{"id":3615,"date":"2022-01-25T18:40:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T01:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2022-01-25T18:41:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T01:41:11","slug":"whooos-reading-using-ai-to-develop-k12-reading-comprehension-and-writing-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2022\/01\/25\/whooos-reading-using-ai-to-develop-k12-reading-comprehension-and-writing-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Whooo&#8217;s Reading: using AI to develop K12 reading comprehension and writing skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While Whooo\u2019s Reading\u2019s elevator pitch video is not brand new \u2013 it is from 2018, I thought it was quite interesting to share. This elevator pitch video is for a venture that claims to promote a higher-level thinking alternative to multiple choice questions. The video also claims that Whooo&#8217;s Reading enables teachers to track independent reading, monitor progress, and motivate students to read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More info can be found on: <a href=\"https:\/\/angel.co\/company\/wr2\">https:\/\/angel.co\/company\/wr2<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Would you invest in this venture?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H_mGRcb3hwY\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Whooo\u2019s Reading\u2019s elevator pitch video is not brand new \u2013 it is from 2018, I thought it was quite interesting to share. This elevator&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2022\/01\/25\/whooos-reading-using-ai-to-develop-k12-reading-comprehension-and-writing-skills\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Whooo&#8217;s Reading: using AI to develop K12 reading comprehension and writing skills<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":86627,"featured_media":3616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pitch-pool","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86627"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3617,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615\/revisions\/3617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}