This Scholastic article discusses how to increase students fluency; an important part of teaching reading.

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This app has stories for K-4th grade, and as the child reads through the story the app times them. The idea is that, the shorter the time that is spent on reading a particular selection, the less time that is spent focusing on decoding thus increasing fluency.

This is a link for an article that was published in the Examiner on June 9th, 2010. It supports the use of iPods in the classroom and reports increases in reading speeds, and shows some of the effectiveness of their uses.

Short video on the uses of Audio Books on iPods. Suggests: ipodsinschool.com

Tumble Talking Books is an online audio library. This is mostly for public libraries, but is could be a good resource for school libraries. This site allows downloading and streaming. This would be good for teen and adult readers, as well as, ESL students.

Tumble Readables is very similar to the Tumble Books. Tumble Books is geared more towards lower elementary students; Tumble Readables is for all age ranges. This is a sight that has to be purchased, and is very expensive, but there is a free trial. The books are narrated and sentenced are highlighted as it is being read. On-line Read-Along Collection

TumbleBook Library is an online collection of e-books that incorporates a variety of visual effects to engage learners with sound, animation, narration, and music. E-books for kids.

Starfall is a free interactive site that allows students to play games and have exposure to many different types of literature. There are things as simple as ABC's to independent reading. If students have questions about what they are reading they just need to click on the ear.

Another site that contains links to apps that are divided by subject areas, but they seem to be for very young children.

This site contains a list of free apps that relate to literacy. Some include interactive story creation, activities for improving proficiency, and story telling.

This would be a good resource for ideas on how the iPod could be used. This page gives 100 ideas, with links to other resources, on how an iPod can be used for educational purposes and others as well.

Students that struggle with reading also struggle in their other core classes. The use of IPods not only helps to get students to read, but builds confidence and fluency. This article discusses how IPods are not only effective in teaching literacy skills, but how it increases motivation for learning.