MMVC2015 - Teaching writing using voice tools on mobile devices and iPads

TEACHING WRITINGusing Voice Tools on Mobile Devices and iPads

Vance Stevens at the MMVC15 Online Virtual Conference August 9, 2015This is an online version of a face-to-face workshop given at ISTE 2015, Philadelphia: http://tinyurl.com/iste2015vance

What this presentation covers• Helping writers find their voice on mobile devices• Rational for using voice in writing• Brainstorming with Google DocsStoryBuilder• Voice composition and feedback in Google Docs• Using Word Clouds in mobile apps• Dragon Dictation

Vance Stevens at MMVC15 online Aug 9, 2015

● DocsStoryBuilder (a website, not an app)

● Today’s Meet: o https://todaysmeet.com/mmvc15aug9

● Google Drive, Docs, and Chromeo Docs app and desktop viewso Voice tools

● Word Clouds app● Dragon Dictation app● Dictanote on PC

Apps and sites covered

No need to take notesAll my slides are online either in Google Slides or in the case of this one, http://slideshare.net/VanceShttp://www.slideshare.net/vances/mmvc2015-teaching-writing-using-voice-tools-on-mobile-devices-and-i-pads

AND all the links work there, so to follow this presentation optimally, go thereVance Stevens at MMVC15 online Aug 9, 2015

How writers find their voiceon mobile devices

Lindsay Clandfield says writing is returning to oral roots (from recording onto scrolls → to txtg & speaking into mobile devices): https://app.box.com/s/0xsjv54sbh18uqx3j01a

Rational for return to oral tradition in writing

Brainstorming using voice with DocsStoryBuilder

From http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/

● On iPad or PC you can build your story using the voice tool

● Add music and FINISH UP with a URL to your story

DocsStory Builder: Student examples

Brainstorming IELTS essays● http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/UrwheJQun - Fast Food, jazzy● http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/V0AYQdyjx - Abdullah & ghost writer● http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/4lLSbXEAn - Driving fast, schmalzy● http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/0zwCdc28j - Bicycles, driving beat● http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/Y0d4XoBQV - Elderly, schmalzy● http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/WcoeeZSRx - Public transport

Sound does not play on iPadPlays well on PC

Playing with Google Docs Story Builder

Find it by Googling Docs Story Builder

Or use a link at right

● Remember, it’s a website, not an app● Type or speak your dialog● Select some music● Get a shared link; students can

o Post that link to a shared space e.g.https://todaysmeet.com/mmvc15aug9

o Or share it on Google+

http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/

Today’s Meet for f2f ISTE

StoryBuilder Tutorials

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QPWWMNQvxHLCkmkBq4y7tsbkbuVfA72IoaplaAtf6gQ/edit?usp=sharing

Google DOCS and DRIVE apps

iPad views of Google Docs and Drive

How I teach writing with Google Docs

● I organize it on PC for convenience● Our students work on iPad● iPad apps different from PC

o Have both limited and enhanced functionality● Typing difficult on iPad, but …

o Can be overcome to some extent with

continuous speech recognition tools

How to Create a Google Doc on iPad

● This is how my students do it

● Launch the app and click the blue plus

Name your file: Your name and topic

● Important that you can identify student work &

● that they can distinguish their many docs

Go to the Share & export menu

vertical

Click on the Share icon

Share it with vancestev@gmail.com

Essential Google Docs Tips Comment tool - ctrl-alt-m on PC (voice on iPad) Strike out tool - alt-shift-5 on PC (awkward on iPad)

Essential Google Docs Tips An organized Drive (with folders & subfolders)● A File naming system

with names and topics● Use the search tool to

bring up files in Drive● Helps catch plagiarism

● Use Shared with Me and Recent to find files

Google Docs Feedback - PC view

● Fewer tools but ..

● Voice a major affordance

Docs app view

● More traditional tool set

● Including ..Insert / Image

● No voice● Limited touch

functionality

iPad also has a Desktop View

OLD: How to insert pics into Google Doc

http://toolkit4learning.blogspot.ae/2015/03/tutorial-on-posting-images-to-google.html

New -> insert image added to Docs app

NOW (2015)

Word Clouds

Plan B: Dragon DictationHelps work around constraints on typingUseful if voice isn’t working in Google Docs

Punctuation Voice Commands

http://lifehacker.com/5928902/how-to-talk-to-your-mac-using-dictation-effectively

Using Dragon Dictation to model process

This composition was created in class while eliciting input from students

Voice on PC: Dictanote

https://dictanote.co/

For more information

Written text version: http://tinyurl.com/iste2015vance-docand blog post

The HoA rehearsal of this presentationhttp://learning2gether.net/2015/06/08/learning2gether-with-vance-stevens-teaching-writing-on-ipad-and-mobile-devices-using-voice-tools/

The ISTE wiki portal for this presentation

MMVC15 slide presentation - http://slideshare.net/vances

http://iste2015ipadagogyabloominbetterwaytoteach.pbworks.com/w/page/92494251/Writing%20-%20Vance%20Stevens

Thanks for attending

Hope you enjoyed it

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