...Writing for me was never a struggle, I was just lazy. I learned to write better when I started college. I would practice writing more because I had to. My writing improved and I desired to write more. When a student doesn’t want to write because they feel they can’t, you can’t expect them to try. Writing is hard and messy; it takes will and caring enough to want to write. It’s that more interesting, stimulating and fun when you write about something that captures your interest to get students motivated to write. I’ll start with one good old fashion method, “motivation.” Motivation plays an essential role in developing good writing skills. Teachers want to be able to present students with the materials and tools they need to gain their interest. It’s also important for them to have access to everything they need at their fingertips. What I also think would make a student’s successful at writing is to implement writing workshops daily, into their everyday curriculum. Routines and rituals are set-up for the workshops. This gives them something to look forward too. It’s a way to work out the things that they struggle with, like not getting enough writing or expectations of how much they should write about. They need to grow on those things, motivate them to focus and brainstorm on ideas and get those ideas down on paper. Motivate them to share and reflect on what they write about. Every day, during the beginning of the class, they start with an expectation for the activity, they...
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...Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Rationale Over the decades ago, Seymour Papert (1980) wrote Mindstorms and advocated a revolutionary philosophy in which technology was as seen as a fulfilling two major roles in education: (a) a heuristic role in which the presence of the computer was seen as a catalyst of emerging ideas and (b) an instrumental role in which the presence of the computer would carry ideas into a world larger than the research centres where they were incubated. When the Children’s Machine was published, Papert (1993) looked back over the decade since Mindstorms and asked question, “Why through a period when so much human activity has been revolutionized, have we not seen comparable change in the way we help children learn?” Technology’s exponentially increasing power, decreasing costs, portability and connectivity have gone beyond what it have been started. Yet, inside classrooms across the country, there is such a problem on how technology is being used for the enhancement of reading comprehension. It is not the unavailability particularly of computers but how they are being used in the classroom discussion. In teaching reading, technology is one of the available effective approaches. However, the use of technologies to enhance reading instruction is still its infancy. This reflects that the technological capabilities that are known to have potential in helping children to read, such as computer, have only become sufficiently affordable and available in widespread...
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...a A+) English 111-(green) 21 April 2016 Technology and How It Helps People Read Better Most people use or have used technology, and even many of them using tech daily, hourly, or more often. Even with the large amount of people who use technology, they don’t commonly think about if or how technology is affecting us, but recently, the effects of technology on reading have come up and been debated if they are either mostly positive or negative. A comprehensive view of what technology does to our reading retention, access to information, speed of reading, new and struggling readers, perception of good work, lateral reading, and a person’s relationship with reading is important to come up with a solid conclusion. Why does knowing the effects matter? They are important for humanity, if they are negative people need to know how to prevent them; and if positive, then how to use them more for humanity’s benefit. While National Endowment for the Arts argues that people are reading full works less in their free time, and Nicholas Carr argues that the internet is making people lose the ability to read long articles, the effects of technology on reading are mostly positive because the ease of reading laterally is more accessible, helps struggling readers to learn, and promotes people to read more on the internet. To begin, Mathew Kirschenbaum argues “that reading is being both reimagined and re-engineered” (para 2). In his article “Reading is Changing” he critic’s points of a NEA (National...
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...college, I feel like I have had the opportunity to build up many habits of mind from Framework for Success in Post-Secondary Writing, especially in flexibility, openness and persistence but still can develop in metacognition and creativity in order to become a more successful college writer.” This showed that I could adapt a thesis to the assignment and it was focused and used my sources. At this point in the semester, a strength I have is the ability to connect source evidence with my thesis. I am able to develop my focused thesis around source-based evidence. For example in the college learning essay I was able to use my interview with my friend who was an elementary teacher to help develop my thesis about how teaching has changed due to technology. I also think another strength I have is organizing my paper in a proper order. In the three essays in this portfolio I organized the essays with a focused thesis, introduction, body paragraphs and an organized conclusion. A challenge I have is using signal phrases to introduce my source-based evidence. I have worked on revising the essay on college learning to try and use...
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...• Explain what technology is, using the assigned materials, not a dictionary or Wikipedia. • Explain fully one of the views on technology in Views on Technology (Download). • Use that view to support or criticize one or more of the positions on technology presented in the previous weeks' readings. (Weeks 1-3) • You should complete the assignment in a minimum of 700 words but no more than 1,000 words. • Explain what technology is, using the assigned materials, not a dictionary or Wikipedia. • Explain fully one of the views on technology in Views on Technology (Download). • Use that view to support or criticize one or more of the positions on technology presented in the previous weeks' readings. (Weeks 1-3) • You should complete the assignment in a minimum of 700 words but no more than 1,000 words. • Explain what technology is, using the assigned materials, not a dictionary or Wikipedia. • Explain fully one of the views on technology in Views on Technology (Download). • Use that view to support or criticize one or more of the positions on technology presented in the previous weeks' readings. (Weeks 1-3) • You should complete the assignment in a minimum of 700 words but no more than 1,000 words. • Explain what technology is, using the assigned materials, not a dictionary or Wikipedia. • Explain fully one of the views on technology in Views on Technology (Download). • Use that view to support or criticize one or more of the positions on technology presented in the previous...
