Research

Electronic organizational tools eliminate barriers of handwriting and spelling which allows students to manipulate information in ways that match their individual strengths. 

Decoding	Allow the student to use text to speech to support decoding for selected texts  Quick Guide:  Installing and Using the Read&Write for Google Toolbar
Comprehension of grade-level text	Online research tools with text to speech, leveled text, and multimedia features. Quick Guides:  UDL Features of Online Media Subscriptions Building Background Knowledge
Taking notes while reading	Some students need an organizational structure to record ideas. Others need to brainstorm ideas then organize their thoughts. Electronic graphic organizers allow for either process. Teachers can scaffold at first and gradually release students to create their own organizers. Quick Guides: Sticky Note Strategy low tech organizational strategy Electronic tools for research:     Google Keep     Noodle Tools Highlighting Tool and Extracting Notes Premium Version Highlighting Tool and Extracting Notes Free for all Students Voice notes on the Read&Write for Google Toolbar PDF documents can be challenging to note-take as the text is not always accessible. This quick guide will show you how to use the PDF reader on the Read and Write for Google to annotate PDFs Annotation PDFs for note-taking
Identifying main idea and key details	Electronic highlighters help students who over highlight, or have fine motor issues. Inserting comments allows students to make and change their insights directly in the text. Audio comments offer the same without requiring the student to type. Teachers can insert comments or audio comments to guide students while reading.   Quick Guides:  Highlighting and Extracting Notes Tool Voice notes to support Reading comprehension Adding Comments in Google Docs
Organization	Some students need an organizational structure to place ideas during the pre-writing process. Others need to brainstorm and then organize their thoughts. Electronic graphic organizers allow for either process. Teachers can scaffold the process and gradually release students to create their own organizers. Quick Guides: • Sticky Note Strategy low tech organizational strategy • Tables to Text strategy: • Electronic tools for research:       Google Keep       Noodle Tools • Extracting Highlights • Highlighting and Extracting Notes Free for all Students • Voice notes on the Read and Write for Google Toolbar