Conferring with an avatar Student conferences with texttospeech

Some Relevant Research • The writing process has changed due to access to digital

References • Dalton, B. (2012). Multimodal composition and the common core state standards. The

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

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

Inspiration for Research

Some Relevant Research • 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. • Stover and Young (2014) examined the use of Voice. Thread for peer revision and editing. • Young & Stover (2015) determined that using kid blog to peer revise/edit writing increased the quality of students' writing • Young & Stover (2013) described how to use text to speech software for revising and editing.

Conferring with an Avatar • • • 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

References • 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 21 st 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.

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