Cohort A 2012-13

Program that is using iPods and iPads in classrooms to enhance student learning and assessments.

Step by step instructions for using an Ipod for reading fluency.

Short video. Discusses value of listening to audiobooks on iPods, especially for kids who aren't read to at home. Audiobooks are good model of fluent reading and being able to listen on iPod increases motivation to read.

How to guide, movie examples

This teacher created presentation shows the steps of how to use the voice recorder to teach students to be aware of their fluency level. Towards the end she shows worksheets the students can fill out to reflect on their fluency.

Discusses other classrooms that have incorporated Ipods into the classroom. Results of fluency and comprehension improvement were seen within 6 weeks. Instead of Running Records, students were able to have fun recording themselves and learning from their mistakes by listening to themselves. If you have the tools before you get funding to show results, the results can speak for themselves when you go to ask for funding from the board or school district. This site also provides videos of the ipod being used in different capacities and in different classrooms in the United States.

I think this concept looks like it would really help aural learners to be fluent readers.