1 Aiding Students in Reading with NaturalReader 9.0 Laura Stemler.

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Aiding Students in Readingwith

NaturalReader 9.0

Aiding Students in Readingwith

NaturalReader 9.0

Laura Stemler

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Hereford Middle SchoolMSA Reading Proficiency 2009

Hereford Middle SchoolMSA Reading Proficiency 2009

• AYP Met• High percentage

overall• Low percentage in

subgroups:• African American

• Special Education

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MSA Reading Proficiency 2010MSA Reading Proficiency 2010

• Decrease in reading proficiency:• 6th Grade African

Americans

• 6th Grade Special Education

• Overall decrease by• African Americans

• Special Education

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HMSSchool Improvement Plan

HMSSchool Improvement Plan

Integrate technology in the teaching/learning process, instructional practices resulting in more purposeful and engaging work for students.

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NaturalReader 9.0 for EducationFeatures

NaturalReader 9.0 for EducationFeatures

• Words highlighted as read

• Read text is converted to MP3

• Natural sounding voices

• Control voice speed

• Text can be read as typed

• Word prediction

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NaturalReader 9.0 for EducationFeatures

NaturalReader 9.0 for EducationFeatures

• Toolbar Integration

• Audio player, recorder, and editor

• Batch file converter

• MP3 and WAV converter

• eBook reader

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Multiple IntelligencesMultiple Intelligences

• Verbal/Linguistic learners

• Can help improve• Vocabulary

• Writing• Proofreading

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Staff DevelopmentStaff Development

Leadership:

• Media Specialist and Technology Resource Teacher• Training• Collaboration• Support

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7. Refocusing Teachers consider the benefits of the innovation and think of additional alternatives that might work even better. (I have some ideas about something that would work even better.)

6. Collaboration

Teachers cooperate with other teachers in implementing the innovation. (How can I relate what I am doing to what others are doing?)

5. Consequence Teachers focus on the innovation's impact on students. (How is my use affecting learners? How can I refine it to have more impact?)

4. Management Teachers learn the processes and tasks of the innovation. They focus on information and resources. (I seem to be spending all my time getting materials ready.)

3. Personal Teachers want to learn about the personal ramifications of the innovation. They question how the innovation will affect them. (How will using it affect me?)

2. Informational

Teachers have a general interest in the innovation and would like to know more about it. (I would like to know more about it.)

1. Awareness Teachers have little concern or involvement with the innovation. (I am not concerned about it.)

Levels of concern

Concerns Based Adoption Modelor CBAM

Concerns Based Adoption Modelor CBAM

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Differentiating InstructionDifferentiating Instruction

Content, Process, Product

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NETS-SNETS-S

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Student ResultsStudent Results

• Assessment of students• Grammar, vocabulary, spelling, critical

thinking

• Speed at which students complete assignments

• Individual frequency of use• Accelerated reader scores• Speaking with students• Next year’s AYP scores

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Teacher SurveyTeacher Survey

• CBAM Survey

• Use in the classroom

• Affect on students

• Students’ test scores

• Students’ use of software

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CostCost

$99.90 per computer

• Where will we get the money?• PTA• Graul’s grocery store register receipt money• Grants

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BibliographyBibliography

Hall, T., Strangman, N., & Meyer, A. (n.d.). CAST: Differentiated instruction and implications for UDL implementation. CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology. Retrieved July 19, 2010, from http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_diffinstructudl.html

Hasselbring, T., & Bausch, M. (2005). Assistive technologies for reading. Educational Leadership, 63(4), 72. Retrieved from MasterFILE Premier database July 18, 2010.

ISTE | NETS for Students 2007. (n.d.). International Society for Technology in Education | Home. Retrieved July 20, 2010, from http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007.htm

Stages of concern. (n.d.). North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. Retrieved July 20, 2010, from www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd2stage.htm

Technology and Multiple Intelligences. (n.d.). eduScapes: A Site for Life-long Learners. Retrieved July 19, 2010, from http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic68b.htm

The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM): A Model for Change in Individuals. (n.d.). The National Academies: Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Retrieved July 20, 2010, from http://www.nationalacademies.org/rise/backg4a.htm