Digital+Text

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=Resources for Finding Digital Text: =

Elementary School:

 * **For young students or emergent readers: **
 * [|Starfall]
 * Provides interactive eBooks that can be read/played online
 * Great for early learners and emergent readers
 * [|Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities adapted books]
 * This resource provides a variety of books adapted with symbols
 * [|Dolch Sight Word books]
 * These simple books present one dolch sight word on each page
 * Books are easily downloaded and played using PowerPoint
 * [|SetBC Modified books]
 * These books are modified using Boardmaker, Clicker 5, MS Word, or PowerPoint
 * Most books use simple language and are read by human voices
 * Good for early learners
 * [|Tar Heel Reader]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This is an extensive collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Books read aloud by using text to speech software
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The books may be downloaded as slide shows in PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash format
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">You can also create books directly on this website
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Browser Books]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Modified texts that will read aloud when you click on the individual words
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Uses a real human voice
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The books have been sorted by level and by subject according to the curriculum area
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Adapted Books by NYC PS]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> These are adapted books and materials created with Boardmaker, Writing with Symbols, and PowerPoint software. They have been converted to Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format as well.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Books are available with supplimental materials such as symbol cards
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Great variety for early readers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Genie Books]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Available in PowerPoint
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Decodable books for beginning readers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|PowerPoint Talking Books]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">A variety of PowerPoint talking books that can be downloaded to your computer
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Books are organized by grade level and content area
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Lil' Fingers Storybooks]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Provides a small sample of digital books appropriate for very young students or emergent learners
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Stories do not read aloud, but the built-in text to speech will read the stories


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Audiobooks**:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Lit2Go]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 format
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Can search using the Flesch-Kincaid reading levels
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Can also be directly downloaded through iTunes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|LoudLit]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Audiobooks read by human voices
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Variety of short stories, novels, and poems
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">You can listen online or save by right-clicking (control-clicking)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Light up Your Brain]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Classic audiobooks for children
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Books are read by a captivating human voice and have appropriate music and sounds
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Books can be listened to online or downloaded to iTunes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Online Audio Stories]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wonderful selection of short stories for kids including fairy tales, poems, and more
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">A great way to learn English online, as all of the stories come with translatable text and great pronunciation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mother Goose Club]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This website features songs, videos, drawings, and text of popular nursery rhymes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Watch very exciting live action and animated videos


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**eBooks**:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|RAZ Kids]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Subscription based tool available to special education teachers (within LPS)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Online guided reading program with interactive ebooks, downloadable books, and reading quizzes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Storyline Online]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Streaming video program featuring famous people reading children's books aloud
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|CAST's UDL Book Builder]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Great free tool for creating eBooks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">You can also read examples of the Model Books and Public Library Books
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Children's Storybooks Online]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Many great free children's books
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Stories span age ranges from preschool to elementary school
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Some books also include audio
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Built-in text to speech can read the books
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|BookShare]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Accessible books for individuals with print disabilities
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Anyone can download the books from within the public domain
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Books can be opened in MS Word and annotated with its highlighting tools
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Signed Stories]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This site has great books read in spoken English and ASL
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Great for hearing students too as stories include movement, music, spoken English, ASL, and subtitles
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Literactive]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Comprehensive early reader books with additional teaching materials such as worksheets
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Books move, have great pictures, and are read by human voices
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|RIF - Reading Planet Book Zone]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Interactive eBooks that highlight word by word
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Into the Book]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This website provides access to digital text read by a human voice and teaches specific reading comprehension strategies.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Middle and High School:

 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Digital Text**:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Project Gutenberg]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This site has over 33000 free ebooks to download
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">It uses only high quality books that were prevsiouly published by bona fide publishers and digitized with the help of volunteers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|CAST's UDL Editions]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">UDL Editions take advantage of the flexibility of digital media to reach and engage all learners
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Leveled supports and the Texthelp Toolbar balance challenge and support for each learner
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Planet ebook]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Free classic literature available for download
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Poetry Foundation]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Free resource to find poetry by category, name, title, author, or first line
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The built-in text to speech can read the poems
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|BookShare]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Accessible books for individuals with print disabilities
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Anyone can download books from within the public domain
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Books can be opened in MS Word and annotated with its highlighting tools
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Classic Bookshelf]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Online resource for classic literature
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">These books can be viewed with Java and you can easily change the font size, color, margins, and more.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|GCA/RWMS Adapted Books]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Common middle/high school books modified in content to meet the needs of severe special education students
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Fiction: The eServer Collection]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This site offers works of and about fiction collected from our members, contributing authors worldwide, and texts in the public domain
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Has many books and short stories read by our middle and high school students


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Audiobooks**:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|LibriVox]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Extensive collection of free audio books read by volunteers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The goal is to record every book in the public domain
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Librophile]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Free audio books on scrollable bookshelves
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">You can download or play in MP3 format
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Right-click (control-click) on the file to download it to your computer
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Books Should Be Free]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Thousands of free audiobooks that you can download in MP3, iPods, and iTunes formats
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Includes audio preview and convenient categories
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Free Classic Audiobooks]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Free classic audiobooks downloaded in MP3 audiobook format
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|ThoughtAudio]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Offers audiobook downloads of philosphy and classic literature audiobook titles
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Lit2Go]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Free online collection of stories and poems in MP3 format
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Can also be directly downloaded through iTunes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|LoudLit]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Audiobooks read by human voices
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Variety of short storeis, novels, and poems
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">You can listen online or save by right-clicking (control-clicking)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Calgary Academy's Audio Short Stories]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Presents short stories in interactive audiobook style
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Teaches students the elements of the story and active reading strategies
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Most Dangerous Game]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Audiobook of The Most Dangerous Game

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Handout for comparing digital text websites: