Dictation lets you use speech-to-text to author content in Office with a microphone and reliable internet connection. It's a quick and easy way to get your thoughts out, create drafts or outlines, and capture notes. 

Google Voice Typing lets you use speech-to-text to author content in Google Docs with a microphone and reliable internet connection. It's a quick and easy way to get your thoughts out, create drafts or outlines, and capture notes. 

Get intelligent writing assistance. Write with confidence across documents, email, and the web. With features that help strengthen your spelling, grammar, and style, let Microsoft Editor be your intelligent writing assistant.

From grammar and spelling to style and tone, Grammarly helps you eliminate writing errors and find the perfect words to express yourself. You’ll get real-time feedback from Grammarly on Gmail, Google Docs, Twitter, LinkedIn, and nearly everywhere else you find yourself writing.

There are several different kinds of keyboards for PCs. The most common type is a physical, external keyboard that plugs into your PC. But Windows has a built-in Ease of Access tool called the On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) that can be used instead of a physical keyboard.

Typing Club provides free (ad supported) touch-typing lessons in a simple, student-friendly format. Premium features for teachers are available with a paid account, but the free account provides several motivating features for student use. 

CAST offers a number of robust (and often free) learning tools. These tools—many designed and tested as part of CAST’s research projects—help educators, developers, families, and other individuals experience the power of flexible learning environments.

Story Jumper is one of the easiest way to create, narrate, and publish your own hardcover and paperback books. Read and listen to books from our worldwide community. 

Help your students classify ideas and communicate more effectively with these free graphic organizer templates, available for download. They can be used to structure writing projects and help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research, and brainstorming.

This collection of graphic organizers is ideal for students who have difficulty handwriting. Students can type directly into these editable graphic organizers. Each graphic organizer below includes Teaching Notes with lessons and tips on how to use graphic organizers in the classroom. 

Scholastic's Story Starters kids' writing activity generates creative writing prompts, from general fiction to adventure, fantasy, and science fiction.

I Love PDF is a free website that allows you to merge, split, compress, convert, and rotate PDFs. If you have a student who can't access a non-editable PDF, you can convert that document into a Word docement in a few clicks! All tools are 100% FREE and easy to use.

Doc Hub is a free website (account required) that allows you to create, import, edit, and fill PDF forms from any computer. It is Google integrated and opens files directly form GMail, Google Drive and Dropbox.

Help students develop strong writing habits through with No Red Ink. This resource offers free and premium (paid) versions. It simplifies the process of building strong writers and critical thinkers in Grades 3–12  through modeling, scaffolding, practice, and feedback. NoRedInk now has ELA resources for Grades 3–5.

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