software for literacy reinforcement and interactive books
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Software for Literacy
Reinforcement and
Interactive Books
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1. Reinforcement Software
• Used to reinforce basic skills through repetition and practice.
• Numeracy Software – early numeracy skills, more advanced mathematical skills
• Literacy Software – early literacy skills, sight word recognition, phonological skills and reading comprehension.
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Reinforcement Software
Benefits
• Helps to develop skills and reinforce concepts and knowledge
• Provides repeated practice on previously learned skills
• Gives immediate, consistent feedback in non-judgemental fashion
Concerns
• Should be used to complement teacher instruction, not replace it
• Skills are often presented in isolation
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Early Literacy Skills
• Early Literacy - focuses on pre-reading skills such as:
• Listening
• Visual Discrimination
• Visual memory
• Auditory Discrimination
• Auditory Memory
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Early Literacy Skills
Examples include:
• Animal Match
• Jigsaw
• Jumble Fun
• Leaps and Bounds 1,2,3
• Musical Leaps and Bounds
• Sequences
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Early Literacy Skills
Examples cont’d
•Microworlds 2000
•Making Tracks to Literacy
•Teddy Games
•Tizzy’s Toy Box (*)
•React (older students)
*Denotes a title that is generally classified in another category but can also be used to support this skill area.
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Letter Recognition Software
Examples include:
• A to Zap• ABC Talking Animated Alphabet CD• Big ABC• From A to Z (*) • Percy’s ABC
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Keyboard Skills Software
Examples include:
• Animated Typewriter
• First Keys to Literacy (*)
• Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
• Touch Type
• Type to Learn
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Sight Vocabulary Software
Examples include:
• All my Words (*)
• Flashcard
• Speaking for Myself (*)
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Phonics/Phonological Awareness Software
Examples include:
• Rhyme and Analogy• Sound Stories• Sound Start- Phonics• Sounds Great 1 and 2• WordWork 1 and 2 (*)
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Spelling Software
Examples include:
• All My Words • Lexia (*)• Wordshark• Spellmate• Spelling Show • Starspell 2001• WordWork 1 and 2
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Spelling Software (2)
Examples include:
• From Word to Word
• Multisensory Games for the Literacy Hour
• Word Games for Windows
• ScanIT plus
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Comprehension Software
(excluding Talking Books)
• Fuzzbuzz (*)
• Reading for Literacy
• The Computer Classroom
• Twisted Tales
• Selladore Tales
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Software to Support Handwriting
• Handwriting for Windows
• Maude and Claude
• Sassoon Fonts
• Start Write 2
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Reinforcement SoftwareIntegrated Learning system (ILS)
• Computer-based system that manages delivery of curriculum
• Presents learners with a question, records the response, gives instant feedback and automatically selects new questions
• Provides feedback and detailed records
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Reinforcement SoftwareIntegrated Learning system (ILS)
Results are highly context dependent
• Level of teacher intervention is critical factor
• Teachers’ involvement with system is major factor to student gains
• Where pupils use ILS in isolation from their teacher and from the rest of the curriculum, both learning gains and motivation are likely to be poor.
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Reinforcement SoftwareIntegrated Learning system (ILS)
Examples include:
• The Academy of Reading
• Global Integrated Learning System
• RM Maths
• Tomorrow’s Promise
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2. Interactive Books
• Electronic books that bring stories to life.
• Common features include:
– Lively animations
– Story can be read aloud
– Individual words can be spoken
– Clicking and exploring options
– Comprehension activities
• Cater for a range of levels (non-readers to older students with reading difficulties).
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Interactive Books
Benefits
• Links written word with spoken words (strengthens word recognition)
• Improves vocabulary, word attack skills, fluency and comprehension.
• Gives students the opportunity to practice reading the same text more than one time.
Concerns
• Edutainment value vs. Educational value
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Interactive Books
Examples include:
• Living Books (e.g. Grandma and Me)
• Oxford Reading Tree
• Start to Finish
• Ukandu Interactive Reading Series
• Wellington Square
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