Not a great resource at all.
Submitted 3 years ago
Community Review for Bookshare
Maria B.
Teacher
Longwood Central School District
Middle Island NY, US
My Take
This is not a good resource for our significantly impaired population of students at all.
How I Use It
I have used it with students that have Dyslexia. It has a very dry interface. It reads the entire copyright section. The tone is flat and dry and it is not at all visually engaging (neither is the audio).
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Karl B.
December 15, 2022
Helpful resource that benefits those who have reading related impairments or disabilities
I think Bookshare is a great tool that helps those with qualifying abilities. During my initial research, I thought that it wasn't optimal that it was not automatically offered to those with intellectual disabilities. But there is other software that exists that can help students with intellectual disabilities, so there are alternatives.
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Cathy F.
April 19, 2022
Fantastic FREE resource
My only issue is that unfortunately, you cannot access graphic novels easily. Otherwise, love sharing this with my students.
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Kay H.
Special education teacher
April 12, 2022
It wasn't useful for my students who have limited internet access at school and home. It was time consuming to set up and my students complained about the robot voice.
I don't care for the robot voice either, and the textbooks we use were not on the list.
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