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=Getting Started with Bookshare, Electronic Books and TTS (Text-to-speech) Tools=

8:30: Introductions and Overview of Workshop Presentation:

9:00: [|Bookshare]
 * **Activity 1: Creating a Bookshare Account and Rosters**
 * Organizational Account [[file:Org_Agreement_2008.doc]]
 * Student Roster Form [[file:Group_POD_2008.doc]]
 * Sponsor Roster Form [[file:Additional_Sponsor_form.doc]]
 * [|Educator's FAQ]

10:00: Electronic Books
 * **Activity 2: Creating Assignable Files from a Bookshare Book (Click on link in the menu, use the handout or click here for the PDF file [[file:Bookshare.Activity2and3.pdf]] )**
 * [|Finding Books on Bookshare]
 * [|Locating Books in NIMAC]
 * [|Downloading Books from Bookshare]

10:45: Text-to-Speech Tools
 * **Activity 3: Using the Mac Speech Tool to Read** **(Click on link in the menu, use the handout or click here for the PDF file [[file:Bookshare.Activity2and3.pdf]] )**
 * [|Kurzweil 3000]
 * [|Ghost Reader]
 * [|Read:OutLoud - Bookshare Version]
 * [|Read:Outloud - Bookshare Edition User Manual]
 * **Activity 4 (if time allows): Getting Started with Read:Outloud Bookshare Edition** [[file:Getting Started with Read.pdf]]

11:20: Recap and Reflect