Digital Texts

The variety of digital texts are amazing and unlimited. They can be created from a variety of tools. I could use things from both school and home and have the students create the text. When we complete activities I can photograph or video and then the students could record the story. If I then captioned the story they could also read along as they listened. I think this would be more interesting to them at times and help them have more interest in reading because it would be something personal that they are vested in compared to a book that they may have no interest personal interest in.

After watching the book that was put into movie maker today in class I am thinking about putting some of my books into movie maker for my students. If I did this they would be able to listen/read the books while I work with another student. This activity would allow them to complete a tasks independently while also allowing me time to focus on one student's needs apart from others.

Digital texts are the future and I see them having more of a place in my classroom. I think my kids would much rather see a text on the computer with sound effects, etc as composed to holding a book they may not be able to read independently.

While digital text would allow me to provide support for their reading especially if I record myself reading the book. However the possibility also exists for me to create the book, and have the students do the recording.