Google Read & Write

So, we all know Google is cool by now.

It can be even more cool if we discover the Read & Write extension it offers.

The mission is to provide "a range of powerful support tools to help you gain confidence with reading, writing, studying, and research" in order "to help everyone engage with digital content in a way that suits his/her abilities and learning styles."

Explore:

• 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

By the way, teachers have the opportunity to register for a free premium subscription to this extension on Chrome.

Thanks, Google.

Questions:

When students receive special services, does their esteem decrease?

How will we know when a special service is successful?