Item: Read&Write
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our school district uses Read&Write in grades 3-12 for all students. We have a subscription that includes Read&Write, Orbit Note, and Equatio and they are all valuable tools. Our special education students benefit from all of the features and rely on many of them to keep up with their peers. Our regular education students report that they love the check it tool as well as the note taking features.

Pros and Cons

Checks grammar and spelling
text to speech feature
speech to text feature
highlighting tools
screen masking

The Check it tool is not always accurate and often makes recommendations that are not helpful like underlining half of a word or suggesting capitalization when it's not indicated.
The students would love human voices for text to speech
It would be helpful for the highlighting tools to collect on the same document from multiple articles/web pages instead of making a new Google Doc for each page with highlights.

Return on Investment

It engages more students in the writing process
It engages more students in the reading process by allowing struggling learners to listen to text and be able to keep up with the discussions with their typical peers.
It has improved learning outcomes by giving students tools to promote independence and engage them in the process and allowing them to create their best work.

Support Rating

Any time I have ever had a question or issue with Read&Write and have contacted support they have been quick to respond. In addition, they have always been knowledgeable and have gone above and beyond to get an answer and provide support. In addition, their website and Youtube channel are amazing resources for anything from the basics to more advaced features.

Platforms and Devices

Having access to Read&Write for Google in our school district means the difference between students being dependent on an adult to assist with reading, writing, editing, note taking, etc. to students being more engaged and willing to use the tools to produce their own work that they can be proud of because they were able to be independent.

Key Insights

Do you think Read&Write delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Read&Write's feature set?

Yes

Did Read&Write live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Read&Write go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Read&Write again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Grammarly, Kami, Screencastify

Likelihood to Recommend

Read&Write is specifically well suited for the upper elementary through high school classroom. The Check It tool, screen masking, and highlighting and collecting tools are invaluable to our diverse learners as they struggle to take notes, synthesize information, read, and dictate. It is less appropriate for K-3 students as they tend to have less need for the features.

Read&Write for Google is great!

Overall Satisfaction with Read&Write