Tech Tuesday
Technology Assistance
Rewordify
Rewordify.com is a website that helps with reading comprehension and vocabulary development by simplifying English to a lower reading level. It lets you reword a sentence or reword a paragraph. It will simplify English by reducing text complexity. It's a dictionary alternative that will improve comprehension and teach vocabulary. It's an important part of reading instruction and vocabulary instruction for ESL students, people with reading disabilities, people with a learning disability, or anyone who wants to improve reading skill. All you have to do is copy and paste a difficult passage into Rewordify and it instantly transforms the text by highlighting words it has substituted with more common/easily understood language. Students can click on the highlighted word to view the original word it replaced. You can even copy and paste a website address and it will "reword" the entire site. You can adjust the settings of the site (see the graphic below) to fit your students' needs. This is a great tech tool to add to your teacher toolbox.
You are going to want to check this web tool out...
Read smarter with Rewordify.com
Rewordify could be perfect for THIS student...
Click below to try a Demo...
Read and teach smarter with Rewordify.com
You can choose to see the text....side by side for comparison
There is more to this site...if you check it out!
Educator Central Walkthrough
Need to start from the beginning? Follow this walkthrough step by step, and you'll be a Rewordify.com expert in a short time. If you're totally new to Rewordify.com, you should either do the demo (see that link above) or read the First-Time Users Guide (http://rewordify.com/helpfirstuser.php?n=y) on the website before doing this walkthrough.
A Teacher's Review...
Sites Cited: www,wordify.com- ilearntechnology.com- beyondthetools.com
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