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...Effects of using IPads or Tablets on Children’s Reading Comprehension Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Background of the study Reading is often difficult for high school students with special needs. Participation, motivation, and interest in independent reading are low. Reading is an important part of everyday life and is imperative to students’ success in school. Many high school students that struggle in reading do not enjoy it and even have negative associations with reading. Cultivating an interest in reading among grade school students is valuable. Providing students with a variety of options is one way to encourage independent reading. The ability to use technology as a means of reading is one way to provide a different option to students. Technology is an integral part of our lives and can contribute greatly to education. Many schools are beginning to use iPads/Tablets as a way to integrate technology into the curriculum. These devices can be used for a variety of purposes in educational settings. There are several tools that make reading on an iPad easier for struggling readers. Students can change the size of the text by zooming to show larger text which reduces the amount of text on the screen. This can be valuable for students that are intimidated by the length of what they are being asked to read. Students can also easily access the definition of a word they don’t know through the interactive dictionary...
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...students were reading below basic reading levels (National Reading Report, 2007). This shows that schools need to experiment with different literacy programs that will improve reading skills and fluency. Using technology-based literacy (E-Books) can increase student’s reading skills and fluency because technology is interactive, includes visual and audio effects, which can help students, stay focused while reading. My research topic is based on literacy in the classroom and how well children interpret reading with technology. The classroom consist thirty-three children of different race and background. Teachers will have classrooms set up with smart boards and iPads so each child will get individual learning. The location of the school is located in Bronx New York. The National Reading Report has been showing a high percentage of below basic reading scores on the fourth grade-reading test in New York City Public Schools. The City can try implementing new literacy programs to help increase student-reading scores. Upgrading literacy technology is one way schools can attempt to increase the literacy scores of the student population. Electronic books are one type of literacy technology that schools use to improve technological literacy in the classroom. These books have a variety of video animation, sound and voice effects, which hold student’s attention. One major problem in for the schools is that technology is expensive and most teachers do not have adequate technology training...
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...Digital Story Reading As a Tool for Vocabulary Acquisition among Preschool Children Maiya Bianca Aguila, Alwyn John Lim & Catherine Francia De La Salle University Manila August 2013 Vocabulary acquisition is an essential part of young children’s literacy development, particularly their reading skills. It has been seen that acquiring a normal vocabulary is prerequisite for reading comprehension (Becker, 1977; Chall & Conard, 1991: Chall et al., 1990). This means that for a child to become a successful reader by the time he enters elementary he must be able to acquire the vocabulary necessary for his age. However, unlike phonics and other literacy skills, building basic vocabulary requires continuing support and there must be ongoing effort to introduce and explain new vocabulary (Hassan, 2012). Although the usual approach of presenting students with list of words to be mastered has been proven effective, research tells us that a great deal of vocabulary acquisition can take place through reading (Cho &n Choi, 2008; Elley, 1989, 1991; Vivas, 1996; Mason & Krashen, 2004; Krashen, 2004; Wang & Lee, 2007). As early as infants, children are being exposed to printed storybooks where they encounter new words to enhance their vocabulary. Research shows that reading to babies and toddlers yields promising results. Children who were exposed to story reading at an early age demonstrate greater language comprehension and larger vocabularies (Jacobson...
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...because we are using technology more and are becoming attached to it. In the book, the parlor, a virtual reality television, is considered as ‘family.’ “‘Will you turn the parlor off?’ He asked. ‘That’s my family.’ ‘Will you turn it off for a sick man?’ ‘I’ll turn it down.’ She went out of the room and did nothing to the parlor and came back. ‘Is that better?’” (48-49). This quote shows that Mildred thinks of the parlor as ‘family’ and is reluctant...
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...Technology and the Dyslexic Student Scott Stockinger Western Governors University When a child is dyslexic and is trying to learn it can be very difficult to impossible. The dyslexic student may not be able to read at his/her age appropriate level and writing can even be harder. In order to read a book for a book report the student may have to read the book at a very slow pace and then have to read it again to comprehend or someone has to read for them. The problem is not necessarily comprehension of the story just the reading level of the book, the reader may be grades below his/her true abilities. It can be very hard to learn on their own because someone needs to read to them or dictate their thoughts to paper if they are to write an age appropriate report. Since the student can comprehend at a higher level but work only at lower grade levels, this poses a problem for educators. How is a teacher supposed to teach the dyslexic student? Research indicates technology provides away for dyslexics to overcome their learning disabilities by giving them the tools they need to accomplish the job of learning, the independence to learn on their own, and give educators a better understanding that enables them to empower the dyslexic student. Technology has given a whole generation of dyslexic students the tools needed to accomplish the difficult task of learning while working with a whole grade level or more below their ability level in reading and writing. Voice recognition...
