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hat is the connection between reading engagement and reading achievement? 

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-Student home support
-Access to the internet at home
- class size

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"Using technology in literacy is a” necessity” in today’s society and not a “luxury” (Gambrell, Mallory, and Mazzini, 2011, p. 28).

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Current research suggests that utilizing the Raz-Kids program can increase students' reading levels, fluency, and engagement in the reading process. (Marchand, 2015, Winans, 2016, and Ciampa 2012).

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Digital Literacy: Using Raz-Kids to Engage Young Readers 

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Digital Literacy: Using Raz-Kids to Engage Young Readers 

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"To prepare students for the digital demands that they will face both in and out of school, teachers need to model strategies for e-reading, assist students in transferring traditional reading behaviors to electronic texts, and select high quality interactive e-books that will scaffold students' reading'"
( Schugar and Smith, 2013)

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Raz-Kids Features and Tools that Increase Reading Engagement and Achievement 

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Raz-Kids Features and Tools that Increase Reading Engagement and Achievement 

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Features:
- student choice
-animated illustrations
-follow-along highlighted text
Tools:
-Word Audio Playback
-highlighting
-Audio Recording

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"e-books have the the potential to change the way our students read and consume text because of their interactivity and convenience" ( 2013, p. 615).

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will utilizing the Raz-Kids reading program increase my students' engagement and reading levels?

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Quantitative
-Benchmark Assessment Results
-Running Records
- Students' recordings of reading Raz-Kids Books
- Student Reading Logs (the Raz-Kids software keeps track of how many books are read and how many hours are spent reading and or listening to books and taking quizzes)
-Qualitative
-Anecdotal notes of students reading behavior (on task and off task behavior when reading print books vs. Raz-Kids books)
- Conversations with students
- Student reading engagement survey

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Benefits of using e-books
-Limitations of e-books
- Characteristics of effective e-books.
- The teacher's role in e-book exploration

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“The role of the teacher is critical in motivating students to read for their own reasons by assuring an appropriate student-book match so the time spent reading is both profitable and enjoyable for the reader” (Gambrell, Mallory, and Mazzini, 2011, p. 24)

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-What is the connection between reading engagement and reading achievement?
-Do students read on Raz-Kids just to earn stars and play the incentive games?

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“it is important to realize the use of technology does not automatically lead to increased student achievement.” (Killeen and Northrop, 2015, p. 532).

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“Reading comprehension and engagement are enhanced when students have a choice in reading material” ( Brown and Jones, 2011, p.16).