The new Speak Agent version 1.3.8 includes many long-awaited goodies. Here are the highlights:
- Speeds up performance and game load times.
- Saves progress in the Scrambled Sentences game across sessions.
- Encourages replay of games where more practice is needed. In the screenshot shown at right, for example, the Picture Pairs game ends with an explanation of how many right answers a student achieved versus a goal. During play, the colored dots show which answers were right on the first try (indicated by green dots).
- Improves corrective feedback in the game Tall Tales. A student can press “Check Answers” after all blanks are filled to see specific messages and/or listen to the story read aloud with text-to-speech.
- Offers a new search feature when adding a Tall Tales game to a lesson. Using this, teachers and authors can browse or keyword search our growing library of tales.
- Introduces a new Read-Aloud activity type. This presents students with custom text entered by a teacher or author, along with text-to-speech audio support.
- Enables teachers to archive assignments (retains student progress data) or un-assign them (removes any and all data). Use un-assign when a lesson is assigned by accident, whereas use archive to move old lessons off a student’s To Do list.
This summer we are redesigning the Primary student dashboard and navigation. Stay tuned for more changes coming in August!
As always, if you have a brilliant idea or something that’s bugging you about Speak Agent, we are listening! Just contact us.
