Reading Bear developments

[DadDude]

Hi Elle, thanks for the offer, but the above-listed words & sentences have been covered.  We're on track to launch next week...but I won't say that for sure yet. 

[early learning17]

Dear Larry
I have tried to register on the link you gave earlier onhttp://watchknowreader.busedge.com but it simply wouldn´t send me a confirmation email :-( Could you please have somebody to look into that? Or are you going to launch the reading bear website really soon and I should just try to be patient for a few days more ;-)

Best, Isa

[DadDude]

Isa, there's a ticket in for this bug.  While most people don't seem to have trouble registering, a few do, for reasons we haven't figured out yet.  Meanwhile, I can validate your account myself if you're having trouble, just let me know ([email protected]).  In fact I just validated yours.  And always check your spam folder!

[early learning17]

Thanks Larry, I know I could count on you javascript:void(0). Good luck with the launch date!
XX Isa

[DadDude]

I have a question for anyone who might be using Reading Bear with babies or toddlers: are you showing the video of the voiceover (in Settings, "Always show video of word spoken"), or do you leave that off?  Does showing the voiceover video make the presentation more interesting to your tot?

I'm wondering if we should continue filming the voiceovers for later presentations.  I'm also wondering at what point we can, perhaps, drop the "Sound It Out Slowly" presentations.  I'm pretty sure it will be overkill to have "Sound It Out Slowly" all the way to the last word set.

[linzy]

I am showing it everytime, but I think either a video or picture would be fine for each picture I don't thiink you need both.

[DadDude]

I mean, do you show the videos of the voiceover person sounding out and saying the words?  Or do you show only the words?  If you have the "Always show video of word spoken" ON then you see:

(1) word
(2) word + video of voiceover
(3) word
(4) word + video of voiceover

If you have the setting OFF, then you see:

(1) word
(2) word
(3) word
(4) word
(and then the picture, the sentence, and the video illustrating the sentence)

[A_BC]

Hi DadDude,

Nice looking page I assume that you guys are still working on it, but there is a blue rectangle in the words background when I play the slides. Is t possible to remove it please?

Thank you

[DadDude]

We're still working on skinning, especially of IE and Firefox.  Try it in Google Chrome (which is what I use) and you'll see it in all its splendor.

[A_BC]

Thx DadDude. You are right, I am using Firefox. I will try it on Chrome and see how it goes.

[NBailey]

Thank-you so much for all the hard work you have put in (and all others involved). It is looking great! The quiz is a great reinforcement tool. I agree that sound it out slowly should be phased out at some point. Don't have any ideas yet as we haven't got that far so will still be using it. I am really excited at the prospect that this could develop into an encyclopedic knowledge tool as well! (my son loves your videos)  There just isn't really anything out there that offers clear explanations on various subjects for young children. I know that young children are capable of understanding so much when given the opportunity to have subjects presented in a clear and logical way.

[bella]

Dad dude do you recommend using the program with google chrome . i use firefox as a browser .
viv

[lelask]

Hi dad dude, I have just showed it to my baby it she really likes it. The sites looks great.  Karma for your hard work.

[DadDude]

Hi Viv, the site will work the same in all browsers...in a few days.  At the present moment, unless they've fixed things, the site looks weird in IE and Firefox.  The site as viewed in Chrome, too, will get some design changes.  Obviously, we won't be able to launch until next week...

Thanks for the feedback, NBailey and lelask!  I'm excited about putting presentations that are similar to my videos into Reading Bear form.  But this will take time (we need to finish all ~50 presentations for the reading tutorial first).

[Mae_Jakob_Ka]

Hi Larry,

I can't play reading bear on FireFox. I guess it's still undergo some fixing? It looks wierd on IE too but I still manage to show the lessons to my son.
He does not like the  "Sound it out slowly" part that much. I guess he's one of those kids who's used to quick flashing. I skipped that part and started with "Sound It Out Quickly". 

I have passed the URL of readig bear to friends in my local online community. I am sure that woul create a heavy traffic on reading bear site. 

Still can't thank you enough for this teaching tool!

Cheers,

Elle

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