Creating+and+Using+eBooks


 * Creating and Using eBooks to Reach and Support Reluctant or Struggling Readers ** Sharon Benson

**When I'm lost in a sea of thought, what will help me save my thinking?**

Sense of organization: text structure, internal dialogue Metacognitive: connect to prior knowledge, checks self for understanding Makes predictions
 * What are attributes of a "good reader"?**

Practice good reading Listening to others read aloud and think aloud
 * How do we learn to be "good readers"?**


 * How does UDL inform and impact the use of printed text?**

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10. wikis 9. podcasting 8. google docs (peers) 7. interactive whiteboard 6. inspiration (kidspiration) 5. Time (mag) for Kids – online for free 4. Brain Pop and United Streaming (background knowledge) 3. Word and Powerpoint 2. blogs  **How might talking text enrich the experience of reading content-based text?**
 * Top 10 Flexible Technologies ** from Jon Mundorf, classroom teacher in Florida, fluent in UDL principles (no-tech, low-tech, and high-tech)
 * 1. talking text (text to speech) **

[|Learn about BookBuilder through an eBook made with BookBuilder] [|Loudoun County Public Schools UDL Pocket Mod Overview] [|Loudoun County BookBuilder Story Board Tool] [|Create and Edit an eBook with CAST's BookBuilder Online Tools]
 * //Learning about BookBuilder...// **

[|UDL Refresher Course] [|Make Your Own PocketMod] A free text-to-speech plug-in for Microsoft (R) Word Free Download: @http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/ 
 * //For later reference....// **

Free Download [|Microsoft Photo Story 3]. This tool allows one to make a digital storybook.
 * Additional Resources**