Bridging Technology and Literacy
Digital Reading
Why?
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The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) highlights the importance of digital reading to support student learning in language arts.
What?
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Digital reading, or the act of consuming texts on a digital device (i.e., e-reader, tablet) or platform (i.e., blog, wiki, website), utilizes traditional reading skills, such as decoding and fluency, but also often requires students to use other skills, such as navigating texts, listening to audio, or viewing video along with texts.
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Digital texts in this book refer to websites, e-reader books and stories, and tablet applications (hereafter referred to as apps) that support stories, poems, books, and nonfiction informational texts.
How?
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Digital Texts in the Classroom
1. Navigating digital texts
2. Annotating digital texts
3. Using audio to support digital reading
4. Free digital texts
5. Virtual bookshelves based on topic/reading level
6. Helping students select texts of suitable reading levels
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Refer to Chapter 3 of the Book for more information
Resources?
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Use graphics, audio, and read-to-me or story playback features to engage in reading
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Read texts in multiple formats (e.g., words, visuals, audio) to improve comprehension
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Compare print-based stories to digitally interactive stories for understanding
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Use touch features to sound out or replay words or phrases
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Support comprehension with interactive visuals to enhance reading
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Use social bookmarking to annotate and also share annotations
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Find and use supplemental texts for comparison to class text
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Navigate online texts to select readings
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Listen to stories read aloud by authors and celebrities