I have given a lot of my ideas to integrate technology within this blog over the past few weeks but now I have a question that I have always wanted answered. How do you use online books? The following link is to my school's website and these book databases that FCPS provides. I can most definitely picture using these books with younger grades as they work up their fluency within literature centers but how could I use them with my 6th graders? http://www.fcps.edu/GunstonES/ebooks.htm
The one time I have ever had students use these was last year when we went to the computer lab and the SBTS asked if she could show the kids these books. She didn't give me a way to integrate them into the classroom though. I guess some of my students could use help with their fluency and reading along with someone as they are reading to you defintiely helps. Isn't this just kind of a traditional way of teaching reading just slightly different because it is on a computer? Any thoughts on this would be very helpful because I would hate to have the opportunity pass by to use this, I'm sure, expensive resource! Thanks!
I tried to go to the link but it did not allow me access. I think it might be protected so only FCPS people can see it. I was wondering if they are leveled readers or more short stories and novels. I am still trying to develop ways to use tools like this as Arlington also has access to leveled readers that will read to the students. I really think that there have to be ways to integrate ebooks into the classroom in an authentic way, other than it just being in a new platform, but I am also stuck.
ReplyDeleteWe have electronic textbooks for social studies that are rather nice. They allow students to highlight test, define key words, identify the main ideas of paragraphs, translate to Spanish (awesome feature), and reads to the students. But alas they are still text books. At the end of each chapter there is a review activity which is nice for review, but does not engage the student.
I look forward to hearing what you or anyone else comes up with for integrating ebooks.