Reading

toc =How Technology Affects Reading=

1 to 1 laptop learning
1. Scaffolding– allows students to develop and rely on their broader content and linguistic knowledge as well as other forms of support, so they can decipher and understand age appropriate texts that might otherwise be too difficult for them. 2. Epistemic Engagement
 * Textual and multimedia material from the internet used to help provide general background knowledge on topics related to the reading - Use fo Video to support reading - [|Safari Montage], [|United Streaming,] YouTube, Wikipedia
 * Help to support students linguistic knowledge. Use word processors or presentation software to record, work with, or illustrate vocabulary or literary terms. Use of interactive lessons on particular language or grammar points that made use of animate instructional movies – [|Brain Pop], [|Grammar Girl]
 * Use of online software. Textually ([|LessonBuilder]) provide pop-up annotations with supportive information on individual words or phrases. Text-to-speech software to lesson to difficult words. Use of Online dictionaries, thesauruses and online reference materials. Guided leveled reading with the web site - [|www.readinga-z.com] . Changing font size to larger font.
 * Using of graphic organizers ([|Inspiration software)] and other software to map out the elements and characteristics of texts for understanding how texts are formed and how they convey meaning
 * Student engagement is one of the critical factors leading to success in reading.
 * Students enjoy working with computers
 * Broad array of reading material online which can be used to better match student interests. Students explore topics in more depth

3. Page-to-Screen shift
 * Students conduct a higher proportion on their reading activity in computerized environments
 * Students gained valuable online reading skills – skimming and scanning content to find specific information or to summarize the main idea
 * Increased valuable reading skills for the 21st century – how to interpret the relationship between textual and audiovisual media, navigate hypertextual material and effectively use online reference tools.

Other Technology ideas

 * 1) Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Instruction
 * Computer Games
 * Web Sites and Talking books
 * Digitizing speech
 * 1) Fluency Instruction
 * Repeated Oral Reading
 * Software with speech recognition that can provide students immediate feedback and help as they read aloud – Kidspiration and electronic books allow students to ask the computer to pronounce
 * Having an audience for their reading – PPT, Audacity
 * Independent silent reading
 * Living Books Series
 * Readers’ Theater – turn into Podcast or Videocast
 * DEAR – using software to help with reading levels; Novelist
 * 1) Vocabulary Instruction
 * Students create individual word-learning strategies
 * Online Vocab lessons
 * Online resources – transformed with hypertext with many interactive features that allow students to cross-reference information, look up words, hear material read back and access related supplementary material instantly
 * Growing number of online materials promote more online reading and develop vocab
 * 1) Comprehension Instruction using numerous strategies
 * Monitoring comprehensive – thinking about your own thinking – Use of electronic books and think alouds using the hypertext features
 * Graphic and semantic – how to focus on ext structure as they read, use visual representation to illustrate concepts and relationships among concepts in the text and write in an organized way – Kidspiration and inspriation
 * Questions-answer – how to establish a purpose for reading, focus on what they are to learn, think actively as they read, monitor their reading, and relate what they learn to what they already know - Accelerated reader
 * Generating questions – students ask their own questions, which improves the active processing of text and comprehension – Blogs, online discussion groups or a community of experts through email
 * Recognizing story structure – students increase their comprehension skills and develop a greater appreciation of stories – Online story maps, using digital images for storytelling, Timeliner, script writing for video and audio projects
 * Summarizing- indentify main ideas, eliminate unnecessary information, synthesize information and remember what they read – Blogs, online discussion
 * 1) Teach Reading in Content areas– focusing on reading to learn
 * Publishing – student motivation - have an authentic purpose for their writing
 * Accessing Information – Search tools, Webquest
 * Communicating and collaborating – expanding beyond the classrooms
 * Project based learning experiences
 * Publishing students’ work
 * Keypals
 * Discussion groups
 * Authors and experts