Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

When it comes to contextual grammatical errors, built-in spell checkers wont probably be of much help. Detecting grammatical mistakes entails a deep analysis of the syntactic structures making up a piece of text and anlying them in the light of the local context (co-text) in which they figure. Only few tools are equipped with the required algorithm to detect syntactic deviations in writing.

Grammar is one of the most difficult concepts to teach students of any age. As an educator, you can find yourself tearing your hair out over it. Instead, it’s worth giving online tools a try. They can give your students the skills they need to understand grammar, and the tools to give it a try for themselves. These ten websites can help you and your students get to grips with grammar, in a new and interesting way.

This is an interesting grammar resource. It identifies the parts of speech into separate coloured categories.

A nice site for learning and practising grammar with feedback for for both student and teacher. Watch the videos and answer the quiz questions.

Analyzing your own writing with a critical eye can be hard to do. I know, I try to do it every day and I still miss things that a fresh set of eyes quickly picks up. Like me, students often struggle to critically analyze their own writing. Peer editing is one solution to that problem. Another solution is to use an online writing checker the one that JoeZoo offers as a Google Docs Add-on. 

In today's post we are sharing with you this collection of some excellent guides to help you with the teaching of writing and help your students improve their writing style. The collection comprises several classic titles and seminal works as recommended by Paul Silvia in his  popular book ‘How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing”. 

Google Docs has had a spell check tool for years. The grammar check tool has always been a bit rudimentary. That is going to change in the next few months.