Having taught high school my whole career, it was quite an eye opener this week to learn about reading remediation software options. As I viewed these and had the opportunity to participate in one, I was glad to see how appealing they are to younger students. They are very interactive. They also had characters that definitely made it appealing to children as well as fun while they were learning sound recognition, rhyming words, and word recognition. I did think of students in high school that this would be useful for that have a much lower cognitive level. We tend not to think of that at high school level, but I will certainly recommend this for 2 of our current students. I learned a great deal this evening about reading remediation and with some of the comments that came from the elementary teachers in class how it benefits their students and how they use it.
The start to finish books will help one of my current students and he has already begun to read the Ali book.
Clicker 5
Uses of Clicker 5
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Some insightful ideas about the uses of some of this educational software. I do agree with you that we have to be aware of age appropriateness. High school students are typically very self-aware and concscious of how they will be viewed. They may be turned off by computer programs that aren't "cool". It can be a hard sell sometimes. I wil want to catch up with you to see how the Start to Finish Books went as I know a couple of student who will like them. As well, I am teaching a modified 10 English next semseter, I think these will be great for them. Have you tried them at this level?
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