Reading with Technology Course

0. The Millenials

• New Literacies
• Changing paradigm
• Standards: technology & reading

1. Introduction to Electronic Text - eBooks

• Electronic Text and eBook Options
• Electronic text and eBook Features
• Using electronic text and eBooks in Education
• Beginning reading with technology

I. Technology

2. Electronic Texts/Book – eBook

• Defined – What is an eBook?
• eBook Options
  • Audio Books
  • Children’s CD eBooks or electronic storybooks
  • Captioned Television Programs & DVDs:
  • Cell Phone book:
• A Brief History of the Book to the eBook
• Structure and Design of a Book

3. Reading Hardware

Unique Features and Benefits of Digital Text Devices

4. Today's Electronic text and eBook files

• Looking at the software
• Types of Electronic Text/eBook Formats

II. eBook Availability

5. Locating digital text

• Obtaining electronic Text and eBooks
• Bookstores
• Free Online Libraries
• Elementary Resources
• Secondary and General Resources
• Special Collections
  • Teacher Books
  • Books on Reading
• Search tools
• Readability Analysis

6. Creating Electronic Text Material

• Making
• Creation Tools
  • Creating electronic text
  • Creating HTML
  • Creating Adobe Reader PDF
  • Creating MS Reader eBooks
  • Creating Palm Reader eBooks
  • Creating Electronic Text/eBooks with PowerPoint or other presentation software
  • iPod and others -- eBook

III. eBook Education Applications

Electronic text,, literacy, and reading

7. Reading and Interactions

• Reading Difficulty and Reading Education
• Online Picture Books - Reading Resources for All Ages and Classes
  • Why use picture books?
  • Using Online Picture Books for Language Development
  • Technology Integration
  • Online Picture Books and Standards
• Electronic Text and the Read-Aloud
  • Text-to-Speech
  • Flash Books
  • Computer Video
  • Audio Books
• The Reluctant or Remedial Reader
  • Wide Range of Reading Materials
  • Large Print Materials
  • Print Disability
  • Engage Multiple Modalities
  • Teach Important Vocabulary

8. Classroom Applications

• IRA Recommendations
• More Books
  • Language Arts and Reading
  • Assessment
  • Enrichment
• eBooks in the Content Area
  • Science
  • Mathematics
  • Foreign language
  • Social studies
  • Related Arts
• Web Reading
• Electronic textbooks
  • Accessibility, Cost, Currency, and Access
  • Electronic Textbook Availability

9. Integrating Reading Strategies and Technology

• Literacy and Technology
• eBook Reading Strategies (eBRS)
  • Pre-reading
    • Cover/Title concept – Anticipation & Prediction
    • Structure of the text (including table of contents)
    • Word/Vocabulary Search
    • Executive Summary: AutoSummarize – AutoAbstract
  • Active/Guided Reading
    • Selective Highlighting
    • Power Highlighting
    • Margin Notes/Sticky Notes
    • Sentence Summary
    • Bookmark/Flag
    • Buddy Reading
    • Stop & Predict
    • QAR
    • Literary Element
    • Learning log
    • Sentence & Word Expansion
  • Concept Mapping
• Technology Enhanced Literature circles

10. Library Applications

• Subscription library services
  • Special needs subscription
• Creating a digital library
  • Making eBooks for your collection
  • Reading stations
• Accreditation and standards

11. Accommodations

• Accommodations for Reading
• Obtaining electronic tools for students with special needs
• EBooks: Built-in Accommodating Features
• Text-to-Speech - Speech Synthesis
• Creating Accommodations with Technology
   

Major Activities/assignments

• Readability analysis
• Lesson development using e-books or other online reading material
• Tech Enhanced Literacy Circle
• Reading assessment tools
  • Site read
  • CBA Probe
• Read and Evaluate digital text
• Create digital text (1, 2, 3 – various formats)
  • Create audio book – class project
• Improving readability of print (1-2, font, size, paper)
• Reading with accommodations
• Developing a “class” eBook set
• Research project on reading and technology