[bksvol-discuss] Re: More Marvelous Bookshare Bideos on YouTube
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 00:41:12 -0800 (PST)
Thanks, Evan. They were interesting. I would never
have thought to look for them.
Cindy Ro
--- EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I had missed, or forgotten about the video on
> YouTube of Steffon Middleton using Bookshare for
> school that Estin posted here a few days ago. Lissi
> and I went up and listened to it last night, and she
> told me that she had discovered more videos up there
> from other Bookshare members. I thought I would post
> a few links here. I think they're marvelous and
> uplifting examples of the positive impact people can
> have on the lives of others.
>
> The first link is for a video of Jessica Pinto, an
> 8th grader who I believe has cerebral palsy. A great
> love of life comes out in her voice, and she is
> reading better and faster because of the work we do
> here.
>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asNgQXnxbQ8&feature=related
>
> The next one is for Shane McKnight. Using Kurzweil
> and books from Bookshare, he says that his grades
> have gone up from a 20 to an 80.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlTzV1tif6E
>
> He would especially like more books about skate
> boarding, a biography of Tony Hawk for instance. Now
> if Lissi can find that book about a skate boarding
> monster she says she has in her house somewhere, I
> told her I would scan it. I'm not kidding. There
> really is such a book. I can't wait to read it
> myself.
>
> The last one is from Alex Clark. He says that
> Bookshare has helped him bring his grades up, in his
> words, "from below failing to above a B.". You can't
> get much more change for the better than that!
> <grin>
>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwSwzeBCbq8&feature=related
>
> These are all middle school kids and they were none
> of them great readers. But they are all getting
> better and what is I think even more valuable,
> developing a love of reading for its own sake; not
> just to fulfill class assignments.
>
> It is a wonderful thing to know that in scanning and
> validating books for Bookshare, we are improving the
> lives of others all over the world, and bettering
> their prospects for the future.
>
> By posting these here, in addition to wanting to
> share them with you, I'm hoping that you all will
> share these links with your friends and relatives
> who may have no idea what Bookshare is or why some
> of us devote quite a lot of our time to it. Hearing
> these kinds of stories is a reward that money cannot
> buy.
>
> Evan
>
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