Using Technology to Entice Reluctant Readers

Born digital

Reluctant Readers “One common misconception is that

reluctant readers are students who have lower abilities, but not all reluctant readers fall into the category of ranking poorly academically.” (Boehm, 75)

AliteracyAn increasing number of students say that they hate reading.

Readicide

Some schools are “committing readicide.” (Halls, 75)

MultiplatformThrough technology, “students develop a sense of story elements” and “can develop comprehension by reading like a writer and writing like a reader.” (Hill, 10)

Student strengths“Perhaps if educators focused on and taught to [students’] strengths, rather than their weaknesses, some new ideas would evolve on how to motivate today’s digital students.” (Gunter & Kenny, 86)

Student creations

Let the student’s create a book digitally.

Wordle

Glogster

Prezi or SlideShare

Speaking Avatar

Book Trailers

Virtual Book Club

Copyright and Ethics Teach students the ethical way to use

sources from others. http://creativecommons.org/

Other Subject Areas Social Studies Science Art Music Current Events Math

Works CitedBoehm, Kelly. "A Reluctant Reader - Reluctant = A Reader." Virginia English Bulletin 59.1 (2009): 75-83. Education Research Complete. Web. 27 March. 2012. Brenda. "Brenda's Blog: Hooked on Glogster: Posters 2.0." 27 February 2009. Education World. Web. 26 March 2012. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck037.shtml

Brinda, Wayne. "A "Ladder To Literacy" Engages Reluctant Readers." Middle School Journal 43.2 (2011): 8-17. Education Research Complete. Web. 26 March. 2012. Foote, Carolyn. "It's a Mad, Mad Wordle." July 2009. ProQuest. Web. 27 March 2012.

Gunter, Glenda, and Robert Kenny. "Digital Booktalk: Digital Media For Reluctant Readers." Contemporary Issues In Technology & Teacher Education 8.1 (2008): 84-99. Education Research Complete. Web. 26 March. 2012. Halls, Kelly Milner. "Alternative Book Topics Can Help Interest Reluctant Readers." Knowledge Quest 39.4 (2011): 74-77. Education Research Complete. Web. 25 March. 2012. Hill, Rebecca A. "When Technology And Books Collide." Book Links 19.3 (2010): 9-11. Education Research Complete. Web. 26 March. 2012. Kenny, Robert F. "Digital Narrative As A Change Agent To Teach Reading To Media-Centric Students." International Journal Of Social Sciences 2.3 (2007): 187-195. Education Research Complete. Web. 26 March. 2012.  Mann, Bridget. "Time-saving Ways for Teachers to use Prezi." 2 November 2011. Prezi U. Web. 27 March 2012. http://preziu.capablenetworks.com/x/article/22969/Time-saving-Ways-for-Teachers-to-use-Prezi/print;jsessionid=9CDC29710C40451666446B808A0B6629

Oakley, Grace, and Jenny Jay. "Making Time" For Reading: Factors That Influence The Success Of Multimedia Reading In The Home." Reading Teacher 62.3 (2008): 246-255. Education Research Complete. Web. 26 March. 2012.  Weir, Laila. "VoiceThread Extends the Classroom with Interactive Multimedia Albums." 16 April 2008. Edutopia. Web. 26 March 2012. http://www.edutopia.org/voicethread-interactive-multimedia-albums

Images are from http://www.wylio.com/ which uses images from the Creative Commons.

Web tools shown in this presentation:http://www.wordle.com/ http://www.glogster.com http://prezi.com http://www.voki.com/ http://www.onetruemedia.com/ http://voicethread.com/