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Individualized Picture Books

• Using Technology to Create Books that Support
  Basic Literacy

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My Students

• Many do not have VPM
• Many are ELA students
• Some do not know letters, let alone words
• Therefore, finding books for them to read
  independently has become the bane of my existence

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My Options

• Get mad at the parents
• Get mad at the kids
• Get mad at myself
• Get mad at God
• Use technology to begin to fix the problem

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Salvation Lies in Technology

• Using my handy digital camera and my standard
  issue Dell, I set about creating independent
  materials.

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Books Can Be Created Specifically for Students

• The picture support in the book can be chosen to
  meet student needs
• Students can even be featured doing actions in
  their own books

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Text Can Be Specific to the Student

• Together with the teacher, students can write all
  or part of their books

I see a __________.
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These Books are Now Literacy Support Tools

• Kids can now (hypothetically) read their books
  independently
• The books can also be used as writing / spelling
  models

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Example pages
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