The next group had a great many ideas! I really enjoyed the idea of doing show and tell with an audio video book! The punctuation book is a great way to introduce and present grammar. Book Creator is a great way for them to represent these various things! Suzanne and Dave presented many great ways to use Book Creator! I loved the idea of making a Yearbook for your class! What a great way to keep a memory! I also love the illustrate your writing idea! I often give my students a picture to use to create a story, or a story and get them to create the picture. It is really important to develop skills for interviews, creating CVs, references, etc! This is so useful for developing these skills! It was awesome! I love how there are so many ways to address the social side of learning. Tracy and Joanne definitely brought a different perspective to the Book Creator app. I really enjoyed how they told us about using as a way to see other people's point of view. I love every different way they talked about using Book Creator. It is a great way to see a students progress from September to June. Such a neat idea! I love the idea of making a memoir for a portfolio over the course of the year. Holly and Alecia had a great book! I loved the idea of using the book for Meet the Teacher. And finally you've touched my heart with the Harry Potter reference! I totally want to read a news story with picture and audio now! This would be immensely useful in science or math classes where students often encounter new words. Who doesn't want to be a superhero?! I also really enjoyed their idea of creating a glossary of new terms. John and Laurianne had some great ideas! I really enjoyed the one where you could create a comic book about your everyday life. It is quite amazing! I also loved having the "library" right in Book Creator! Many students read books on their devices now, this is a great way to get them to read something educational :) It's a great idea for students who are new to a school (new grade, or recently moved). I love how Joy and Nike made a new to school book. I have learned about MANY apps and programs that I can now incorporate into my classroom and that I cannot wait to try and use come September! Just because someone has difficulty communicating does not mean that they can't.ģ. I have learned NOT to presume competence or lack of competence among all users. It really helps all students communicate and demonstrate their abilities.Ģ. Technology is definitely a HUGE benefit to all users, not only those who need them to communicate. My main three takeaways for this course are:ġ. I can see how students would love to use this in class especially for: I only wish that all parents were as dedicated to their children like Carly's parents. The video shows a lot of different assistive technologies that they tried over the years. Her parents never gave up and they worked tirelessly for years to figure out a way to help their daughter. She is a bright, intelligent girl with lots to say. Many people had written her off as mentally retarded, but she proved them all wrong. This is an incredible story of a person with Autism who has learned to communicate with a laptop and typing when no one thought she would ever be able to speak or express anything.
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