Online Talking Books II

Reading with the Computer!



Created by,
Gayle Cantrell
Diana Dell

Curriculum Info • Meet the Authors


Cantrell, Gayle. Smiles for you. Paint. 2005.

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Introduction

This resource list was generated to assist educators with special needs students, low readers, or ESL students.

Creating Talking Books
    •Clicker 4
How to make your own talking books.
    •Creating an eBook
Learn to combine PowerPoint, Sound Recorder files, and Windows Movie Maker 2 to create ebooks.
    •Creating Talking Books: Hyperstudio 4
This guide covers the construction of books in TAG Software's HyperStudio.
    •Creating Talking Books: PowerPoint
This guide covers the construction of books in Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software.
ESL
    •Books Online-Reads to students
Good resouces for beginning readers or ESL
    •Randall's ESL Listening Lab
Cyber Listening Lab's for ESLstudents
Online Readers
    •Alfy
Read along books for early childhood.
    •Awesome Talking Books
To improve reading skills.
    •Book Pop Virtual Literacy
Read along books for early childhood.
    •FIF Reading Planet
Read aloud stories and songs for younger students.
    •My Storytime
Read along books for early childhood.
    •Raz-Kids
Talking books for lower-level and higher-level reading activities.
    •Robert Munsch Virtual Story Room
Stories read by Robert Munsch for middle elementary students.
    •Stonesoup
For readers and artists. Middle elementary interests.
    •Story Place
Preschool
    •Storybook Online Network
    •Storyline Online
An on-line streaming video program featuring SAG members reading childrens books aloud. Each book includes an accompanying lesson plan and activity guide.
    •The Moonlite Road
Ghost stories for upper elementary students.
    •We Read
Talking books, games and activities for lower elementary.
Resources
    •Babblefish
Translations of text to several languages.
    •Online Books for Reading
Several sites for reading online.
    •Starfall for Educators
Phonemic activities and online books for struggling readers.

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