Let’s Get Started Adapting Books! (Part 2 of 3)

Author(s):

Judith Schoonover, Sally Norton-Darr

Description:

This webshop, created by assistive technology specialists Judith Schoonover, an occupational therapist, and Sally Norton-Darr, a speech-language pathologist, discusses free, inexpensive, and easily found websites and materials and how they might be used to create digital and hard copy adapted books to meet the needs of all learners. Methods to enhance, scaffold or replace print will be shared, as well as how to take advantage of features of PowerPoint you might not know you have. Take a look at new features offered by TarHeel Reader to customize the reading experience. See how easy it is to create your own teaching resources by combining text, images, audio, and video with BooK Creator. Explore a variety of methods to create meaningful tangible books.

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Content:

  1. Part 2: Let’s Get Started Adapting Books!
  2. Objectives
  3. Begin with free…
  4. Productivity tools
  5. Text alternatives
  6. Using images
  7. Time-saving tips
  8. Why PowerPoint?
  9. PowerPoint Photo Album feature quickly creates books from scanned images or photos
  10. “Talking” books
  11. Google Slides
  12. Save time and use premade templates
  13. Get creative!
  14. PowerPoint Books for students with CVI
  15. Getting Started with Tar Heel Reader
  16. Why use Tar Heel Reader?
  17. Writing with Tar Heel Reader
  18. But wait, there’s more! Tar Heel Shared Reader
  19. Creating a hard copy?
  20. BOOK CREATOR
  21. Easy to create with pictures, text, sound, and more!
  22. Finished books can be emailed as epubs, read online, or printed as a pdf
  23. Touch me: tangible books
  24. Paths to Literacy
  25. Tactualized Book Kits
  26. Squishy Books
  27. Story Boxes
  28. Object Books
  29. Remnant Books
  30. Experience Books
  31. Baggie Books…waterproof and durable
  32. Free printable books from Kiz Club
  33. Thank heaven for
  34. But wait, there’s more…