4 tools to Support Learning at College

• Literacy
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

Assistive Technology

4 tools to Support Learning at College

What tools do you use?

4 tools

• Immersive Reader
• Dictate 
• Quizlet 
• OneNote

Immersive Reader

• Microsoft Read Aloud Technology 
• Helps with long reading, revision and fatigue
• Multisensory 
• Improves retention of what has been read
• When used to read out your own writing, it can help you spot mistakes. 

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Dictate

• Microsoft Dictate lets you talk instead of type
• Your voice is turned into written text in real time
• It's speech-to-text - your words appear on screen as you speak
• Works in Word, Outlook, OneNote and PowerPoint
• This helps you focus on what you want to say, not how to spell it

Activity 

Practise using Dictate to write a paragraph on "Why I chose this course"

Check what you have written using Immersive Reader. 

Quizlet 

• Free online Flashcards
• Track progress 
• Create sets of 10-20 cards on topics 
• Practice using multiple choice/true false quizzes
• Set up on phone (need to confirm in email)
• Practise creating a set of 2-5 cards 

quizlet.com

OneNote

• Microsoft 365 and download the app to your phone/device
• Good functionality on phone
• Notetaking
• Revision
• Producing work in class

Your task

• Download OneNote
• Log in with college details
• Add a page in your Quick Notes
• Change the bakground colour
• Title the page 'Sample'
• Insert audio
• Use 'dictate' to insert text and read back using Immersive Reader OR 
• If using a laptop, try to print a document into a OneNote page

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Which of these tools do you think are most useful for you?