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3 tips on how to teach reading through technology:


1. Qualify Your Technology Needs

There are dozens of tools available to help you teach reading with technology and all of them vary in one way or another. Take a minute to consider what it is you and your students need, which can help to narrow the options. To do so, answer a few important questions:

What is my goal?
What is the main goal of this product?
Do I need the product to be common core-aligned?
Will the product let me monitor my students’ progress?
For example, you may think: My number one goal is to make reading more fun for my students. The main goal of the product will be to build a community around reading with my students. I need a product that comes with built-in, common core-aligned comprehension questions. I want to be able to check-in whenever at any time to see which students are excelling and which are falling behind.

In this case, Whooo’s Reading, a social platform that encourages students to read more and makes it easy for them to discuss the books they love, would be the perfect fit for your needs.

2. Use Data to Improve Your Lessons


One of the greatest benefits of using technology to teach students to read is that (in most cases) you have access to accurate data, rather than extracting it yourself manually.


Use this data to improve your lessons; offering personalized learning opportunities for the students who need it and challenging those who are standing out as top readers. This data can also offer insight when meeting with parents or grading reading homework.


3. Take it Offline


Your classroom doesn’t need to put all its focus on technology to reap the benefits. In fact, organizing offline opportunities to discuss and reward reading can enhance work your students do within the tools. Here are four offline activities to try:


Hand out reading certificates: One could go to the top reader of the week or the student with the most thoughtful comprehension answer, for example.

Organize a reading party: Plan to have a reading party once a month. Bring a special snack for the students to munch on while they get lost in their books.

Organize a book swaps: Kids of all ages agree: the books they finish (and love) are the ones they pick out themselves, according to the newest Scholastic Kids and Family Report. A book swap encourages kids to choose the books they want to read.

Create competitions: Challenge your students: Who can read the most this weekend? Who can finish their book by tomorrow morning?

Technology makes reading more fun and exciting for students and provides you with accurate data about how they’re improving. Use these tools to enhance the great work you already do.Find that delicate balance between teaching and relying on technology with these three tips.



##Think before you speak. Read before you think.


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  1. UnknownApril 9, 2018 at 4:25 AM

    These are great tips! Thank you for sharing with us this kind of information. I found it interesting and very helpful. It is better for us to improve reading but also other skills such as listening speaking and writing. The more we read, the better we lead! Good job!

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