Dragon+Dictate

**Dragon Dictate App for iPad 2**
 * ** Link to the App in the iTunes Store: ** Dragon for Ipad in iTunes
 * **Link to the App Developer Site:** @http://www.nuancemobilelife.com/apps/dragon-dictation
 * **Dragon Handout in .pdf:** [[file:Dragon App.pdf|Dragon App.pdf]]

**Description:** Dragon Dictation is an app that allows the user to dictate and uses voice recognition to translate the spoken word to text that is available instantly for copying, pasting, e-mailing, etc. Network connectivity is required for Dragon to work.

**Steps to Begin Using Dragon Dictation:** >
 * **Download the Dragon App** for your device (see links above)
 * **Open the "Dragon App"** When opening the app for the first time it lets the user know that it will be using a location (**YES**) and asks to access contacts (**NO**). Make sure the device is on a network/WIFI or the app will not work.
 * Touch the red “Tap and dictate” button **and speak clearly into the iPad’s microphone dictating information that will be converted to text--this could be the text to an e-mail message, a text message, the ideas for a paper being written, etc. Tap the screen once again to stop recording.**
 * The translated text from the dictation **will appear on the device’s screen.** Tap the “keyboard icon” **located a the bottom center of the screen to edit the text using the keyboard.[[image:dragon-keyboard2.png align="right"]]**
 * Send/Copy/Paste the text to the desired location.** The icon in the top right corner will allow the user to select from the following actions for the dictated text: email it, cut the passage, copy it, or send to Facebook or Twitter.
 * **Best Practice Use:** Students who are challenged with typing or handwriting use this app to capture their ideas and dictate their “writings.”

**Procedure:**
 * S**tudents will use their mobile devices** to reflect and summarize their understanding of a lesson or idea.
 * **Students download the Dragon App** (available for iPad, iPhone, Android, iPod) or use a device with the app downloaded.[[image:dragon-site.png align="right"]]
 * **Students will complete an activity using prefixes.** For this example, navigate to the following web site: @http://bit.ly/ben-prefixes and complete the short activity working on the prefix re- and dis- (target grade is 3rd grade) to learn how adding the prefixes re- and dis- change the meaning of the word.
 * **Students will open Dragon and begin recording** by tapping the red button and saying their name and then sharing the meaning of the two prefixes (re- & dis-) by tapping the red button. It is a good idea to have them give a couple of examples. The app will have trouble with a few words probably the prefix re- but that is OK, students will fix it in the next step.
 * **Students will use the keyboard editing feature** in Dragon to edit their recorded text. Tap the keyboard icon at the bottom/center of the screen to begin editing.
 * **Once students are finished editing their text, use the “send to” icon** in the top right corner to e-mail their text to their teacher: pkrambeck@esu3.org (provide email address)

**Follow-up:** Ramping up or down--this activity could be used with existing reading material or texts to check for understanding or summarizing. The on-line activity was used because everyone had access to the activity on their iPads. (we didn’t have texts)

**Standards Addressed:** LA 3.3.2.d Listen to, summarize and interpret message and purpose of information being communicated