LIU LearnOn

Webinar Series

Free Digital Literacy & Audiobooks

4/7/2020

Our Team

Educational Technology Services

Jared Mader - jpmader@iu12.org

Ben Smith - bsmith@iu12.org

Alan Moose - admoose@iu12.org

Nicole Bond - nabond@iu12.org

Brant Kenny - bakenny@iu12.org

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Special Education

Lynn Murphy - lamurphy@iu12.org

Danielle Messett - ddmessett@iu12.org

Brenda Hartman - bahartman@iu12.org

Kelly Jo Fox - kfox@iu12.org

Lori Wonders - lmwonders@iu12.org

Michelle Ludwig - mcludwig@iu12.org

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Educational Services

Brad Sterner - bdsterner@iu12.org

Laura McCusker - lbmccusker@iu12.org

Tanya Morret - thmorret@iu12.org

Charlie Trovato - cjtrovato@iu12.org

Melissa-Ann Pero - mapero@iu12.org

Matt McLaughlin - mpmclaughlin@iu12.org

Corinne Conner - ceconner@iu12.org

Des Arnold - daarnold@iu12.org

Becky Blahus - rablahus@iu12.org

Christina McLaughlin - cmmclaughlin@iu12.org

Phyllis Brown - plbrown@iu12.org

Lorrie Hrycek - llhrycek@iu12.org

Jennifer Hagerman - jlhagerman@iu12.org

Melinda Krebs - makrebs@iu12.org

Jessica Miller - jamiller@iu12.org

Valerie Lill - valill@iu12.org

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Zoom Webinar Meeting Norms

• Chat, microphone, and camera has been disabled due to the large size of the attendee group.
• Use the Q&A to post questions, but remember that the responses will be visible to everyone.
• Please raise your hand if you’d like to use your microphone.
• Don’t leave before the Act 48 credit link is shared to you for completion.

LIU12 Resources

• Act 48 Credit
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• Webinar Archives
• http://bit.ly/liulearnonrecordings
• Our Resource Site
• http://learnon.iu12.org

Changing Expectations for Online Learning

• Continuity of Education
• FAPE (Free Appropriate Public Education) applies to all online instruction
• If a school provides educational services to the general education population, the school must ensure that students with disabilities have equal access to the same opportunities

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Changing Expectations for Online Learning

• Less is More - Prioritize & Balance
• Video
• Importance of seeing your face (SEL)
• Limit Length: Age of Student = # of minutes MAX
• Be Clear:
• Objectives & Expectations
• Identify Time to Complete Task
• Organize & Sequence Instructions

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Webinar Outcomes

• to share free resources for digital books and audiobooks. These resources are useful for a variety of students including regular education students, ELLs, and students with disabilities.

Audible Stories

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

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• audiobooks
• while schools are closed, currently free to kids
• preschool through teen
• some books are audible story originals
• narration available in 5 different languages
• read by actual people

Epic!

https://www.getepic.com/app/

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• digital books, audio books, and videos
• fiction and non-fiction for early readers up through middle school
• can search by reading level
• option to search for books in English, Spanish, French, and Chinese

LibriVox

https://librivox.org

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• Audio recordings of books in the public domain
• Books read by volunteers
• mix of fiction and non-fiction
• upper elementary - high school
• books in numerous languages available

StoryNory

https://www.storynory.com/

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• audio and digital stories for grades 1 - 8
• some books are exclusive to this website
• mix of fiction and non-fiction
• read by actual people

Unite for Literacy

https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/

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• digital library of books for preschool and primary grades
• Written Language - English or Spanish
• Narration Languages - over 50 different spoken languages plus ASL
• read aloud by actual people

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Tarheel Reader & Tarheel Shared Reader

Tarheel Reader

• Designed for young readers and children with special needs
• Powerpoints of books - search or create
• Variety of non-fiction topics in simpler language
• Books can be downloaded and read aloud by a digitized voice (child, adult male, adult female)

Tarheel Shared Reader (NEW!!!)

• same as above with a Shared Reading component
• icons for communication and participation under the text

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Questions?

Please contact me with any questions

about the content of this presentation

or any other AT-related questions.

Valerie Lill, M.S., CCC-SLP,

LIU AT TaC (Trainer & Consultant)

valill@iu12.org 717-680-9707

@LIU12_AT

Zoom: https://paiu.zoom.us/j/7598688927

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You can find the schedule of our IU12 webinars at:

http://learnon.iu12.org

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Our Mission

Empowering our customers to solve �their most challenging problems �that impact learning

and quality of life.

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