It has a rather simple interface and I like the way that it uses colour to identify areas that need further drafting. Students could use the tool by writing into the web site or doing a cut/copy from MS Word. The information gleamed from the Editor would prove useful for further analysis.
There are lots of ways that you could incorporate this into the English classroom.
I quickly wrote the following text in reaction to this provocative article that crossed my path. Can't our teachers be trusted to dress appropriately and it identified several long and complicated sentences and also the reading level of the piece.
"The issue of the professional dress policy is an interesting one. On one hand, it is important to define the acceptable dress for everyone within the schooling environment, but on the other hand it needs to be done in such a way in which it does not marginalise one gender or the other.
For the policy to single out that identify that female staff members should not wear provocative clothing, assumes that female staff members hold some power over both students and colleagues alike. "
I would imagine in an English Classroom that you could then deconstruct the paragraph and talk about how you might improve the writing.
Further reading:
- Hemmingway's Top 5 Tips for writing well
http://www.copyblogger.com/ernest-hemingway-top-5-tips-for-writing-well/ - Review of the Hemmingway App and the tool that is used to define readability
http://sarahpowley.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/becoming-hemingway-or-at-least-improving-your-prose-2/ - 7 Tech tools to engage students in writing
https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/7-tech-tools-engage-students-writing/
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