1. The document discusses using technology to improve reading skills, including developing oral reading fluency through assisted reading techniques like paired reading. 2. It also explores using literacy circles and other classroom activities to improve reading comprehension, and suggests post-reading activities like creating digital stories. 3. Technology-mediated activities are recommended such as digital literacy circles or online forums to discuss readings, as well as independent reading programs and creating digital stories to share on YouTube.

1. Using IT to develop/improve reading skills Dr Paula Hodgson

2. Intended learning outcomes Develop skills in designing English reading tasks for blended learning through using ICTs; Develop a global perspective when they are connected using ICTs; Develop critical thinking and reflective thinking skills when discussing and debating innovative practices with technology integration for language learning and teaching.

3. Technical pedagogical content knowledge TPCK Content knowledge Creative writing English grammar Pedagogical knowledge Communicative approach Blended approach Technological knowledge Using Web2.0, e.g. Youtube iPad

4. Reading Oral reading Silent reading and comprehension

5. Oral reading Emphasis on mechanical matters, such as pronunciation with prosody (intonation and stress) and pace (rate and rhythm): practising how to make a speech

6. Oral reading Purposes: Word recognition [word decoding] Providing assistance to students with SLD Being aware of patterns of words that present difficulties Understanding: involving thinking and feeling [comprehension] Achievement: Oral reading fluency

7. Hypothesis Practical oral reading with assistance can improve oral reading fluency.

8. Oral reading fluency (1) Round robin reading, public oral reading without rehearsal Issue: Time-consuming for individual readings Students may feel embarrassed by public display of their incompetence

9. Oral reading fluency (2) Assisted reading Paired reading with a more fluent reader Immediate correction of errors Time required by the more fluent reader With pre-recorded massages Practise at student’s own time Repeated practice

10. Approaches used in assisted reading Book buddies BB (Invernizzi et al . 1996; Carbo 1981) Readers’ theatre (Worthy and Practer 2002) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu2GKqwrIGM&feature=autoplay&list=QL&index=2&playnext=1 cited in Rasinski and Hoffman (2003)

11. Reading comprehension activities (1) Pre-reading activities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=687U0o7KFgY&feature=related

12. Reading comprehension activities [2] In-class activities: e.g. literacy circle ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-W46ApUVDo&feature=BF&list=QL&index=4 ) Summarizer : prepares a brief summary of “today’s reading”. Investigator : digs up one piece of background information on any topic related to the book. Literary luminary : locates parts of the text to read aloud to the group. Vocabulary enricher : searches for a few especially important words in today’s reading. Illustrator : draws some kind of picture related to the reading. Discussion direc t or : directs the discussion; helps people to talk over the big ideas in the reading and share their reactions. Connector : finds connections between the book and the outside world.

13. Reading comprehension activities [3] In-class activities Write down connection in codes Self (pragmatic); text (semantic) Act out Illustrate sequence of events Analyse character traits Infer Predict http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZobdcwO_c8U&NR=1

14. Reading comprehension activities [4] Post-reading activities http :// www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYt6f8_RY0g&feature=related ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDTGSLmMiXI&feature=related (Bloom’s taxonomy)

15. Technology-mediated activities (1) In-class/post-class activities Digital literacy circles (video conf./forum) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pFi7fJgGOA&feature=related

16. Technology-mediated activities (2) Post-reading activities Creating digital story and sharing it at Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5yi8R5l9e4&feature=related ) Technical steps : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VChWeNN9pc&feature=related

17. Technology-mediated activities (3) Independent reading activities http ://www.renlearn.com/ar / ; http://www.discoveryeducation.com /

18. Technical pedagogical content knowledge TPCK Content knowledge Oral reading Reading comprehension Pedagogical knowledge Assisted reading Literacy circle Technological knowledge Online forum Video conferencing Windows Media Maker Youtube for digital story

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20. Web references Reading strategies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZobdcwO_c8U&NR=1 Pre-reading activities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=687U0o7KFgY&feature=related Literacy circle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-W46ApUVDo&feature=BF&list=QL&index=4 Digital storytelling project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5yi8R5l9e4&feature=related Making a digital story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LknwS15wSx8&feature=related Using Windows Media Maker to create a digital story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VChWeNN9pc&feature=related Accelerated reader http://www.renlearn.com/ar/