https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5 Supporting Student Empowerment and Success en-us 2023-01-11 05:09:58 UTC 2023-03-14 22:00:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4a1.png hurleyc21 https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5/wish/2440340606 PebbleGo seemed like a very accessible and helpful site. Here are some highlights:
- readily available in English AND Spanish
- kid-friendly layout (big buttons, simple vocabulary, no small words, definitions with unfamiliar words and proper nouns, text reader, etc).
- accessibility functions (images to accompany words, text reader, videos, etc). 
- academic games available
- citations available
- video experiments
- advanced categories

Downsides:
- Only available in two languages
- no text-to-speech
- only provides definitions for specific words, not all of the words]]> 2023-01-11 05:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5/wish/2440340606 hurleyc21 https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5/wish/2440341812 This is a wonderful site that I used last quarter in ELED 460! It was very user-friendly and kid-friendly. Highlights include:
- Audiobooks, picture books, "read-to-me" books (audiobooks but with illustrations), etc.
- Wordless books
- Books in other languages
- Easy/simple quizzes (optional)
- Simple and colorful layout
- Dictionary for some words
- Can use text-to-speech for all words
- Can highlight words as you read and make them bigger
- Uses a variety of voices
- Free

Downsides
- Only available during school hours
- Costs money if you want to use it outside of school hours
- Site not available in another language (although some books are!)]]> 2023-01-11 05:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5/wish/2440341812 hurleyc21 https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5/wish/2440348545 I used Google Chrome to access my favorite website, Postcrossing. Here are the highlights:
- Definitions for most/all words available
- Speak the word or passage out loud for me
- Search the web for a specific word or phrase

Options that are not available:
- Translate to another language (although this is usually available at the top of your browser when the page is in another language)
- Read Aloud from Here (on Microsoft)
- Immersive Reader]]> 2023-01-11 05:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5/wish/2440348545 hurleyc21 https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5/wish/2440359476 The voice typing on Google worked fairly well! I tested it out with some "big" words and a lot of pauses and it caught those and fixed them. Here are some highlights:
- Very accurate
- Recognizes spoken punctuation
- Recognizes spoken symbols like "happy face" and "sad face"
- Pause and unpause
- Text to speech button can be moved to anywhere on the document

Here are some downsides:
- The "new line" function did not seem to work for me. 
- Does not recognize punctuation on it's own, it has to be spoken


]]> 2023-01-11 05:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5/wish/2440359476 hurleyc21 https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5/wish/2440365103 I screenshotted the text in Google Translate and then used the Microsoft Translate App to translate it from German back to English.
Here are the highlights:
- the formatting of the document was kept once the words were translated
- proper nouns remained the same
- words in all caps remained the same
- really fast and easy
- the app uses images/icons instead of words so it's language friendly

Downsides:
- the original text sat under the new text, making it slightly harder to read it. 
- some words didn't translate perfectly, such as "Microwft Translote app"]]> 2023-01-11 05:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5/wish/2440365103 hurleyc21 https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5/wish/2440380626 PostLight Reader easily removed all of the ads from this article! Here are it's highlights:
- All ads gone within seconds
- No more moving components or unnecessary components
- Simple layout of article
- Easy to download, and free!

Downsides:
- Despite using a personal email, it was fairly hard to get it to work. All I needed to do was open it in a new window, but it would've been nice to be able to open it in my previous window. ]]> 2023-01-11 06:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5/wish/2440380626 hurleyc21 https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5/wish/2440398957 For this one, I used the downloaded version of OneNote. It wasn't as accessible as the web browser version. Highlights:
- Translate was available to many languages
- Audio files, drawings, text, etc. available
- Dark mode/light mode

Downsides:
- Could not find the Immersive Reader function (maybe it's only on the web browser version?)
- The web browser version would not allow me to record audio]]> 2023-01-11 06:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hurleyc21/v9guv137axk5tpx5/wish/2440398957