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...Collaborative strategies reading students first able to bring their background knowledge and predict based on the whole component of the reading text. Second do the “click and clunk” strategies to understand the sentences, and the word meaning of a word that they are not able to understand. Third used the “gist” strategy to point out the most important part of the reading by answering in their own words “who or what is it about”, “what is most important about information about the who or what” as mentioned in the chapter. Last do the “wrap-up” step, where they will come out with questions and responds about the main idea of the text, to be able to see if the students comprehend and is able to recall what they have read. Throughout these steps students will work in groups by each student as mentioned in the chapter taking a role as a “leader, clunk expert, announcer, encourager, reporter, and timekeeper”. I think that the CRA is a great evidence-based practice, it tell students directly how are will they be able to come out with the main idea of the reading text by following simple steps that are easy to follow. If you look in figure 8-17 an example of CSR learning log, this example is helping students to have an idea of what they need to do and look when they are reading, especially a student with a learning disability I think it is easier for them to maintain a learning log like this that’s very detail and easy to...
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...AN INVESTIGATION OF READING ACHIEVEMENT AND THE USE OF SUCCESSMAKER A DIGITAL READING PROGRAM A Dissertation Proposal Submitted to the Faculty of Argosy University Campus In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education By Jeanne Nelson Argosy University Sarasota Campus March, 2013 Dissertation Committee Approval: ------------------------------------------------- Dissertation Chair: Dr. Janice Powell Ed.D Date ------------------------------------------------- Committee Member: Dr. Denise Davis-Cotton Ed.D Date ------------------------------------------------- Program Chair: Dr. George Spagnola Ed.D Date TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF TABLES ii TABLE OF FIGURES vii TABLE OF APPENDICES ix CHAPTER ONE: THE PROBLEM AND ITS COMPONENTS 1 Introduction 1 Problem Background 1 Purpose of the Study 1 Problem Statement 2 Research Questions 2 Limitations and Delimitations 3 Definitions of Terms 4 Significance of the Study 8 Overview of Study 8 CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 9 Introduction 10 Introduction to the i-Generation 12 Technology’s Role in School Reform 14 Technology and Student Achievement 19 Teaching Reading Through the use of Technology 23 Pearson’s Digital Learning Platform SuccessMaker 25 Summary 30 CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY 31 Introduction 31 ...
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...text-messaging on cell phones, we may well be reading more today than we did in the 1970s or 1980s, when television was our medium of choice. But it’s a different kind of reading, and behind it lies a different kind of thinking- perhaps even a new sense of self”(Carr, P.g 2). The article “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the internet is doing to our brains”, is an interesting article written by critically acclaimed author Nicholas Carr. Nicholas Carr speaks upon how the internet is losing one's ability to concentrate on large physical texts or regular literature, and trading this ability for quick, to the point, internet articles and information. But this trade off is considering as without the ability to concentrate on literature, ones ability to critically analyze and have deep, thought provoking thoughts on what the person has read is suffered immensely. The main thesis that Nicholas Carr demonstrates throughout the article is “Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy in a Jet Ski.” ( Carr. P.g 1). Nicholas Carr’s thesis explains that before we were all introduced and influenced by the internet, we were able to understand the physical text in front of us. We were able to have deep, critical thoughts that almost felt like an adventure. But now, do to the Internets speed and wealth of information, we don’t seek that adventure anymore. It is about (now) being able to quickly rush the reading and literature without understanding what is...
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...|[pic] |Course Syllabus | | |College of Information Systems & Technology | | |NTC/362 Version 1 | | |Fundamentals of Networking | Copyright © 2013 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course provides a foundation in the basic telecommunications and networking technologies fundamental to the industry and to the broad field of telecommunications. Analog, digital, and radio frequency technologies are covered. Also covered in this course is an introduction to the OSI protocol model, network-switching systems, basics of wireless communications, and network security. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at...
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...Reading activity requires strong and efficient skill in order to become a good reader and to be successful in the academic. Successful learning is derived from cognitive skills criteria that contribute to the process of learning information properly. If special attention is not given to factors affecting the reading habit, it may produce poor reading culture among the society. In information and technology era, there are many factors hinder reading habits among young people. In the 21st century, information and information technology is generated faster than ever before. The current tools and networking today’s have changed the ways in young generation seek information and the kind of investment are a worthwhile investment that school resource center, libraries and society can have. In Malaysia, the government is very concerned about reading habit among young people in this country. Some efforts have been taken such as reading campaign, NILAM (Nadi Ilmu Amalan Membaca) program in school that has made compulsory for every students, etc. NILAM is a combination or mixture of all activities to encourage reading by providing appropriate recognition. This program is an approach to enrich the reading habit among students. The goal of NILAM is to build a lasting reading habit among students. The objective is to make the students love reading and encourage schools to continue to generate creative and innovative ideas to inculcate the reading habit. Public libraries and school library play...
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