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open menu Bookshare Blog News about Bookshare: an ebook library for people with reading barriers Bookshare Blog Posts New Assistive Technology Guidance for Educators and Parents Published February 8, 2024 New Assistive Technology Guidance for Educators and Parents Teachers and parents supporting children with disabilities can review a new comprehensive assistive technology guidance package from the Office of Special Education Programs. Continue reading New Assistive Technology Guidance for Educators and Parents Leave a Comment Empowering Community in Memphis, Tennessee Published February 6, 2024 Empowering Community in Memphis, Tennessee Meet Bookshare’s Outreach Coordinator, Lakita Herring. Learn more about Lakita, and the wonderful work she is doing in Memphis and surrounding areas to further equity in education. Continue reading Empowering Community in Memphis, Tennessee Leave a Comment How Jessica Became a Lifelong Learner with Bookshare Published October 30, 2023 How Jessica Became a Lifelong Learner with Bookshare Jessica Pinto’s 15-year story. Continue reading How Jessica Became a Lifelong Learner with Bookshare Leave a Comment Bookshare Summer Symposium 2023 Highlights: Giving Our Students Choice and Voice Published September 18, 2023 Bookshare Summer Symposium 2023 Highlights: Giving Our Students Choice and Voice Enjoy our rundown of this year’s Bookshare Summer Symposium, highlighting the experts, educators, and students that shared at July’s event. Continue reading Bookshare Summer Symposium 2023 Highlights: Giving Our Students Choice and Voice Leave a Comment Lifelong Learning with Bookshare Published August 3, 2023 Lifelong Learning with Bookshare This back to school, ensure your students with learning differences have the reading tool they can use at school and for the rest of their lives. Continue reading Lifelong Learning with Bookshare 1 Comment Redwood Literacy Unlocks the Power of Bookshare Published July 28, 2023 Redwood Literacy Unlocks the Power of Bookshare In an interview with the Redwood Literacy staff, Benetech asked a number of questions regarding digital literacy. Below are their answers with an overview of how the organization uses Bookshare to improve literacy among students. Redwood Literacy is an organization committed to offering top-notch literacy remediation to any student who needs it, regardless of how much money they have or where they live in the world. They offer a variety of in-person services in Chicago as well as virtual services both nationally and internationally. Redwood believes that the pathway towards literacy access includes both remediation and accommodation. We use the analogy… Continue reading Redwood Literacy Unlocks the Power of Bookshare Leave a Comment Bookshare Opens a World of Possibilities for Jared Published June 20, 2023 Bookshare Opens a World of Possibilities for Jared Jared is a high-school senior in Southern California with a joyful personality and eagerness to evoke change for students like himself. He is the subject of Benetech’s latest student spotlight. Despite being quadriplegic with low vision and battling stage 2 spastic cerebral palsy, Jared continues to be an independent beacon of light in his community. Jared is a long-time Bookshare user and expert, who participates in the Bookshare Student Roundtables, which give students a chance to share insights on their educational experiences, provide feedback on their Bookshare usage, and learn from peers with similar reading challenges. After graduation, Jared plans… Continue reading Bookshare Opens a World of Possibilities for Jared Leave a Comment Bookshare Receives a Complete Collection of Novels Donated by Author Michael La Ronn Published June 6, 2023 Bookshare Receives a Complete Collection of Novels Donated by Author Michael La Ronn Benetech and Bookshare are pleased to present Michael La Ronn, a science fictionfantasy author from St. Louis, Missouri, who has written over 90 books in the areas of science fiction, fantasy, and self-help. His YouTube channel, Author Level Up, has over 46,000 subscribers and a few million lifetime views, including videos that teach writers how to write better and become better versions of themselves. Over the course of his extensive writing career, Michael has managed to balance his law school studies, a 9-to-5 job, as well as caring for his wife and family. It is notable that Michael… Continue reading Bookshare Receives a Complete Collection of Novels Donated by Author Michael La Ronn Leave a Comment The Summer of Audio is Back! Published May 22, 2023 The Summer of Audio is Back! Grab your headphones because the #SummerOfAudio is back! Due to popular demand, we’re bringing back the Summer of Audio, and it’s bigger and better with 4,000 new human-narrated audiobooks and even more titles in high-quality text-to-speech audio. Continue reading The Summer of Audio is Back! 2 Comments 3 Tips to Transition to Summer and Beyond Published May 18, 2023 3 Tips to Transition to Summer and Beyond As the end of the school year approaches, students and teachers are getting ready for the next transition. Whether your students are moving to a new grade, a new school, or life after school, you can set your students up to continue learning and growing with these useful tips. Continue reading 3 Tips to Transition to Summer and Beyond Leave a Comment Posts navigation 1 2 … 69 Next Sidebar Search the Blog Search Subscribe to Blog Leave This Blank: Leave This Blank Too: Do Not Change This: Your email: Follow Us Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Recent Posts New Assistive Technology Guidance for Educators and Parents Empowering Community in Memphis, Tennessee How Jessica Became a Lifelong Learner with Bookshare Bookshare Summer Symposium 2023 Highlights: Giving Our Students Choice and Voice Lifelong Learning with Bookshare Categories Bookshare Success Stories Bookshare Features Bookshare Tips Bookshare Collection Highlights Conferences and Events BOOKSHARE BENETECH Morning WordPress Theme by Compete...