ProWritingAid

Technology for our Students

Brandy Stapleton
ITEC 7445
Dr. Grove
July 15, 2019
Emerging Technology
 Current Measurable Goals
at Gainesville High School

• Increase the percentage of students passing state assessments in the area

of English Language Arts by 3%
• Increase the four-year cohort graduation rate by 2%
 ProWritingAid
• Analyzes writing
• Provides suggestions and explanations
• Grammar and Spelling
• Style Checker
• Readability
• Over-used words/phrases
 Subscriptions & Extras
Free Subscriptions
Editing Tool Premium Premium Plus
Check for grammar, spelling, and Editing Tool, and: Plagiarism check (pay per use)
style errors
Check for terminology issues No word limits
Contextual thesaurus Access to the ProWritingAid
Desktop App
Improve readability Access add-ins for MS Word,
Google Docs and Chrome.
Find overused words Access to Writer’s Resource
Library
Improve dull paragraph structure
Find repeated words and phrases
Eliminate vague, abstract, and
complex words from your writing
500 word limit
How it works…
 ProWritingAid will benefit:

• Writer’s of all ages

• Students in grades 3-12, Ages 8+
• College Students & Adults
 Get it Today!

• Free Extension at the Chrome Web Store – search ProWritingAid

• For more information, go to ProWritingAid.com
• Premium Version available (not free)
 What else do I need?

Just an imagination, assignment, or will to write!

 Technical Support

• Check the FAQ’s section

• Email your Question
Are there limitations or risks?

NO !
 Costs & Funding

•Editing Tool is free!

• Premium Subscription could cost $7500
• Funding available from
• Title 1 funds
• Technology grants
• Literacy grants
 In the Classroom

Student Use Helps with:

• Have students use the tool as a
review mechanism to catch errors
& improve writing.
• Useful for all educational classes
(note-taking and assessments)
• project-based learning
• collaborative learning
• higher-order thinking
• writing process
• Differentiated learning
 Writing Confidence
EQUALS
Better Communication
 Research
• Research on the effectiveness of ProWritingAid in the classroom is limited or
not available. This product was created
• It has a 5 star average on the Chrome web store from 418 reviewers, and the
extension has only been downloaded around 30,000 times, as of July 2019.
• According to Finances Online, reviewers for businesses, it has a Smartscore
of 9.0 and user satisfaction rate of 92%, faring better than Writer’s
Workbench and closely behind Grammarly.
• In a Squibler review, ProWritingAid is dubbed “is one of the best online
writing tools for smart writers” (Fraser, 2019).
 Reflection

I enjoyed learning about a new tool to help my students with their writing. I
plan to implement it in my classroom this year, especially for projects that
have writing components. I also plan to share it with the administrators and
teachers at our school because I am passionate about the possibilities it could
create for our students.
 Resources
• Finances Online. (2019). Writer's Workbench vs ProWritingAid 2019
Comparison: FinancesOnline. Retrieved from
https://comparisons.financesonline.com/writers-workbench-vs-pro-writing-
aid
• Fraser, S. (2019, July 08). ProWritingAid: Is it Worth it? [Review]. Retrieved
from https://www.squibler.io/blog/prowritingaid/
• Gonzalez, J. (2019, June 18). 6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2019. Retrieved from
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/ed-tech-tools-2019/
• Orpheus Technology. (2019). ProWritingAid. Retrieved from
https://prowritingaid.com/
• Support, P. (2017, February 07). Retrieved July 16, 2019, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHFxbk9ycBo#action=share