Spelling

It is always worth remembering that most document writing programmes have a Spellcheck facility that is convenient and free.

Ghotit provides an online spelling and grammar checking service (though they do charge to download their programme): www.ghotit.com

Werdz is phonetic spelling software developed by IBM. If you key in a word according to the way it sounds, it will spell them correctly. It can be downloaded here: www.assist-it.org.uk

Writing

The Funbrain Learning Factory is targeted to a younger age group, but it can also help older students who want to improve their knowledge of basic grammar and numeracy.  It can also be used to build up your IT skills if you have not had much experience with computers.  It can be downloaded here: www.assist-it.org.uk

Ghotit provides an online spelling and grammar checking service (though they do charge to download their programme): www.ghotit.com