Using OESS Software

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Using OESS Software

• In the Classroom

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Clicker 5
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What is Clicker?
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The HandoutPage 1
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Like Boardmaker
This is a grid.
Each of the squares is called a cell.
Add your own pictures.
The cells can speak the words that are displayed.
The cells can speak words that you record.
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The Top Menu Icons
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It is a program that uses pictures and words,
visual and oral clues to help children learn to
read. Children can also use it to make dynamic
presentations.
grid
YES
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cells.
YES
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The Toolbars
new doc.
open
save
print
fonts
bold
italic
under- line
font colour
page fill
high- light
left
centre
right
spell check
speak
hide grid
add pic
alignment
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The HandoutPage 2
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Download Clicker files at www.LearningGrids.com
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A Downloaded Christmas File
Watch it in action!
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A Learning Grid
The top part is the story writer.
The bottom of the screen shows the grid.
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Use provided phrasesand words to finish a story
which will be read back, out loud.
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www.LearningGrids.com
story writer
grid
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story writer.
a period is added.
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The HandoutPage 3
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• Class Activity
• Discuss characteristics of giants.
• Tell students they are going to write a story
  using several choices of ideas.
• Present the page as seen here.
• Have students circle their choices.
• For each Clicker page, use most frequently chosen
  answer.
• Print out story and have students illustrate/read
  it.
• Students will write their own Clicker story.

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Giants Story
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Lets Try It
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Choose a topic.
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The vocabulary will appear.
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Build sentences.
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The HandoutPage 4
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Starting with a Template
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Open Clicker 5
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Choose the Type of Grid
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Show Me
Each set of grids has a show me file
accompaniment.
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Choose a New Grid
-Labelling -Pictures Single -Labelling one
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Add Text
Shift click to type in the text box.
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• 1. Labelling
• 2. Pictures Single
• 3. Labelling one

shift click in a cell.
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The HandoutPage 5
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Edit Cells
Click on Edit. Click on Edit Mode. The Editing
Tools will open.
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Add Pictures
Choose a group of pictures.
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Click in the top left cell.The popup opens and
you will drag pictures into each cell.This pop
up is the same for each blue cell that you click
on when you use pictures single.
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Drag a picture into one of the cells.The name
of the picture is entered with the graphic. You
might not like the name but you can change it.
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Edit a Graphic Name

• Shift click on the text.
• Type in a new name.

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Trying it Out
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Recording Your Voice
Open the Properties. On a Mac, hold CTRL and
click. On a Windows machine, right click to get
the menu seen here. Click on Properties.
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Recording Your Voice
Click on Sound Video.
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Recording Your Voice
Click the recording button
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Recording Your Voice
Click the stop button when you finish recording.
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Recording Your Voice
The name of the new voice file will appear here.
Click OK When you click in the cell, the sound
will play.
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Trying it Out
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Click on Edit Click on Edit Mode
drag the picture from the picture file.
shift click on the word and change it.
CTRL click in the cell, choose properties and
click on the sound and video tab.
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click on the cell.
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The HandoutPage 6
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Fine Tuning
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Changing the Voice
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There are tworealistic voices.
Trying It Out
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Acapela Lucy and Acapela Graham
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the sending grids allow the words from the grid
to go to the writer.
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The HandoutPage 7
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CustomGrids
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Start with a Blank
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(No Transcript)
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Adding Blank Cells
Use the cursor keys to move and stretch the shape.
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Adding Blank Cells Part 2
Select the cell for duplication Click
Edit Click Select All Cells The cell will be
shaded. As well, on a Mac, you can use Apple
click on the cell to select it.
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Adding Blank Cells Part 3
While the cell is selected, selected, Click
Edit Click Copy Click outside the cell. Click
Edit Click Paste You can paste any number of
times.
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Setting the Snap to Grid
You might have to experiment with the spacing!
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Duplicating a Row of Cells
Select all the cells in the row. Click Edit
Click Copy Click outside the cells. Click Edit
Click Paste
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Duplicating a Row of CellsPart 2
The new row of cells will be blue and will be
placed over the first row. While the cells are
blue, drag them below the white cells. Do this
until you have the number of rows that you want.
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Duplicating a Row of CellsPart 3
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Aligning Cells
Hold CTRL and click to access alignment etc.
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Customized Cells Demo
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There are several choices of cells.
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These cells provide actions.
calculator
Go home.
keyboard
Listen.
Record.
See a movie.
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Questions?