1. Conferring with an avatar: Student conferences with text-to-speech software Bethanie Pletcher Chase Young Texas A&M, Corpus Christi

2. Conferring with an Avatar – Students use text to speech software to engage in self-revision. Overview

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4. The writing process has changed due to access to digital tools (Yancy, 2009). Dalton (2010) suggested that teachers can use technology in every aspect of writer’s workshop. Olthouse (2012) stated that students can use Web 2.0 tools during the each aspect of writing process, including planning, drafting, revising, and publishing.Web 2.0 tools Stover and Young (2014) examined the use of VoiceThread for peer revision and editing.VoiceThread Young & Stover (2015) determined that using kid blog to peer revise/edit writing increased the quality of students' writingkid blog Young & Stover (2013) described how to use text to speech software for revising and editing. Some Relevant Research

5. 1. Choose an avatar on Voki.com Type in story or paragraph 2. Listen to it 3. Listen again while reading along 4. Revise Voki.com Conferring with an Avatar

6. Dalton, B. (2012). Multimodal composition and the common core state standards. The Reading Teacher, 66(4), 333–339 Morgan, B. & Smith, R. D. (2008). A wiki for classroom writing. The Reading Teacher, 62(1), 80-82. Olthouse, J. (2012). Teaching Talented Writers With Web 2.0 Tools. Teaching Exceptional Children, 45(2), 6-14. Stover, K., & Young, C. (2014). Using 21 st century technologies to edit and revise in Ferdig, R., Rasinski, T., & Pytash, K. (Eds). Using technology to enhance writing: Innovative approaches to literacy instruction. Bloomington, IN: The Solution Tree. Yancy, K.B. (2009). Writing in the 21st century. Ohio Journal of English Language Arts, 49(2), 70-79. Young, C., & Stover, K. (2013). “Look what I did!” Student conferences with text-to-speech software. Reading Teacher, 67(4), 269-272. Young, C. & Stover, K. (2015). Promoting revision through blogging in a second grade classroom. Texas Journal of Literacy Education, 3(1), 14-28. References

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