– Hi, I’m Ruby, a Special Education teacher. Minecraft, Education Edition, has helped me reach my students where they are. And I love seeing them work out problems in a fun Minecraft world, no matter what their learning styles are. There is one useful feature that supports learners in reading And translating text in a game. Let me show you how you can use Immersive Reader within Minecraft. As you navigate your Minecraft world, you’ll notice that this button appears when you click on a non-player character or use the Book and Quill and Portfolio. Clicking the button opens up Immersive Reader. – [Computer Voice] Greetings. Welcome to Minecraft. – [Ruby] A helpful tool for reading and translating text. If you’re looking at a board or sign, you can press the letter I on your keyboard to open up Immersive Reader. Immersive Reader let’s you change font size, text spacing, background color, split words into syllables And highlight parts of speech. You can click the play button to have the text read aloud as slowly as you want. Immersive Reader also lets you translate words. – [Computer Voice] Escuela Minecraft. – [Ruby] Toggle on the picture dictionary and you’ll be able to click a word in Immersive Reader And see a picture of the item. The dictionary even includes Minecraft Mobs like Creepers and Mooshrooms. Now you can use Immersive Reader in Minecraft, Education Edition, for reading and translating. Check it out. Video Information
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Immersive Reader is an in-game feature that supports reading and translating text, offers formatting options for students with learning differences, and features a Picture Dictionary with Minecraft-specific imagery such as ‘Creeper’ and ‘Mooshroom’. Immersive Reader is available for all Minecraft: Education Edition supported platforms (Windows, macOS, and iPad).
Immersive Reader is part of the Back to School Update, which introduces new set of features that support student-centered learning and improve the in-game experience. Learn more at: https://aka.ms/BTSupdateblog
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👇 Additional Immersive Reader Resources 👇
🎓 Check out this free course to learn about Immersive Reader and how it can be used in classrooms and schools: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReaderMEC
✅ Introduction to Immersive Reader: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReaderPP
✅ Immersive Reader support: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReaderSOC
✅ More Immersive Reader video content: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReaderPlaylist
✅ Microsoft Education webinars: https://aka.ms/MicrosoftEDUwebinars
✅ Immersive Reader interactive guides: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReaderInteractiveGuide
✅ Take Immersive Reader into your class: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReaderTakeitToYourClass
✅ Get connected with Microsoft Store trainers for Remote Learning Support: https://aka.ms/MicrosoftStoreEDUTraining
👇 Additional Minecraft: Education Edition Resources 👇
🎓 Check out this free course to learn about Minecraft: Education Edition and how it can be used in classrooms and schools: https://aka.ms/MinecraftEEPP
✅ Introduction to Minecraft: Education Edition: https://aka.ms/MinecraftEEMEC
✅ Minecraft: Education Edition support: https://aka.ms/MinecraftEESOC
✅ More Minecraft: Education Edition video content: https://aka.ms/MinecraftEEPlaylist
✅ Microsoft Education webinars: https://aka.ms/MicrosoftEDUwebinars
✅ Get connected with Microsoft Store trainers for Remote Learning Support: https://aka.ms/MicrosoftStoreEDUTraining
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