[CASL-L] Learning Ally

[Stieber, Rachel]

Hi Kathryn,

Our district has a subscription and I think that it's helpful. It is not
for all students, students must struggle with decoding, fluency, or reading
comprehension, or be blind, visually impaired, or have a physical
disability that prevents them from reading standard print. An IEP or 504
plan is not required. They have audiobooks and many read along options
(audiobook and online text that is highlighted and read to the student). I
think that it has the most options for read along books available. A
teacher or librarian needs to assign the books to students, they aren't
able to search and read it by themselves.

If you get it, definitely make yourself an account so that you can search
for books and assign them to students. Or, you can recommend the titles to
classroom teachers or Special Ed teachers that can assign them.

I think it's a worthwhile audiobook/read along tool. We use it alongside
our Sora accounts, Bookshare, and playaways that students check out from
the library.

Rachel Stieber,
Sage Park Middle School, Windsor



On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 5:47 PM LaFlamme, Kristin via CASL-L <
casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:

> I use it as a 5th grade classroom teacher so I can’t speak to library
> usage. It’s definitely increased reading engagement within my classroom.
> It’s for students with reading impairments, however if students want to try
> audiobooks, I hook them up with it. There’s a wide variety of books on
> there. Not necessarily the newest ones. You can assign books to certain
> kids. There’s no borrowing of a book, so the kids can have it for as long
> as needed. I’m not sure I’d see much of an advantage of it as a library
> tool, but I’ve loved it for my 5th graders! Most books are voice text,
> which means the book pages are on the screen and it highlights as the audio
> reads to them. Some are classic audio, just listening. It’s great for book
> clubs because you don’t need physical multi copies. Let me know if you have
> any other questions!
>
> Kristin LaFlamme
> Wells Road Intermediate School
> 5th Grade Language Arts
> 860-844-3048
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>
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 4:20 PM Jenny Lussier <jlussier at rsd13.org> wrote:
>
>> I would be interested in learning about this too!
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Jenny
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 3:37 PM Kathryn Ferrante <kferrante at renbrook.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I am wondering if anybody has experience using Learning Ally for
>>> audiobooks. My school is interested in getting a site subscription, and I
>>> am curious about its uses from the library perspective.
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> *Kathryn Ferrante*
>>>
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