I was amazed by the e-book presentation in class and as an avid reader I wanted to go out and purchase one immediately. I could download all my favourite novels and new ones that I want so badly but can only be bought when there is a sale. Kindle, Ipad, Iphone, Blackberry smartphones here I come! Wait! Hold it right there Jewel! Stop thinking about your indulgences and think about your students. Think about how they will react to e-books and how they can be used to improve their reading proficiency. Oh….alright…I guess I could give it a try.
The first vignette in the article, Stories about struggling readers and technology by Rebecca Anderson and Ernest Balajthy (p. 540), highlights a teacher’s enthusiasm about using e-books to assist her special needs students. She remembers that these students need to read a lot and read ‘just right’ books (those that are at student’s reading level and are of interest to them. Since her budget did not allow for purchasing a lot of bound books and she realized that this generation of students is more inclined to read online, she decided to find ‘just right’ online books. It is important to note that she followed a systematic process of first identifying her students reading level, sourcing e-books, determining their readability and then matching them to her students’ reading levels.
So reading teachers start sourcing e-books that will build your students’ interest in reading while at the same time providing a lot of practice for fluency.
You can source some of these at the following:
www.childrenslibrary.org
www.talkingbooklibrary.net/Matrix.htm
www.ucalgary.ca/-dkbrown/storclas.html
Reference:
Anderson, R., Balajthy, E.,(2009). Technology in literacy education: Stories about struggling readers and technology. The Reading Teacher.62(6). p.540-542
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