“Clicker is the best alternative pencil out there!”

Erica Lovchik is a high school alternative curriculum teacher in a self-contained life skills classroom.  Her students have significant physical mobility challenges which, for many of them, can make holding a pencil quite difficult.  Erica was looking to improve her students’ access to learning by removing the writing barrier for them.  

“Clicker is a program that offers SO much and getting authentic writing from our students just wouldn’t be possible without it!”

Prior to using Clicker, many of Erica’s students needed a boost in their writing confidence.  She shared that one of the best things about Clicker is how easy it is to add in the support her students need to achieve their individual goals. 

“It’s easier to see what concepts my students are understanding, and I’ve seen their confidence in writing really improve.”

Erica also shared that her students benefit from visual support, too.  She uses the built-in picture library to customize Clicker resources for her students to use.  Adding images to the document increases engagement with the task and using the Picturize tool can quickly add images to the writing grids to support students with their writing.

Clicker supports all of Erica’s students who have a wide range of physical difficulties.  One student uses Clicker with an eye gaze device.  He can participate in writing activities and experience the curriculum as his peers do. 

“Clicker is the best alternative pencil out there!”