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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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Today’s Meet for f2f ISTE
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StoryBuilder Tutorials
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QPWWMNQvxHLCkmkBq4y7tsbkbuVfA72IoaplaAtf6gQ/edit?usp=sharing
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Google DOCS and DRIVE apps
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iPad views of Google Docs and Drive
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iPad views of Google Docs and Drive
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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
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How to Create a Google Doc on iPad
● This is how my students do it
● Launch the app and click the blue plus
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Name your file: Your name and topic
● Important that you can identify student work &
● that they can distinguish their many docs
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Go to the Share & export menu
vertical
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Click on the Share icon
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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)
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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
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Google Docs Feedback - PC view
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● Fewer tools but ..
● Voice a major affordance
Docs app view
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● More traditional tool set
● Including ..Insert / Image
● No voice● Limited touch
functionality
iPad also has a Desktop View
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OLD: How to insert pics into Google Doc
http://toolkit4learning.blogspot.ae/2015/03/tutorial-on-posting-images-to-google.html
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New -> insert image added to Docs app
2014
NOW (2015)
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Word Clouds
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Plan B: Dragon DictationHelps work around constraints on typingUseful if voice isn’t working in Google Docs
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Punctuation Voice Commands
http://lifehacker.com/5928902/how-to-talk-to-your-mac-using-dictation-effectively
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Using Dragon Dictation to model process
This composition was created in class while eliciting input from students
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Voice on PC: Dictanote
https://dictanote.co/
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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
Vance Stevens at MMVC15 online Aug 9, 2015
Thanks for attending
Hope you enjoyed it
