Reading and Writing: It’s Not Just for Books Anymore

Improving Literacy Using the iPod Touch

Kathleen Risolvo- Schiller Park School District 81

Content DeliveryOutput Mobile Devices

Audio

Interventions (RTI) Listen Retell Reread Comprehension

activityITUNES University of South

Florida iTunes U PodcastsAutomator Create audio from

text

Apps for Literacy

Dejal Narrator iPhoneTypingTest iWriteWords Letter Tracer Rulla SpellingBee StoryNory The Caterpillar’s Dream TypingWeb TypingTutor Word Scramble Wurdle

Videos

CLONE HIGH- FOOD PYRAMID

Songs Volume Off Watching other

students’ work Individual

Accountability

Internet Access

AFFORDABLE SOLUTION Accelerated Reader Study Island Starfall.com Research

Content CreationInput through publishing content

Using GarageBand

Writer’s workshop publishing

Literary element identification

Content area writing

Fluency practice Teacher read-a-

louds

iPhoto

Photo stories Language

Experience Approach

Pictures retelling a story or event

Create class books/slideshows