Day 5

Today I watched two of the Elluminate Live recording sessions. I watched the 1st of the Kurzweil 3000 training sessions, as well as the Apps in Action for Reluctant Readers. I really enjoyed the Kurzweil training session and all it has to offer. I am looking forward to the advanced session. I have never used Kurzweil before, only heard of it. Besides the obvious, that it reads text to you, I really enjoyed seeing the different note options: Sticky notes, voice notes and column notes. All these would really come in handy for both teacher and student. I loved watching the Apps in Action for Reluctant Readers. I ended up downloading a few of the apps after I watched how they were used. I downloaded vbookz and ABC Pocket Phonics. The ABC pocket phonics is especially great for the program I teach. I especially love how you need to draw the letters correctly, starting and ending in the proper places for it to be right. So many of my students make their letter from the bottom up. I am interested in the Montessori crossword as well. Just a little thing I noticed on the Live session, but I like how there is a vowel button for 'y', as well as a consonant button for 'y'.  This is a scene I created in 'Story Maker' app. I thought it would be pretty cool, but it is actually quite hard to use. The option are hard to highlight and use. Guess that's what I get for being cheap! I have been very happy with all the apps I paid money for so far :)