There are
many ways of using technology in the classroom. Students are constantly reading
and using texts, whether students are reading for a class, reading a funny
story, or reading a text from a friend. It is important to be able to adapt to
any style of text. In a classroom, students may be switching between hard text and
reading something on a smartboard, computer screen, or projector. There are
some advantages for students being able to read an e-text or electronic text.
Using an application like Diigo or Evernote or Nook students are able to
highlight as well as take notes online right as they are reading the
information. Students can also easily enlarge text using e-texts to accommodate
those who may have trouble seeing small text (Montgomery
County Public Schools) . Students are also able to in some
cases have the text read to them with tracking aides as well (Montgomery
County Public Schools) . Students are also able to use dictionaries
that are embedded into the applications the students are using.
I do not
do much reading in my math classes but I will definitely be working on bringing
in Newsela to my district. It sounds like such a great opportunity to reach all
students with the same material but to meet the student at their level.
Teachers may be teaching the same material to three different levels of
students over the course of a day. The application allows the teacher to give
all students the same material but at the level of the students. This is a
great application for embedding digital texts into the classroom.
Montgomery County Public Schools. (n.d.). Digital
Text in the Classroom. Retrieved from
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/hiat/training/collab_cycle/online_reading_resources.pdf
