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Students are reading on MyOn, Epic, and Overdrive during independent reading.

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During station work I have set up a station where the student reads three books on their iPad, either on Epic! or Raz-kids before moving to the next station.

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Explicit Reading Instruction using an E-Book

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Explicit Reading Instruction using an E-Book

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Students need reading instruction on the E-Book. They benefit from having the strategies taught and then practicing those on the E-Book.

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I envisioned them using online sources such as a dictionary or reference site to answer questions when reading. Instead I find a more passive reader.

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Students are using MyOn and Epic for our research unit in writing

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Students need to learn how to use the features available in a digital text without taking away from their comprehension.

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Children that read e-texts need to have the noise removed in order to build their comprehension. Currently they're addicted to the sound, noise response, and other special visual effects.

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They are excited to use their iPads so they like digital text :)

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They are excited to use their iPads so they like digital text :)

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students need the experience on digital texts. MAP and PARCC

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students need the experience on digital texts. MAP and PARCC

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Students are researching their topic using books on Epic, which can be limited to a certain age and topic.

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In a day and age where teachers and students are bombarded with distractions, are e-books contributing to the short attention span? Mindless scrolling/page flipping?

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Students can read on Epic or Myon during teacher directed reading time.

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Students can read on Epic or Myon during teacher directed reading time.

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Independent reading and research for informational writing.

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With our research, students are recording the information they are reading. Pulling out the main ideas and supporting details.

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Not to the level we would expect. They need that immediate gratification of the visual and auditory. They don't complete the reading. It's choppy. They're reading bits and pieces.

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Not to the level we would expect. They need that immediate gratification of the visual and auditory. They don't complete the reading. It's choppy. They're reading bits and pieces.

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Within Epic, students are more concerned with the rewards, and are scanning through texts. They are not closely reading texts

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I think I remember reading somewhere that the physical act of holding a book engages the mind more than the electronic version?

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The Teacher's homepage looks different from the student's homepage and is sometimes hard to determine what accessibility students have.

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We came out the gate quickly and didn't teach specific skills needed to use an e-book appropriately.

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We came out the gate quickly and didn't teach specific skills needed to use an e-book appropriately.

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E-Books are taxing children's working memories.

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E-Books are taxing children's working memories.

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We've had some questions arise pertaining to our E-books and digital texts. Our literacy steering team spent some time discussing and sharing ideas about digital texts, and we would like to share a few important points our team discussed for teachers to consider...Always consider instructional purpose and learning goal when thinking about text type and text quality.We want to balance genre and formats - striving to find balance between digital and print text. Quality of texts, print or digital, is important to consider.  Epic & MyOn are great for nonfiction text (70 percent non-fiction).  Also, please be sure to understand the difference between “audio books,” which do not include the actual words in text and “read to me books,” which speak the words and sentences while highlighting the text. We have to remember that listening (oral) comprehension is typically years ahead of reading comprehension.Let's also think about about whether students are reading E-books for the sake of earning badges - how can we create authentic celebrations of reading and texts in our classrooms?We know that reading workshop works best when we as teachers know what our students are reading independently.  How does the use of ebooks affect our conferring with students?  The literacy steering team also read a great article, "Teaching With Interactive Picture E-Books in Grades K-6." The article also summarizes four key points of using E-Books:1. Consider whether the interactive features in the e-books you use with children distract, support, or extend their understanding of the text.2. Provide strategy instruction that is adapted for e-book reading.3. Analyze e-books for quality, accuracy, and readability before using them for instruction.4. Give students opportunities to practice reading with both traditional and electronic books.

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We've had some questions arise pertaining to our E-books and digital texts. Our literacy steering team spent some time discussing and sharing ideas about digital texts, and we would like to share a few important points our team discussed for teachers to consider...Always consider instructional purpose and learning goal when thinking about text type and text quality.We want to balance genre and formats - striving to find balance between digital and print text. Quality of texts, print or digital, is important to consider.  Epic & MyOn are great for nonfiction text (70 percent non-fiction).  Also, please be sure to understand the difference between “audio books,” which do not include the actual words in text and “read to me books,” which speak the words and sentences while highlighting the text. We have to remember that listening (oral) comprehension is typically years ahead of reading comprehension.Let's also think about about whether students are reading E-books for the sake of earning badges - how can we create authentic celebrations of reading and texts in our classrooms?We know that reading workshop works best when we as teachers know what our students are reading independently.  How does the use of ebooks affect our conferring with students?  The literacy steering team also read a great article, "Teaching With Interactive Picture E-Books in Grades K-6." The article also summarizes four key points of using E-Books:1. Consider whether the interactive features in the e-books you use with children distract, support, or extend their understanding of the text.2. Provide strategy instruction that is adapted for e-book reading.3. Analyze e-books for quality, accuracy, and readability before using them for instruction.4. Give students opportunities to practice reading with both traditional and electronic books.