#kindle #readingprogress Reached 444 🤓 and past.

First finished book of the year: Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

#inheritancecycle #brisingr #libby #books #reading #reader #book #readingprogress

@wkfry I'm not sure if it'll be adopted over here in Australia when it's done (only some of our schools use Microsoft), but that sounds amazing!
My university tutors have made it pretty clear that one-on-one/small group interventions for struggling students are critical to fixing problems, and #ReadingProgress would certainly allow for more of that.

@JshBet8 My biggest fear with #ReadingProgress is that it might be biased against students who are speaking their second language with an accent. I am thrilled to report that the software does a really great job and doesn't penalize students speaking with an uncommon accent!

https://educationblog.microsoft.com/en-us/2021/08/reading-progress-now-available-in-microsoft-teams

It's amazing that we shipped this feature just as the pandemic hit and it was even more valuable for teachers!

@JshBet8 In August, I started working on #ReadingProgress. This allows teachers to assign passages of text for students to read.

In the past, teachers used to have to take students out into the hall and ask them to read, and then manually grade them.

Now, AI kicks in automatically and tells students if they mispronounced words and allows them to practice words they struggled with.

I don’t know why, but I never did an #Introduction post. So here it goes…

#Software #developer who works at #Microsoft/#MicrosoftEDU. Makes products work better for #teachers and #students in #k12 #education. I work on #ImmersiveReader and #ReadingProgress. Both help with #accessibility and #LanguageLearning.

I'm #gay, #liberal and live in #seattle. I love #tech, #cooking and #recipes. #Athiest involved in #ReligiousEducation and a member of a #UU church. #ENTJ. #Cat person.

#Me

I’ve been dipping in and out of this text since October. Really enjoying how practical it is and how it can be applied to the young people in the class. I’m hoping to add some co-operative learning to short comprehension tasks each week and improving the skills of my great class. I want to become better and they have said they want to improve, so why not do it together. Thanks Anne Glennie. #teachingtips #teachingresources #teachingscotland #readingforpleasure #reading #ReadingProgress

RT @AJOBPickard@twitter.com

this 👇 this is brilliant, such a useful update for #ReadingProgress in @MicrosoftTeams@twitter.com #MIEExpert #TeamMIEEScotland https://twitter.com/mtholfsen/status/1592246068577980416

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AJOBPickard/status/1592255331379412996