Reading Technology Workshop on Saturday, March 3

Reading Technology Workshop on Saturday, March 3rd

From the International Dyslexia Association, Upper Midwest Branch Website:

IDA-UMB Workshop -- Reading Technology

Saturday, March 3, 2012
8:30 am. -- 1 p.m.
Groves Academy, 3200 Highway 100 South, St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Registration fee: $50 (per family, maxiumum two people per family); IDA Members receive a discount
No walk-in registrations accepted; CEU's offered!
To register, CLICK HERE

This workshop addresses how to use current technology tools to support reading and will provide hands-on experience in the following:

• Definition of Alternative Print and acquiring it for class reading content;
• How to use Learning Ally and BookShare in the classroom and at home;
• How to search and download a book from Learning Ally to include: listening on a computer, listening to a portable android device/MP3, listening to an iOS devices (iPad/iPhone/iTouch);
• How to search and download a book from BookShare using Kurzweil, ROL, an iOS device and Read & Write Gold

Attendees must bring laptops with wireless. MP3 Player, iTouch, iPad or iPhone desired but optional. Please have iTunes loaded with an active membership (if using Apple products, Learning Ally (formally RFBD) and BookShare with user id's and passwords created ahead of time. Instructions will be mailed prior to class.

Presenters: Erika Kluge Framke is the director of THINK with Success and is an assistive technology specialist and special educator. She works with students in grades 2 through college to enhance their academic success through the use of Assistive Technology in the areas of reading, writing, note-taking and executive funtion. Cindee McCarthy is the current president of the board of the International Dyslexia Association, Upper Midwest Branch.

Link to IDA-UMB site by clicking on workshop title above or here: http://www.ida-umb.org/pages/calendar/detail.cfm?EventID=135