February+18

**Class Agenda:

__Electronic Texts:__

Textbooks examples:** //**Teaching Every Student** //**[|Version 1]** username: student10383 password: e5u4z Text-to-speech: **  **Homework Assignment #1: ** >>
 * [|Version 2]**
 * [|KUSD Texts]** my.hrw.com
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 * Built in support with Mac computers through turning on speech through System Preferences
 * Downloading **Word Talk** and **PowerTalk** for Windows
 * FREE TTS support for Writing and the Internet from **Natural Reader**
 * Go to Natural Reader information at [|Natural Reader]
 * Watch the three instructional videos
 * Then Download Natural Reader to your computer - Prisca will check next week!


 * Finding and Using Tools to Support Literacy Learning: **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Up Coming Group Mini-Presentations:**


 * 1 For NEXT Tuesday, Feb. 25 - 10 minute presentation of a** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Student Interactives at **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **[|ReadWriteThink]**
 * Your three-person team will provide written information about this tool, demonstrate how to use it, and show a final product produced with this tool!**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**#2 For the NEXT Tuesday, March 4 - 10 minute presentation of a Literacy Tool at the UDL Tool Kit** = = <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Your three-person team will provide written information about this tool, demonstrate how to use it, and show a final product produced with this tool!<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Creating your OWN ELECTRONIC TEXTS:

1. Group Digital Story-Telling Project - Using Web 2.0 Tools to create an VoiceThread presentation Due March 4 **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">2. Individual Project - Creating a BookBuilder book - due March 18 **
 * **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Connecting to your field placement by writing about topic that related to your students' curriculum **
 * **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Teaching/practicing specific reading strategy(ies) **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Homework:

Meet with your cooperating teacher before class next week to determine topic in social studies, science, language arts, art or music for your BookBuilder book

Read through the tutorial and begin practicing -- next week is demonstration and work night!**