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| |title=Word Processors | | |title=Typing, collaboration and communication |
| |tagline={{tag|writing frame}}s, {{tag|communication}}, {{tag|collaborative}} writing, and {{tag|creativity}} - the world of word processors | | |tagline=Typing, {{tooltag|collaborative|collaboration}} and {{tooltag|communication}}- Word Processor |
| |image= | | |image=Wordpro1.png |
| |description= More than typing, {{tag|word processing}} is a way to improve the quality of writing. Word processing allows pupils to reflect on, and improve finished work. | | |topic=word processing |
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| Not everyone responds well to a blank screen, hence teachers may create lists of {{tag|questions}} as a {{tag|writing frame}} to drive a writing activity [scaffolding]. One such “template” for science might include hints for writing a lab report. (It might ask for example, what were you trying to find out? Which results are useful? How do your results explain your idea? ’Why do you think that happened?).
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| Several of the ICT tools below provide pupils with a wider audience than just the person that marks it. Which means that writing news, a review, a radio script or a campaigning {{tag|blog}} can have a real purpose [authentic task]. Note also that several [[Tools/ICTTools|ICT tools]] permit pupils to {{tag|collaborate}} interestingly over the network.
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| |ideas= | | |ideas= |
| |specs= | | |specs=A web-based tool |
| |Link= | | |Link=[[Word Processors]] |
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| [[Word Processors]] | | |
| | [[File:Wordpro2.png|border|340x340px| |© Preview snapshot of zoho.com - an 'online' office wordprocessor]] |
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