BuildAbility

BuildAbility is the easiest-to-use authoring tool for building rich, single-switch early literacy activities and lessons. 

DWW017 Single User £69.00

Teachers can build a complete multimedia page in just four easy steps

• Draw or choose a picture
  
• Add text
  
• Add sound
  
• Select the page advancement
  

The one-click toolbar lets you add the next graphic, text, sound, movie, your voice, student voices and the single switch option.

BuildAbility activities are easily shared with other teachers and parents with the free BuildAbility Player. Get started with the more than 20 literacy activities created by Caroline Musselwhite, Patti Rea and other literacy experts.

All learners get literacy experience

Emerging readers get literacy experience while learning switch use

Developing readers are exposed to a wide range of literacy experiences

All learners have age-appropriate literacy activities that build knowledge

Teachers can build libraries of reading material

Individualised activities motivate students

Because it is so fast, you can create instant lessons or books with students sitting right there. Tie in topics that students are learning, to build background knowledge. Easily include students` own drawings, their own experiences, voices or photos of familiar people and surroundings taken with a digital camera.

Multimedia books reinforce early literacy learning

BuildAbility engages young learners with movement. Drawmation technology remembers each stroke you make on a page - where it started, how it was drawn and when it ended. Then, the story dramatically unfolds when the pages are redrawn as students read.

When you create a book in BuildAbility, story text is automatically read aloud and highlighted, helping students attend to words. BuildAbility books can be adapted versions of what the general class is reading, `how-to` books on completing daily tasks or about any topic.

Create a library of single switch activities

All BuildAbility activities you create are easily single switch ready. Select when you want students to press their switch or click the mouse to proceed to the next sequence. The next sequence can be a page turn or continuing action on the page. Go from cause-and-effect to language rich, age-appropriate activities.

BuildAbility is targeted at the following age ranges:

• Early Childhood
  
• Early Primary
  
• Mid Primary
  
• Upper Primary
  

BuildAbility is designed to foster development in the areas of :

• Early concepts
  
• Literacy
  
• Cause-and-effect
  

Users can access BuildAbility in the following ways:

• Mouse or Trackball
  
• Touchscreen
  
• Single Switch
  

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