How Can Teachers Use It?
WriteReader Pro does digitally what early-elementary students and teachers are already doing on paper. Instead of kids drawing a picture and writing a few sentences about it, with teachers rewriting some words to show kids the spelling (or translate so parents can read it), kids do all of that in-app. Plus, they can publish their writing in an ebook that can be easily shared with parents. Also, supporting documents about the app and its method are included on the developer's website, and they're a great boon to teachers and parents alike.
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What's It Like?
WriteReader is a research-backed writing tool that lets kids write their own stories in their own words. Teachers can then translate kids' writing using proper spelling and conventions. Books can be shared, printed, or published, with a teacher permission and assistance, using the in-app library. Kids can also read other kids' writing that has been published in the library. The developer's website includes the research supporting this form of writing practice as well as tips for developing kids' writing skills, both within the app and outside of it.
To create their own books, kids tap the plus sign to add a new book and then give their book a title and author and add a cover image. They can then add text, voice narration, thought or speech bubbles, and images to each page of the book, which can have up to 40 pages. Kids can tap the speech icon to have their teacher's comments read aloud.
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Is It Good For Learning?
The features included -- feedback from teachers, the opportunity to publish, the ability to customize with pictures and speech bubbles -- make writing fun for kids, which is exactly what encourages kids to write. And the more they write, the better they write; the more they read, the better they read. WriteReader ties writing and reading together, letting kids write original texts, read each other's writing, and reread their own writing. The keyboard is customizable, too, letting kids see the letters in caps or lowercase and hear audio of letter names or letter sounds as they type. Overall, this is a great tool for making reading and writing accessible, empowering, and fun.
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Kids can add images and text or thought bubbles to their writing.
Teachers can guide kids' writing, demonstrating proper spelling and conventions.
Books can be saved in-app or to iBooks or can be shared by email.
Kids can read books published by other kids or publish their own publicly.
They can also add voice narration to their books.
