Reading Help in PowerPoint

August 4th, 2008

Workshop Agenda

Make a folder on the desktop Make reading passages, stories, poems or

vocabulary words with audio/sound files Whole passage, phrases, individual word audio help Free on-line audio books/resources

Learn how to find and save audio files Discuss Digital Storytelling and other misc

technology for the classroom Questions Door prizes

Lion and the MouseAesop’s Fables

Once when a Lion was asleep a little Mouse began running up and down upon him; this soon wakened the Lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws to swallow him. “Pardon, O King,” cried the little Mouse: “forgive me this time, I shall never forget it: who knows but what I may be able to do you a turn some of these days?” The Lion was so tickled at the idea of the Mouse being able to help him, that he lifted up his paw and let him go. Some time after the Lion was caught in a trap, and the hunters who desired to carry him alive to the King, tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him on. Just then the little Mouse happened to pass by, and seeing the sad plight in which the Lion was, went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the King of the Beasts. “Was I not right?” said the little Mouse. Little friends may prove great friends.

Steps for recording sound files

Type your story, vocabulary words, etc. Click on Insert, Movies and Sounds, Record

Sound

Cont’

Name file

Click on the Record button

Read the text

When finished reading click the Stop button

Cont’

Click the Play button to review, if satisfied with recording click OK

You will see a sound icon appear on the slide

Cont’

Position the sound icon anywhere on the slide by holding the left mouse button and dragging

Double click on the sound icon to hear the recording (one click when in the View Show mode)

Click once to stop recording

Lion and the MouseAesop’s Fables

Once when a Lion was asleep a little Mouse began running up and down upon him; this soon wakened the Lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws to swallow him. “Pardon, O King,” cried the little Mouse: “forgive me this time, I shall never forget it: who knows but what I may be able to do you a turn some of these days?” The Lion was so tickled at the idea of the Mouse being able to help him, that he lifted up his paw and let him go. Some time after the Lion was caught in a trap, and the hunters who desired to carry him alive to the King, tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him on. Just then the little Mouse happened to pass by, and seeing the sad plight in which the Lion was, went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the King of the Beasts. “Was I not right?” said the little Mouse. Little friends may prove great friends.

Single word help

Record help file (pronunciation, definition, part of speech, etc.) – see recording steps on Slide 4

Delete the sound icon that appears Highlight the “challenge word” Right mouse click on highlighted word Choose Action Settings

Single word help cont’

Click on the Mouse Click tab (or mouse over) Put a check in the box next to Play Sound This opens up a drop-down menu - Click on

the drop-down arrow - find the name of the sound file (name of challenge word)

Click OK

Once when a Lion was asleep a little Mouse began running up and down upon him; this soon wakened the Lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws to swallow him. “Pardon, O King,” cried the little Mouse: “forgive me this time, I shall never forget it: who knows but what I may be able to do you a turn some of these days?” The Lion was so tickled at the idea of the Mouse being able to help him, that he lifted up his paw and let him go. Some time after the Lion was caught in a trap, and the hunters who desired to carry him alive to the King, tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him on. Just then the little Mouse happened to pass by, and seeing the sad plight in which the Lion was, went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the King of the Beasts. “Was I not right?” said the little Mouse.Little friends may prove great friends.

Lion and the MouseAesop’s Fables

Add previously created text and sound files to slide

Lit2Go http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/ Search by grade level, title, author, etc. Find poem, story, etc. Click on View text as Webpage Copy and paste text, graphics, etc. Save sound file to computer – right mouse

click on Download MP3, Save Target As, name file, Save (save in my music)

Other Resources

Audio file sites http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/ http://udleditions.cast.org/  www.freerice.com     http://www.oculture.com/2006/10/audio_book_podc.html http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?

title=&author=&status=all&action=Search

Fluency site www.spreeder.com 

Misc. Info/Ideas Audio files (your creations, student creations,

or whatever) can be saved to an iPod or other digital media player

Can play the audio file with Windows Media Player and have a hard copy of the text (pdf file) to accompany it

Have students create digital book reports

Misc. info cont’ Laptops have a built-in microphone

Digital StoryTelling

Audacity

Book Talks Kiosks

Handouts found at http://pingrey.wikispaces.com

Next Page ?

If your story is going to be on more than one slide you can add “next page” buttons to let the students know to continue reading

Click on AutoShapes Choose Action Buttons Choose or (can add text) Draw the button and move it to the bottom

right edge of the slide Give button a hyperlink to next slide

Once when a Lion was asleep a little Mouse began running up and down upon him; this soon wakened the Lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws to swallow him. “Pardon, O King,” cried the little Mouse: “forgive me this time, I shall never forget it: who knows but what I may be able to do you a turn some of these days?” The Lion was so tickled at the idea of the Mouse being able to help him, that he lifted up his paw and let him go.

Lion and the MouseAesop’s Fables

Some time after the Lion was caught in a trap, and the hunters who desired to carry him alive to the King, tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him on. Just then the little Mouse happened to pass by, and seeing the sad plight in which the Lion was, went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the King of the Beasts. “Was I not right?” said the little Mouse.

Little friends may prove great friends.

Door Prize Drawing

Jump drive goes to #18

Head phones with microphone goes to #6