{"id":55,"date":"2015-01-13T20:52:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T03:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningliteracy\/?p=55"},"modified":"2015-01-13T20:52:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T03:52:57","slug":"reading-and-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningliteracy\/2015\/01\/13\/reading-and-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading and Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While it was not found if\u00a0computer reading programs increased the reading scores of students, the programs tested in \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eric.ed.gov\/?id=ED498986\">\u201cEffectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from the First Student Cohort\u201d (Means, Murphy, Penuel, Javitz, Emery, &amp; Sussex, 2007)<\/a>, did mention computer programs led for classes where the teacher could act as a facilitator, rather than a lecturer. This was beneficial for the students in low socioeconomic environments, because they were able to learn from doing rather than listening.<\/p>\n<p><em>Examples of computer reading programs:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eps.schoolspecialty.com\/products\">The Academy of Reading<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.headsprout.com\">Headsprout.<\/a>\u00a0Intended for K-5.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/read180\/\">Read 180<\/a>. From Scholastic.<\/p>\n<p>Computer reading programs are helpful for students with a\u00a0low socioeconomic background to introduce technology, and improve literacy skills. [tag research links].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While it was not found if\u00a0computer reading programs increased the reading scores of students, the programs tested in \u00a0\u201cEffectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from the First Student Cohort\u201d (Means, Murphy, Penuel, Javitz, Emery, &amp; Sussex, 2007), did &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningliteracy\/2015\/01\/13\/reading-and-technology\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26305,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1810,558],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/learningliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}