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Using iPod Touches for Reading Comprehension CEC conference April 24, 2010

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Personal Background Special Education teacher Reading Specialist Middle School Language Arts

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2 Problems 1. Never finished a story 2. Asked, What was the story about? Answer, I dont know.

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Elementary iPod Project Elementary school Shuffles Record the week of stories, activities, songs, etc. Students took home the materials and listened to them Results increased DIBELs scores

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Middle School Not doing beginning reading Needed a way to help students learn strategies By middle school learned comprehension strategies or they havent

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Background pilot project Pilot project 3 teachers 7 iPods each Reading comprehension strategy Results Increased completion Increased participation

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Reasons Achievement levels Need for reading comprehension skills National Reading Panel Reading Next report

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Summarization Strategy Had to be simple Had to be memorable Easily learned Transferable across subject areas 1-2 Summarization Strategy Write down 1 idea about what you just read Write down 2 details about what happened

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Supported Text Background research base 11 types This study incorporated: Notational Instructional Translational

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iPod Touch Socially acceptable Mobile Personal Individualized

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Design 155 students 5 sections AM sections randomly assigned to treatment PM sections intact comparison group

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Sample 155 6 th graders 6-8 grade middle school

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Method Instructional and practice phases All students receive instruction via iPod Touch Practice phase has 3 levels of support Notational Only Notational + Instructional Notational + Instructional + Translational 3 weeks of intervention 15 sessions Pearson Literature text 6 th grade

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Results standardized assessment 2 standardized assessments easyCBM Benchmarking No increase in scores Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) Slight increase in scores

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Results probe measures Researcher developed multiple-choice probe measures Based on the stories 10 multiple-choice questions per story Students in treatment groups scored better on multiple-choice measures over the comparison group Students in NIT completed more stories than other groups

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Results student survey How easy was it to learn the summarization strategy?

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Student Survey Results How much did the summarization strategy help you remember the story?

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Student Survey Results How much did the note-taking sheet help you remember the story?

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Student Survey Results How often did you use the note-taking sheet?

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Student Survey Results How much did you like reading stories on an iPod Touch?

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Student Ideas to use iPod Touches Math Research Reading Accessibility Writing Educational Games Organization Note taking Share information Textbook Watch video Science Music

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Process Upload audio CD of the story to iTunes Import from iTunes to Garage Band Split track and insert audio prompts Copy text to Lyrics Sync song to iPods

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Split Tracks in GarageBand

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Export to iTunes

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Add lyrics

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Adding Lyrics in iTunes

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Recommendations Targeted instruction Specific students with specific needs Below At level Exceeding Extended learning Create library of interventions

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Benefits Portable Mobile Anytime anywhere Student controlled Differentiated instruction

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Future Research Secondary RtI Tier II and III Potential for differentiation in general education classes Extended learning and practice