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What's New in Assistive Technology! Read & Write is now district-wide!
Clicker is an engaging and comprehensive software tool that requires installation on your Windows or Mac device. Clicker offers differentiated supports to target literacy skills for learners of all abilities and access methods (e.g. switch access, direct select, eye gaze). Clicker's built-in speech and picture supports, accessible features, and customization options promote student independence and confidence in writing and other literacy activities.
Clicker includes an accessible and student-friendly word processor and 8 different activity “sets” offering varying types and levels of literacy support. Clicker grids within the activities give learners point-and-click access to whole words, phrases, and pictures, providing support at all writing levels.
SSD has a district-wide universal license for Clicker for Mac/Windows and for Clicker Writer/Clicker Books/Clicker Talk for iPad/Chromebook. All SSD staff and students may access these tools to support student participation, engagement, and learning.
Speech Feedback - The speech function allows children to hear what they’ve written in an age-appropriate voice.
Voice Notes - The voice notes offers a self-recording feature so students can rehearse sentences and teachers can record instructions and verbal prompts.
Word Prediction - The Predictor offers vocabulary to improve writing fluency and provide spelling support.
Picture Support - instantly add pictures to Clicker sets and documents from Clicker's image library or upload your own.
Clicker Activity Sets
Clicker Activity Sets
Create sentence building activities for early writers
Each grid contains all the words required to build a sentence by clicking each word
Add a visual, auditory, or pop-up model
Add a picture to each sentence and/or cell
Choose from clusters of words, phrases, and pictures for each section of the sentence
Picture supports can be used for every cell and are inserted into the document as cells are selected
Offer step by step choices for early writers
Create word banks with topic vocabulary
Include starters or writing frames to help with sentence structure
Organize in tabs to provide access alphabetically or by topic areas
Use with word prediction for spelling and adding details
Use to develop ideas using pictures, text, and voice
Produce graphic organizers, mind maps, storyboards, and notes
Use templates to organize ideas and plan writing
Create a book with picture supports and voice output for your students to read and/or create templates for students to build their own books
Using recordings, describe concepts and events, share knowledge and opinions
Develop speaking and listening skills
For those who struggle to express themselves in written form
Create matching activities with pictures, words, and sounds
Supports development of basic problem-solving, vocabulary, and language acquisition skills
Assess your students’ topic comprehension, reading skills, and ability to use semantic and contextual clues to reconstruct a piece of text.
Simply type or paste in your text, select the words you want to remove and click ‘Go’!
Complete the activity on-screen or print off for use as a worksheet away from the computer.
Access the ever-growing library of pre-made, curricular-based and topic specific Clicker activity sets created by the Crick curriculum team. You may want to explore this customizable resource bank prior to creating an activity set from scratch.
Disclaimer - videos and images have been reproduced with the permission of Crick Software, Inc., and are for the exclusive use of teaching staff who work with Special School District.
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