One of the tools that I have been relying more and more on is
Context Organizer. With the increase of information that we all need to process it is great to have a tool like Context Organizer to help me make sense of the information and summarize it for me. I have explained in past blog posts how
Context Organizer can be used with
MindManager 8 to build a map from URL's, PDF files and Word Documents. But one of the most powerful features is being able to do
Google Searches and within seconds have the sites that are found summarized with key words and relevancy at my disposal. Context Organizer allows me to do my Google searches and processes them with a click of the button. If you want to see what I'm talking about then take a look at the video below to give you an idea of the power of this tool.
While not specifically developed for individuals with reading difficulties just think of how this can be used to help students deal with the mountains of text that they encounter each and every day. Using Context Organizer, information can be quickly summarized for students and then using a text to speech software the information could be read. There is also the ability to send the summaries to Microsoft Word which could make this a great research tool for students with reading
and writing disabilities. Think of this as cognitive assist for students with reading disabilities and a great tool for doing research. You can
download a trial of Context Organizer at their
website.
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