Objectives
- Identify technology interventions & instructional strategies
- Identify technology interventions & accommodations for struggling readers
- Describe how technology tools can be used to add creativity to reading instruction/interventions
Foundational Thoughts
- Technology tools are just that: tools. They do not take the place of a good teacher.
- However, the more tools you can self-customize and use successfully, the more professional your instruction will be.
Instruction
- Earobics : Step 1 & 2
- Sound Reading Solutions
- Reader Rabbit “Learn to Read”
- Leap Into Phonics
- Phonics Companion Interactive
- Vowel Patterns
- Soliloquy
- QuickReads Technology Edition
- Travel the World with Timmy
- BookBox – Online Resource
- Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
- Word Parts
- Vocabulary Companion
- Start-to-Finish Series
- Inspiration
- Kidspiration
- Graphic Organizers for Reading
- Thinking Reader
Accommodations
- Simon Sounds It Out (S.I.O.)
- www.donjohnston.com
- Includes switch access and keyboard control. Usable with alternative keyboards.
- WordMaker
- www.donjohnston.com
- Includes switch access and keyboard control. Usable with alternative keyboards.
- Simple Symbol Stories for Beginning Readers
- Planet Wobble
- ClozePro
- www.cricksoft.com
- Create fill-in-the-gap activities with visual and auditory support.
- Classroom Suite
- SOLO
- Read and Write Gold
- www.texthelp.com
- Digital text to speech and study tool. Includes scanning print, reading tools, and writing tools.
- Kurzweil 3000
- www.kurzweiledu.com
- Digital text to speech and study tool. Includes scanning print, reading tools, and writing tools.
Creativity
- Read, Write & Type Learning System
- Captioned Movie Trailers
- Classroom as a Publishing House
- Comic Book Software
- Books in the Digital Age
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