Learn how tech tools can make it easier to differentiate reading instruction, so you can reach all of your students and help them increase their fluency and comprehension. This practical guide brings together evidence-based principles for differentiated reading instruction and user-friendly tech tools, to help middle level students grow as readers in fun, interactive, and engaging ways. You'll find out how to:
Use text-to-speech tools to facilitate decoding and fluency development;
Develop tech-based vocabulary lessons for direct and contextual instruction;
Get your students engaged in research and nonfiction texts with videos, custom search engines, and interactive annotation tools;
Differentiate your fiction reading instruction with visualization, prediction, and summarization exercises;
Encourage students to enhance their reading through using dictation software and diverse Google tools;
Create your own formative and summative assessments for students at all levels of reading ability.
Throughout the book, ideas are provided for both basic technology use and for more advanced applications--so no matter your comfort level with technology, you'll find strategies that you can implement in your classroom immediately.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"We know differentiated instruction helps us reach all learners. In this book, Jules Csillag gives us a variety of strategies to differentiate reading using technology tools. Using guidelines inspired by UDL, she helps the reader understand how UDL fits with differentiation using multiple means of representation, vocabulary, and ways of building meaning from text. This will be an excellent resource for reading teachers who want to reach every student." --Vicki Davis, @coolcatteacher, Author of Reinventing Writing and The Cool Cat Teacher Blog
"One of the most common complaints I hear from colleagues is the growing demand for adjusting teaching to include technology yet the shrinking amount of planning time to do so. This book is a great resource for teachers in that regard. The author has not only organized it well, but has considered the 'scaffolding' of information, making the strategies user-friendly no matter the technological skill or experience of the reader." - Allie Hannon, English Teacher, Tomahawk Creek Middle School, Midlothian, Virginia
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Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Professional and Professional Practice & Development
Illustrationen
28 s/w Abbildungen, 13 s/w Tabellen
13 Tables, black and white; 28 Illustrations, black and white
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Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 174 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-138-64121-1 (9781138641211)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Jules Csillag is a licensed speech-language pathologist, learning specialist, and a teacher of students with speech and language disabilities. She has presented at conferences such as ISTE, LDA, ILA, ASHA, and the Everyone Reading Conference.
Autor*in
Brooklyn Heights Montessori School, USA
Meet the Author
Introduction: What is Reading, and How Can I Help?
What is reading?
From Decoding to Higher Level Thinking, and Everything in Between
Language Comprehension and Reading Comprehension
Reading and the Brain
Teachers' Changing Roles
How Technology and Reading are an Ideal Match
How to Use this Book
A Note about the Technology in this Book
Chapter 1: What Do You Mean by "Differentiation"?
Long Ago and Far Away, the Greeks Warned Us
Differentiation vs Tracking
Types of Differentiation
Differentiation by Interest
Differentiation by "Learning Style"
Differentiation by Readiness
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Differentiation: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Differentiation by UDL Categories
Group Names, Group Members, and Group Selection
Differentiation and the Law
Frameworks for Differentiation
Reflection
Chapter 2: What Do Your Students Know? Formative Assessments for Differentiation
Growth Mindset
How it Works and How Technology can Help
Formative Assessment via Forms & Quizzes
Google Forms and Sheets
Other Options for Collecting Formative Assessments via Forms & Quizzes (LMS & more)
Formative Assessment via Audio and Video Recordings
Create a Screen recording, Voice recording, and/or Video recording
Formative Assessment via Sorting Activities
Reflection
Chapter 3: What Does This Say? Differentiating for Decoding and Reading Fluency
Why Decoding and Fluency Matter
What to Expect: Typical Decoding and Fluency Development
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
How Technology Can Help (and How it Can't)
Text-to-Speech Tools
Built-in Tools
Text-to-Speech Tools with Additional Features
Turning Images into Text: Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
Podcasts for Some, or Podcasts for All
eBooks & Audiobooks
Closed Captioning for Videos
Providing Audio Instructions and Feedback for Students
Student-Generated Voice and Audio Recordings to Enhance Fluency
Reflection
Chapter 4: What Does This Mean? Part 1: Differentiating Vocabulary Instruction
Two approaches to Instruction: Direct and Contextual
Tools for Direct Instruction
Tools for Contextual Instruction
Tools that can be used for either approach (& how)
Reflection
Chapter 5: What Does This Mean? Part 2: Differentiating During the Research Process and Reading Nonfiction
Why Reading Nonfiction Matters
What Reading Nonfiction Entails
Digital Literacy
Videos
Creating a YouTube Playlist
Creating Custom Search Engines
Annotation Tools
Using DocentEDU
Annotating Multiple Sources
Differentiated Complexity
Summaries
Reflection
Chapter 6: What Does This Mean? Part 3: Differentiating During Fiction Reading
Why Fiction Matters
What Reading Fiction Entails
Visualization Tools
Explicit Text Structure Instruction & Inferences
Interactive Units
Exemplars of Interactive Units
Make Your Own!
Summaries
Reflection
Chapter 7: Can You Tell Me About It? Differentiating Writing (to Help Reading Comprehension)
Why Writing Matters for Reading
What Writing (to Read) Entails
Speech-to-Text
Built-in Tools
Other Dictation Software
Word Prediction
Scaffolds: Cloze Tasks, Mnemonics, and Questions
Reflection
Chapter 8: How Much Do You Know? Differentiating Summative Assessments
Putting it all Together
Quiz-creation (Review)
Slideshow creation tools (Review & Some New Ideas)
Rubrics
Infographic Generators
Reflection
