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Instruction Goes Digital

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= **Introduction to Interview:** = ==Today Linda is interviewing two teachers Pat (Stacey) and Michelle (Chrissy). Pat is a sixth-grade teacher at Ipswich (Mass.) Middle School and Michelle is a fourth-grade teacher at Connery Middle School in Lynn, Massachusetts. Both these teachers want their students to be engaged, strategic readers who can apply his/her reading skills across all areas of the curriculum. Through a federally funded research project by CAST, Pat and Michelle introduced universally designed, digital, supported texts into their classroom. Let's listen to what Pat and Michelle have to say about using digital text to support reading comprehension.==

=**__Roles__**=

Person 4 – technical support- Jessica
=**__Interview Questions__**=
 * 1) ==What digital texts are you using today that you didn’t use before?==
 * 2) ==Tell me about the digital texts and the various types of features?==
 * 3) ==What are some of the positives and the negatives of using digital texts?==
 * 4) ==Did you notice any changes in student self-esteem and confidence level?==
 * 5) ==Do you feel that digital texts can meet the needs of all student levels and does it help with overall reading comprehension?==

=Responses =



**Example of a supported, digital text**



**A student responds to a strategy prompt while reading a digitized novel.**





**Students in Michelle's class completed their unit on //So Far From the Bamboo Grove// by constructing murals.**



**Student artwork from the poetry final project. Click on the images to see accompanying poetry and notes (PDF format). **

= So What? =

= = =UDL Frame: =

=Benefits:= = = =Weaknesses:=
 * ==Meets all student's needs==
 * ==Students are engaged==
 * ==Students gain more confidence and self esteem when discussing and interacting with peers==
 * ==Student's writing improved; more details in writing==
 * ==Student's reading comprehension increased==
 * ==Took time to adapt==
 * ==Some stories were too complex given attention and motivation==
 * ==Students preferred picture books==

Images from http://www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=voices/winslow_previte/index.html

 Strangman, N. (2003, May). Strategy instruction goes digital: Two teachers' perspectives on digital texts with embedded learning supports. //Reading Online, 6//(9). Available: http://www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=voices/winslow_previte/index.html