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- 1. Assistive Technology to Boost Your Reading and Writing Workshop
- 2. Can You Read This Brain Teaser? Our cetrne , lcateod at the Vrotciia Avneue Esat Cmaups in Bnroadn , is oepn to sttdunes lnoikog for iroiftnmoan on sdtuy slliks , efcvteife tset - tainkg seetigatrs , tmie mgaanenemt and ohter leianrng seatgietrs . Aiisvstse tnlcoehogy , lkie Raed and Wirte Glod , is aslo aablailve to hlep sntutdes raed and wirte mroe eclfiveefty ("Learning Resources," n.d.).
- 3. Assistive Technology Presented by: The Learning Curve Assiniboine Community College For appointments, please contact Student Services: • Room 235 (Victoria Ave) • 204-725-8700 (ext. 6639) This presentation can be viewed and downloaded here:
- 4. Benefits of R&W Gold 10 (Holzberg, 2011)
- 5. Overview and Objectives • Learn about R&W Gold 10 toolbar • Choose a stream • Watch short tutorials • Do 3 related exercises • Leave with a solid knowledge of R&W Gold 10 • Know where to use assistive technology at ACC
- 6. R&W Gold 10 Toolbar (Read&write 10 GOLD Training, n.d., p. 3).
- 7. Which Stream to Choose? • Do you have difficulty reading or perhaps prefer hearing audio to reading text? • Do you sometimes find writing challenging? • Is English an additional language and not your mother tongue? • Are you looking for ways to enhance your research and study skills?
- 8. Choose a Stream • Reading • Writing • EAL • Study/Research (Read&write 10 GOLD Training, n.d.)
- 9. Your mission if you choose to accept it… • Open the chosen stream folder • Find the word exercise document • Choose 3 of the 4 exercises • Watch related video tutorials • Complete exercises
- 10. Available Assistive Technology at ACC • Read and Write Gold - All students have access. • Alternate Formatting - Student must be registered with ADS to have access. • LiveScribe and Recording - Students must be registered with ADS and have recording as part of their accommodations to record or to borrow the Livescribe pens or other recording devices. • Dragon Naturally Speaking - All students have access to Dragon on the LC computers. (C. Munn, personal communication, August 18, 2014)
- 11. Presented by: The Learning Curve Assiniboine Community College For appointments, please contact Student Services: • Room 235 (Victoria Ave) • 204-725-8700 (ext. 6639) This presentation can be viewed and downloaded here:
- 12. References References Holzberg, C. S. (2011). Put to the test: Read and write 10 gold [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.techlearning.com/main-story/0012/put-to-the-test-read-and-write-10- gold/47731 Lankford, S. (2014). Top ten tips: A survival kit for student writers. Retrieved from http://www.foothill.edu/attach/460/TopTenTipsW14.pdf Learning resources. (n.d.). Retrieved 2014, from http://public.assiniboine.net/CurrentStudents/StudentServices/LearningResources.aspx Martin, P. (2014). Writing [Image]. Retrieved from http://www.clipartbest.com/cliparts/ncB/KEg/ncBKEgAai.png Munn, C. (2014, August 18). Assistive technology workshop [E-mail]. Powell, K. (n.d.). Canadian breast cancer foundation’s cibc run for the cure at ACC in brandon [Online forum post]. Retrieved from http://staff.assiniboine.net/News/tabid/86/ArticleID/257/Canadian-Breast-Cancer- Foundation’s-CIBC-Run-for-the-Cure-at-ACC-in-Brandon.aspx Printable brain teasers. (n.d.). Retrieved 2014, from https://www.jamesmaurer.com/printable-brain- teasers.asp Read&write 10 GOLD training guide. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.texthelp.com/webfiles/USRWG10Trainingguide.pdf
Editor's Notes
- Welcome to the Assistive Technology to Boost Your Reading and Writing Workshop
- Here is a brain teaser to illustrate how we can in fact read a text even if the text is filled with spelling errors! The text below is scrambled and depending on how advanced your brain is, your mind may be able to read the following text as if there were nothing wrong with it. If you can’t read it, don’t worry about it; it does not reflect upon your intelligence! “Those that can read the following teaser may have increased synaptic activity which allows them to operate above the average reader.” Read and Write Gold is equipped to correct many of the spelling errors found in this text. Having R&W Gold read your text back to you could identify such mistakes and using spell check and advanced spell check would address the errors. Retrieved and adapted from: https://www.jamesmaurer.com/printable-brain-teasers.asp
- This screen shot Fact Mapper outlines some of Read and Write Gold’s many benefits. Multi-Purpose: Reading, Writing, Study Skills, Research Skills, EAL students Mobile: Can be copied to your own USB stick and easily used at home Control over what and how you learn: A variety of tools to help you study, research and write more effectively. Easy to use: It is quite intuitive and the mini-video tutorials are simple and helpful. Customize features: Lets you display the tools you need (different toolbars, my features toolbar)
- This grid show you each and every button on the Read and Write Gold 10 Toolbar from left to right. Go over with students OR show the Using the Toolbar Video Tutorial (using Smartboard) (Duration of video: 5:30 minutes) To use R&W Gold 10, you need not know how to use every button – only the ones that YOU find most useful to your learning. You will have an opportunity to navigate and try out a few of the buttons. Ask the class to open: Word Document for Exercises Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (found in their exercise folder) Practice using the Speech buttons (Play, Pause, Rewind, Forward and Stop button)
- Help participants decide on a stream. Ultimately, it doesn’t really matter; they will learn something about R&W Gold no matter what stream they decide to explore.
- Each participant choose pick one of the 4 mentioned here. Reading: Dictionary, Picture Dictionary, Sounds Like and Confusable Words, Speech buttons, Screenshot reader, Daisy Reader, Scanner, Screen Masking, Translator, PDF Aloud, Help Writing: Spell Check, Word Prediction, Dictionary, Picture Dictionary, Word Wizard, Show, Sounds Like and Hide Buttons, Verb Checker, Speech Buttons, Scanner, Fact Finder, Fact Folder, Fact Mapper, Screen Masking, Speech Input, Translator, Help EAL: Word Prediction, Picture Dictionary, Speech Buttons, Translator, Vocabulary Builder, Verb Checker Study Skills: Dictionary, Picture Dictionary, Speech Buttons, Speech Maker, Scanner, Fact Finder, Fact Folder, Fact Mapper, Translator, PDF Aloud, Highlighters, Collect Highlights, Vocabulary Builder, Help
- Content from email received: Read and Write Gold - All students have access to RWG. In The Learning Curve, we can all happily make them a copy for free. They just need to bring in a USB for us to copy on to. Alternate Formatting - If a student wants access to alternative formatting they must be registered with ADS. Even if we already have the textbook on file, we cannot share with the student unless it is part of their accommodations and the proper paperwork has been completed. If students want more information please connect them with their SSA or myself. LiveScribe and Recording - Students must be registered with ADS and have recording as part of their accommodations in order to record or borrow the Livescribe pens or other devices. There are some students that will be using a cell phone to assist with their recording this year, which is new for a lot of people. Therefore, if any instructors express concerns or have questions please direct them to the student's SSA or myself. Dragon Naturally Speaking - All students have access to Dragon on the LC computers. In The Learning Curve, we can all happily train them on how to use it.