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Want a tool that can help ALL of your students enjoy books that they love? Bookshare is for you.


(Bookshare, n.d.)

What is Bookshare?

Bookshare is an online reading tool that provides “1,185,284 titles” in many different formats that suit a reader’s preference or need (Bookshare, n.d., para. 3). These different formats include “ebooks in audio, audio + highlighted text, braille, large font, and other formats” (Bookshare, n.d., para. 2).  Users of Bookshare can access it through a lot of different platforms such as “smartphones, tablets, Chromebooks, computers, and assistive technology devices” (Bookshare, n.d., para. 4) The great thing is that this resource is free to U.S. students that meet the Bookshare qualifications. Below is a video that explains more about Bookshare and can be shown to teachers and other educators to get them on board with using Bookshare. There is also a link to page that tells you about the qualifications. 

 



Link to qualifications:

https://www.bookshare.org/cms/bookshare-me/who-qualifies

 How does it work?

All you need to do is sign up, search for books, and read! Below is a link to a webpage that goes through how exactly users get started and use the tool. It has written directions and videos to help its users.

Link to directions:

https://www.bookshare.org/cms/get-started/sign

Why use Bookshare?

Bookshare is a great resource for educators. This tool opens the doors of opportunity to students that may need books in different formats in order to read them. Teachers can have students use this tool during independent reading time or even to look up books for research purposes. With “1,185,284 titles” students can surely find books they love to read or even find books that meet their research needs (Bookshare, n.d., para. 3). Teachers could also choose books to focus on during ELA instruction time from this website. This way students reading needs are met as they learn ELA standards from the text.

If you want more information about this program, below is a video that tells more about the program and how it can benefit students.


I hope you enjoy getting to learn about Bookshare. The website gives so much information and I hope the videos I provided help, too!

Thank you for stopping by this week!

Sincerely,

Courtland Smith

References

Bookshare. (n.d.). Bookshare. Bookshare. https://www.bookshare.org/cms/

Bookshare. (n.d.). Learn anywhere with Bookshare [Photograph]. facebook.
     https://www.facebook.com/bookshare/

Bookshare. (n.d.). Sign up! Bookshare. https://www.bookshare.org/cms/
     get-started/sign

Bookshare. (n.d.). Who qualifies? Bookshare. https://www.bookshare.org/cms/
     bookshare-me/who-qualifies

Bookshare (Producer). (2020). Read your way with bookshare [Video]. YouTube.
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4M7P0qomIo&t=51s

Bookshare (Producer). (2023). Bookshare basics for educators [Video]. YouTube.
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUSCUJmqOXY



Comments

  1. Nicole ShumpertFebruary 26, 2023 at 5:04 PM

    Hey Courtland. For my resource, I shared Epic Books, which seems similar to this resource you are sharing. I like how Bookshare is catered towards people with disabilities though. I shared Epic Books because of the read aloud feature. Your resource not only reads text aloud to students but also allows them to change the font size, color, narrator voice, and much more. It seems like a great resource to use for adaptive reading. Thanks for sharing.

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