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Google for Education: Finding Patterns in Spelling Errors and History
In this lesson, students analyze spelling errors and large sets of data to find patterns, develop abstractions, and discover how large amounts of data can tell us much about our society.
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Science Fiction Writer: Robert J. Sawyer: "On Writing": Word Processing Tricks
Science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer shares his word processing tricks and tools for proofreading and editing a manuscript. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.6 Use technology to produce and publish writing
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Clear Ink/spell Web: Let the Web Decide!
A different type of spell checker, giving results from search engines, not based on dictionary word lists, but on frequency of use on the Web. If you're looking for a word that hasn't become official or want to see whether one...
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Literacy Education Online: Using Spell Checkers
This resource gives three pointers for getting the best results from your spell checker.