Accessibility+Tools

[|www.textcompactor.com] A great tool both students and teachers can use to condense text to personalize for a wide range of reading levels so that is accessible to any student: [|www.textcompactor.com].This is a free online automatic text summarizing tool. This tool allows students to copy the content of a textbook into a window and then choose a “slider” level of summary of that chosen passage.It is beneficial for those learners who struggle with reading or the amount of reading. It can also help students learn how to summarize work properly. The learner can choose how much of the passage is summarized, sometimes down to 1- 2 sentences. ELL learners and IPP students could benefit tremendously with this tool when used correctly. This is particularly useful when combined with the functions of [|www.tieredwebpages.com], which allows teachers to create one content site which has text available at a beginner, intermediate, and advanced reading level, with a built-in text-to-voice app available in a variety of languages.

Please note that textcompactor.com does not work well on fiction books and is intended to be used on expository writing and reference materials.

Visuwords This online dictionary presents words in a visual way to show relationships between words.

Zunal.com This site has a lot of useful information/webquests