Saturday, January 25, 2014

"Thing Five"
   For thing five I chose Dragon. I have used this app several times in the classroom. The children had a difficult time getting used to using it. I  used it with kindergarten first and then tried it with first grade, second grade  and so on. The kindergarten classes had the most difficult time trying using it.  I found this interesting since sometimes you can't get the little ones to stop talking, but when there is an iPad in front of you recording your words and thoughts they had a hard time talking. All the children found they needed to speak clearly and  loudly into the iPad for the words to be heard correctly.  Dragon may get the word right the first time but that doesn't mean Dragon will get the words right every time. To use Dragon you really need to be able to read so you can proofread what was dictated.The words are not always written as they were spoken. Dragon has a keyboard to use in case the person needs to add, correct or delete something that was previously dictated onto the iPad. When you have completed what you dictated you can publish it in many ways, email, Facebook or twitter.You also have the choice of what language you would like Dragon to type. Overall if you can get the hang of using Dragon it is a very useful tool.

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