Parent Advisory Committee Royal Oak Schools Board Office Read&Write for Google Parent Advisory Committee Thursday 3/24/16 Royal Oak Schools Board Office

Allyson Dewar Technology Integration Specialist Oakland Schools Livonia Clarenceville, Clawson, Royal Oak allyson.dewar@oakland.k12.mi.us @dewcmu

Royal Oak is a GAFE District!

Use those Google tools! K-2: Drive (Docs, Slides, Sheets, Drawings), Classroom, Calendar 3-5: Drive (Docs, Slides, Sheets, Drawings), Classroom, Calendar, e-mail “in-house” 6-8: All apps, e-mail “in-house” 9-12: All apps, global e-mail

Always use Chrome as your web browser!

What is Read&Write for Google? Google Extension found in the Chrome Web Store texthelp product Read&Write for Google offers a range of powerful support tools to help students gain confidence with reading, writing, studying, and research Will work with web-based content, PDFs and Docs

Wait...what is the Chrome Web Store? Equivalent of the App Store for iPads Offers apps and extensions Read&Write is an extension

Features- • Hear words, passages, or whole documents read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting • See the meaning of words explained with text and picture dictionaries • Hear text translated into other languages • Get suggestions for the current or next word as you type • Turn words into text as you speak • Highlight text in documents or the web and collect for use in other documents • Create and listen to voice notes directly inside of Google Docs • Simplify and summarizes text on web pages

Why did we pick Read&Write? Can be used grades K-12 really (Individually or with teacher assistance) All in one tool! Linked to a student Google account and available on any device! Desktop- Must be logged into Chrome to work! Chromebook- Purple puzzle piece will be pinned below and also seen in Google search bar ready to go iPad/Android Phones and Tablets- Download the free Read&Write app. Step by step instructions will be given for you to set it up correctly Price Great for students with IEPs, 504s and ELLs Easy to push out to students

Can parents try it out? YES! If you have a Google Account! Go to the Chrome Web Store and add the Read&Write Extension for Google This will only give you premium features for 30 days After 30 days, Hover Speech, Play/Pause/Stop, Translate available

Before we check out Read&Write... Check out this tool FREE for anyone! Google Docs, “Tools”, “Voice Typing”

Let’s explore Read&Write!

Awesome Tutorial Videos! Docs Web PDFs

Questions?

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