Teaching writing on iPads

and other voice-enabled mobile devices

Vance Stevens at ISTE 2015

iPadagogy for teaching writing with voice
Google Docs and Google Drive     https://support.google.com/a/answer/2490026?hl=en
Techniques for teaching writing using voice in Google Docs	Speaking compositions into Google Docs app Leaving comments in writing via voice
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-clouds-by-abcya.com/id823682295?mt=8
Using voice with DocsStoryBuilder   http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/   (Not an app, but if  you use it while logged in to Google, your stories can appear on your profile)
Dragon Dictation and more   https://www.educreations.com/	http://www.nuancemobilelife.com/apps/dragon-dictation/

Workshop Plan

10 minutes - introduce the topic

and explore resources, as per http://tinyurl.com/iste2015vance-doc 

35 minutes - practice

Google Docs Story Builder

• 5 min - Find a partner, introduce yourself, discuss (suggestions)

1. What do you teach in common
2. What do you like about Google Tools
3. What do you hope to gain from this workshop
4. What’s the point of technology?
   
5. whatever else comes up 

10 min - Commit your discussion to Google Docs Story Builder Refer to the tutorial https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QPWWMNQvxHLCkmkBq4y7tsbkbuVfA72IoaplaAtf6gQ/edit?usp=sharing    It’s a website, not an app Type or speak your dialog Generate a shared link Paste that link to https://todaysmeet.com/iste2015gdsb

Voice in Google Docs

10 min --

• Create a Google Doc, share it with vancestev@gmail.com

1. Title it with your name / ISTE 2015

2. Divulge something interesting or surprising about yourself OR

3. report the chief take-away from your Google Docs Story Builder dialog

4. Write the link of your GDSB in the document

5. Experiment with voice tools in Google Docs

1. add comments

2. add text 

Insert Word Cloud into Google Doc

10 min -   Make a Word Cloud, Save it in your camera roll Follow the tutorial to insert it into your Google Doc http://toolkit4learning.blogspot.com/2015/03/tutorial-on-posting-images-to-google.html

Educreations 

•  As an option to any of the above, 

1. Create an Educreation or Explain Everything artifact and link to it in your Google Doc

Here's the flip!

The slides are open and available here:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bYqdrx4zWqJCHICGug-p5_orQsTgLulQUibhuN3EDLI/edit?usp=sharing

The presentation has been written up and is available here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EVASDzSllav3SghQ1RfQOG6OOq8pSTryfgqihcVaIVw/edit?usp=sharing

A July 2015 version of the Google Doc article has been blogged here

http://toolkit4learning.blogspot.com.es/2015/07/teaching-writing-on-ipads-and-other.html 

Vance dress rehearsed this topic at a Learning2gether event June 7, 2015, archived here

http://learning2gether.net/2015/06/08/learning2gether-with-vance-stevens-teaching-writing-on-ipad-and-mobile-devices-using-voice-tools/

and available on YouTube

If you have questions or comments join the conversation at this event page 

https://plus.google.com/events/cg3nh83q5ivsgebohao277t20pg 

The first part of the workshop was recorded as a Hangout and can be replayed at the link above