My Literacy Topic On Placement

All portions of a differentiated literacy lesson can be enhanced by the use of technology. Presenting literacy materials in many forms, including technology components can create a more interactive and engaging lessons (Parette et al., 2009). Value for technology is increase when one has the opportunity to explore it individually and in ways which are tailored to the (Gritter, 2009). Embedfing technology in early childhood should not substitute face to face instruction, but rather to enhance it by meeting the diverse needs of both students and teachers.

Technology helps students who have reading troubles when it comes to reading standard books. There are also many benefits of digital enhancement such as changing colors and fonts. Entrenching learning supports in content helps comprehension and building background examples; definitions, summaries, and key questions can be directly embedded to help with guide reading. Technology allows students to manipulate the text by copy and pasting.

Learning methods have also been transformed by technology. Before technology was incorporated in schools, essay writing was hand written, regardless of how long the essay was. Mathematical problems were solved mentally or calculated on paper until the solution was found. Handwriting skills in children was good, because of the amount of practice they had using it everyday in their school work. Furthermore, children developed a vast amount of book knowledge by using library resources from actual books. However, today it is not the norm. Almost every school issues students with devices like iPads or tablets from as early as kindergarten. It is important to realize that with the use of technological devices, children would prefer the quick action of iPads and tablets in contrast to handwriting or reading a book to find reference points. To put it another way, children will end up using mobile devices both in and out of school, leaving no room for outdoor forms of recreation. A Northlines article, “Information Technology and Children”, mentions that the availability of Internet connection on mobile devices is harmful, because they can use it negatively, giving children an uncontrolled source of entertainment and connectivity. Similarly, the availability of

Lundy’s article starts off with her hesitation to add technology just for the sake of adding technology. However, she said, “Both my teaching and research experiences have convinced me that a thoughtful and appropriate integration of technology in the classroom can be a powerful instructional tool (Lundy, 2015, p. 99).” I agree with her statement that technology can be used appropriately and effectively in the classroom. More specifically, I think a developmentally appropriate digital text can be effectively integrated into the classroom.

The first image from a new report on Today.com helps support this. When the student says, “PSST. How do you turn this thing on?” it shows how technology impacted his ability to understand simple topics. Most technological devices have an on/off switch, which is why the student asks the other student how to turn it on. This proves that this student is so used to technology that he doesn’t even know how to open a book. Additionally, the boy’s facial express next to him shows his difficulty with the book as well. His face is puzzled. He is confused with what to do with the book. It is as if the cover of the book is a screen on an iPad or a Kindle. Lastly, the teacher in the image, Miss Idler, is showing no concern for her students’ confusion. This is showing that even adults do not fully comprehend how much technology is impacting their children. Adults need to be aware the too much technology is causing harm to children. All three of these examples show that technology has impacted the way in which the students are able to do simple activities in the

Preview of Main Points: First, I’ll explain two ways in how convenient e-books are, and how they engage with a student while learning in an easier way. Second, having e-books you will be able save about half on e-books than print books, and how print textbooks are heavy and cause injuries, while tablets only weights 1-2 pounds. Introduction (Attention Getter) By a show of hands how many go online with their smart phones everyday? According to the article “Tablets vs. Textbook” found on ProCon.org, 2014, in 2012 it marked the first time that more people accessed the Internet via smartphones and tablets than desktop or laptops.

Ebooks in schools are being more and more active as a tool that doesn’t just stay in the library but is actually a part of the hands-on learning development in the classroom. (000) Ebooks can include students in the lesson and help them struggle less with the concept that is being explained. Ebooks can be used in a large group, small group or individually. In large and small groups ebooks can help in many ways.

