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Premier is a collection of learning tools that support reading, writing, and study activities. Blue Valley allows teachers to download this on their home computers for personal use.
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Premier Literacy: Differentiation Made Easy Melissia Go FOCUS Teacher LMS
Overview of Premier Literacy • Premier is a collection of learning tools that support reading writing and study activities. • Blue Valley allows teachers to download this on their home computers for personal use.
Teachers: Use in Classrooms • Add/delete notes and instructions or insert additional content in a document. • Summarize to be more productive in reading mass amounts. • Differentiate instruction for various levels. • Add electronic notes or comments directly in student’s report. • Calculate writing stats.
Students: Use in Classrooms • Have students read assignments or chapter from a textbook that’s in Microsoft Word. • Read a quiz or text and mark answers on the digital copy. • Highlight important parts of digital text. • Summarize key points in an article or book. • Get words defined quickly.
Reading Tools • E-Text Reader • Universal Reader Plus • Scan and Read Pro • Text-to-Audio
E-Text Reader • Read any electronic document • Highlight to hear and see the most relevant parts
Universal Reader Plus • Reads to you. • Summarizes • Provides multi-lingual support
Scan and Read Pro • Creates electronic file for documents you scan • Read scanned documents • Auditory highlighting • Multi-lingual support • Summarization
Text-To-Audio • Convert Electronic Text to MP3 Audio • Import and Convert a PDF file to MP3 Audio
Writing Tools • Write Now • Talking Word Processor • English Talking Dictionary
Write Now • Use word prediction • Choose Writing Options • Identify and Change Confusable Words • Proof and Refine Text • Post Final text to another application
Talking Word Processor • Read existing text • Choose writing options • Use word prediction • Proof and refine text • Obtain and review writing stats
English Talking Dictionary • Look up the definition of a word • Find Synonyms and Related Words • Use Power Search (when you only know how to spell part of a word)
Teacher Tools • PDF Equalizer • Text Cloner Pro • Worksheet Wizard • PDF Builder
PDF Equalizer • Read a PDF file • Move Forward and Backward • Find a Specific Term, Fact or Definition • Highlight and Extract Content • Create, View and Save Notes • Scan a Document and Save as a PDF File
Text Cloner Pro • Scanning Application • Specified for people with visual impairment who utilize screen reader software
Worksheet Wizard • Scan a Paper Form or Worksheet • Read Text on a Worksheet or Form • Write on a Worksheet or Form
PDF Builder • Add or delete pages from a PDF file
Launch Pad Features • Reader; read text using word tracking • Talking Pointer; read by pointing to text • SummIT; summarize text • Dynamic Reader; read inaccessible (“unreadable” using other technologies) content • English Talking Dictionary; look up the definition of a word
Launch Pad Features (continued) • Write Now; write and post text to the cloud • Thesaurus; look up synonyms • Text to MP3; convert text to MP3 audio file • Web Grabber; save a web page as a pdf file
Resources Premier Literacy AT http://www.youtube.com/user/PremierLiteracy Quickstart Guide http://boothiisd.wikispaces.com/file/view/PREMIER+INTERNET+TOOLBAR+QUICKSTART+GUIDE.pdf
