GoTalk as a Literacy Tool

The National Reading Panel reports that there are five components of effective reading instruction: Phonemic Awareness, Alphabetic Principle, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Fluency. However, research is limited on how to best instruct non-verbal students and/or those with limited physical access to standard stimuli. GoTalk was created as an AAC application but has arguably great value as a literacy tool. This class will detail how you can create and share activities that target the necessary components of reading instruction through digital literacy opportunities. GoTalk allows you to create digital books or scenes with hot spots linked to recorded speech or video to target many of the components of reading instruction while providing alternative access to those who need it.

Objectives
-Participants will learn how to create custom pages, including grid and scene-based pages, with hot posts for content.
-Participants will learn about supporting apps that can create custom content photos and videos compatible with GoTalk for literacy instruction.

-Participants will understand why GoTalk is optimal for literacy instruction for those with sensory processing disorders.

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