Textease Publisher CT is the award-winning, word processing, desktop publishing package with multimedia capabilities all in one.
Texttease consists of 9 core software tools. The one I trialled and used to create various nature themed pages was Textease Publisher CT.
Features of this programme include:
• curriculum mapped resources - thousands of items
including clipart, digital photos and videos
• natural sounding speech with different voices to
choose from
• highlighter and table tool
• toolbars that can flip to the bottom of the screen -
great for whiteboard use
• cross-curricular examples
• templates including a birthday card, book review,
newspaper, heraldry shield and postcard
Publisher CT can be used within all curriculum subjects for every writing and publishing task. Menus and buttons can be configured and customised for pupils with different educational needs allowing them to continue working at the peak of their ability. It is an ideal tool for encouraging creativity and motivation.
However, I did not find this tool that easy to use. This may largely be due to the fact that it is new and unfamiliar software to me. I found it difficult to navigate and familiarise myself with; this, I'm sure, is a similar feeling that children feel when they are learning to use a new bit of software that I now use very confidently, e.g. microsoft office. Despite my unfamiliarity with this program, I feel that other programs do a similar job and are easier to use e.g. Promethian.
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