy abilities to learners reading below grade level, who have disabilities, or who speak different languages.
Read&Write’s powerful feature set helps these students read and write independently, and make learning more accessible and personalized for everyone in class.
Key Features of Read&Write
The following features highlight some of the many ways Read&Write supports students with their learning:
- Text-to-speech helps students by reading digital text aloud, improving reading comprehension and retention.
- Translation allows for students to understand unfamiliar English vocabulary.
- Talk and Type lets students write by speaking aloud, helping students who struggle with writing.
- Co:Writer word prediction suggests words as students type, improving accuracy and helping them.
E. Study Tools
- Highlighters, dictionaries, and vocabulary lists help students organize and understand information.
F. Accessibility Features
- Screen masking and text simplification help students with visual, cognitive, or attention challenges focus and comprehend material.
Who Can Benefit from Read&Write?
Read&Write supports learners across the globe with reading, writing and understanding. Learners who benefit from using Read&Write include:
1. Students with Disabilities like:
- Physical disabilities, by helping with access
- Dyslexia, by helping with reading and spelling
- Dysgraphia, by helping with writing
- ADHD or Autism, by helping with focus and understanding
2. English Language Learners (ELLs)
Read&Write helps multilingual learners improve language skills and bridge language gaps.
3. General Education Students
Even students without specific challenges can enjoy improved efficiency, understand unfamiliar words and concepts with ease, access higher levels of academic challenge, and different means of learning content.
4. Educators
Read&Write lends a hand in differentiating instruction by providing personalized support to students, freeing up your time to teach.
Getting Started with Read&Write
Download a free trial of Read&Write here to give it a try. As you start to explore the tool, you’ll notice:
- The Read&Write Academy provides new users (including students!) with all they need to understand how to enjoy all of its features.
- Read&Write integrates seamlessly with common platforms like Google Chrome, Microsoft Word, Google Classroom, and other learning management systems.
You can customize and adjust the toolbar to your liking. For example, you can choose a reading voice and change the reading speed.
Read&Write Success
We recently visited our friends at Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS), who have Read&Write for all the students in their district.
They told us about how homework completion had improved because “students could go home and not necessarily need someone else’s help; they could be independent… because they could use the features of Read&Write.”
“There are so many features and it’s very user friendly… whether they need it for vision needs, whether they need it because they’re English Language Learners, even if they have problems with handwriting, there’s the option to speak their reports, and so it’s helped with equity a lot in our district,” they said.
See what PPS students had to say about how Read&Write helps them in school in this video.
Why Choose Read&Write?
With easy onboarding for districts, data privacy, and integration with state testing, Read&Write is an easy choice for many schools and districts.
And with more universities and workplaces offering Read&Write to students and employees, these K-12 schools are giving learners a chance to use tools that will last a lifetime.
Learn more. Explore Read&Write today.
If you’re interested in learning more about how Read&Write can support your students, you can choose to:
- Download a free trial of Read&Write and try it for yourself.
- Get in touch. Fill out this form and one of our team members will show you around Read&Write. That’s what they’re here for!