Students find technology motivating when doing work. In all four interviews conducted teachers or professionals that use technology with students agreed that students had more motivation to do the work when using technology. In an interview with Nicole Ball she stated that students at the beginning hard a hard time adjusting that the iPads were learning resources and not for playing games. But after hers students start to work with them she notes that “, the students are engaged… by this point in the year students are still eager to use technology everyday and learn from it.” In the article Technology in Literacy Education: Stories about Struggling Readers and Technology by Anderson and Balajthy teacher Rachel states that “this generation of students is more inclined to read online, she wanted to feel confused that she could match her students with the just right online books.” (Anderson and Balajthy pg 540). Rachel talks about how technology helps to keep her students interested in the reading and with new books being available everyday not having to buy the bound books and using the ebooks is beneficial. I personally can relate to this I am finding myself more likely to use technology to do something rather than not, it does seem motivating that with technology we don’t have to completely rewrite what we have written for the next draft we can edit it and most of our work is already done for

Children in this generation are losing the basic development skills we once grew up with 15 or so years ago. This in a sense that being wired to technology, that the thought of not being able to use a laptop to help write a paper is already, “feels strain” (source D). Students today rely on typing that, when it comes time to write on paper, “more the erratic, anonymous scrawl of someone learning to write for the first time’ (source D). Most people will say that technology isn't cause this sudden disinterest in doing things the “old fashion” way, technology is “the key ingredient of the cake” (source A) this transition would better prepare and equip children in their development skills. In a rapidly changing generation, it's obvious that many more people are focusing on the shorter term solution to a long term situation as “school system focus on test results” (source C) students aren't using technology to better educate themselves, instead they are just using it to find an easy answer to a question they would very well know but don't care enough to answer

Listening to reading should be fun for the students, however, according to the author it is important they are taught how to set up their technology and clean up their technology when the time is up. Each student should listen and follow along to the book and then reflect on what they just listened to in order to check for comprehension. Technology devices are popular in the classrooms, so the author encourages the teacher to teach how to be fair and share the devices in the

People love the idea of using Kindles and e-readers for secondary classes, but the author of “Teachers’ Thoughts on e-readers in the Elementary School Classroom,” Marcy Zipke, wanted to investigate how elementary teachers feel about using Kindles in their classrooms. Zipke concluded that although Kindles were a useful tool for increasing a student’s literacy, the cost and damages associated with a Kindle left furnishing their classrooms with several only as a dream. To conduct research for her study, Zipke placed Kindles had elementary teachers to play around with the Kindles and keep their students and classwork in mind. The teachers focused greatly on how the built-in dictionary and the text-to-speech function would be helpful for

This research paper examines the benefit of the incorporation of technology when teaching literacy in the kindergarten classroom. It searches the advantages and disadvantages of the implementation of technology from the use of smartboards, iPads, iPhones, mp3 devices, tablets, computers, and software. The literature review provides an understanding of the different uses of technology and the positive and

I think the greatest part of technology and Children’s literacy is that it is mobile. We can get more stories to kids and adults, who struggle with reading or those who have physical or cognitive disabilities. My husband spent two hard long years driving for a long haul trucking company, but he developed a love for books on tape. We are talking about a man who would have never thought of reading as a form of entertainment. I wish that kind of thinking was an “ah-ha” for everyone. I understand that it changes things, I understand that it might take the “book” out of the picture, but I feel it can enhance learning for so many!

This article attempts to enlighten educators to allow computers in the classroom as a workshop to help improve literacy. The computer allows for students to have both a visual and a verbal reference to a topic, thus, solidifying a concrete comprehension of the text, allowing the student to be further engaged and stimulated with the assignment. Over the years, educators have seen such a vast change in technology, especially in the classroom. It is time now, that educators embrace the change and use it to their advantage. “If students can be motivated and engaged when using technology, teachers should continue to support this type of learning when appropriate.”

The article beings with a picture of a teacher speaking to a class, as her students seem to be listening to her. Next, Richtel explains about the widespread belief among teachers, who believe that technology is making students attention spans shorter. These teachers also believe that the technology is making work for students easier to find, as students are losing the true meaning of studying and fully understanding information at hand when they can find quick answers online. Among what the teachers in the classrooms believe; this article also shares research from sources that had been conducted by two well-regarded research organizations, the “Pew Internet Project”, a division of the Pew Research Center that focuses on technology-related research, and from “Common Sense Media” a nonprofit organization in San Francisco that advises parents on media used by children.