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Kindles and Kinects in Klass; Feedback from schools

Kindles and Kinects in Klass; Feedback from schools. Duncan Garbett Regional Manager Central West. Teresa Connolly Regional Manager London & SE. Session Outline. Introduction to Kindle Project Project Aims - Why Kindles Basic operation/functions Dictionary Screen functions

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Kindles and Kinects in Klass; Feedback from schools

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  1. Kindles and Kinects in Klass; Feedback from schools Duncan Garbett Regional Manager Central West • Teresa Connolly Regional Manager London & SE

  2. Session Outline • Introduction to Kindle Project • Project Aims - Why Kindles • Basic operation/functions • Dictionary • Screen functions • Text to speech • Collections – What do you use? • ebooks (Rising Stars) and PDF files – what differences? • 3G/Wireless connection • Benefits to Teaching, Wins and Limitations 2

  3. Vital approach to Professional Development Professional knowledge base Peer review Share • Using ICT for Learning • What do teachers need? • What works • How is learning enabled? • What support? • Limitations/Workarounds Personal knowledge base Learning Impact

  4. Benefits to teaching (1) Assessment Puzzles and problems for year 5 and 6 Are there more?

  5. Benefits to teaching (2) Dictionary Several languages

  6. Benefits to teaching (2) Dictionary 6

  7. Benefits to teaching (3) Portable, sustainable

  8. Benefits to teaching (4) Connections School/ Home Access Amazon account 3G Trips/Visits? PDFs Create Word/PDF files MP3 recordings

  9. Impact upon Visual Impairment This to size To this…..

  10. VI - How Kindles Help

  11. Visual Impairment Early Feedback One of the children with impaired vision who has experienced nausea & headaches with ipads & laptops has now been able to enjoy reading on the kindle with enlarged text …& has been able to try more titles/genres because there are fewer limitations when using the kindle. Rebecca – Severe VI, registered blind (RNIB) and a reluctant reader. Reading improvement a) Improved Scanning b) RA 8.11 to 9.2 in six weeks Better than any previous progress in a whole term

  12. Special Needs Gifted and Talented Polish Gifted & Talented Students • Portability • Easier access to texts • Dictionary definitions really helpful • Text to speech invaluable! • Download books in English • Download books in Polish • Web Browser to online research “one EAL student … particularly pleased ..she feels she made more progress in one weekend than in weeks”

  13. Visual Impairment Text to Speech “She used earphones at home” Visually Impaired user Y 9 girl mainstream secondary: Thought it was ‘awesome’. Read along with the voiceover and liked this as she didn’t have to concentrate as much when her eyes were tired in the evening for example. Was not keen on the synthetic voice at first but got used to it. At the moment when she reads at home her eyes hurt, even with magnifiers, so having the voiceover really helped.  She sometimes gets large print books and has an iPod for audiobooks.

  14. Supporting Dyslexia and Reluctant Readers • Tickford Park – SENCO Dawn Atkins • Use during guided reading • Home and school • Read more - Addition to books • Navigation – page turning • Extended project • Benefits – tracking data shows impact, +ve reading experience, font size, lots of books • Drawback - voice

  15. Limitations • Voice • Connectivity • Account • Email conversion @free.kindle.com • ?

  16. Other uses and applications? • Upload and share clippings • Share via social media Twitter and FB • Plan, draft, edit, convert, publish own books • FE college with ESOL learners • Next steps

  17. Creating e-books from existing content Convert content from and to different formats. Calibre –http://calibre-ebook.com/ hard disk Input Formats: CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, DOC, DOCX, DJVU, EPUB, FB2, HTML, HTMLZ, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ Output Formats: EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, HTMLZ, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ 2epub http://www.2epub.com/ web service Input formats: doc, docx, epub, fb2, html, lit, lrf, mobi, odt, pdb, pdf, prc, rtf, txt. Output formats:epub, fb2, lit, lrf, mobi

  18. Publishing • Publish on Amazon tools • https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help?topicId=A3IWA2TQYMZ5J6 • You can select DRM or No DRM • You can select the charging rate • Books appear in the formal bookshelf • Publish on free websites • Project Guttenberg • 38,000 free books in a range of formats • http://www.gutenberg.org/ • Publish on your e-learning platform • Blackboard, D2L, Moodle

  19. Loading content Via USB a how to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV_fsV3Gbao Wifi and Wispernet (kindle) Use the web browser to download books Via email

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