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Building on the Bring Your Own Device Revolution
Pennsylvania Ties Digital Library to Academic Standards
on March 23, 2010
Classroom Technology & Infrastructure
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I'm a big fan of using MP3 players to incorporate audiobooks into reading education. There are so many audiobooks available online now, and cheap alternatives...
I'm a big fan of using MP3 players to incorporate audiobooks into reading education. There are so many audiobooks available online now, and cheap alternatives for incorporating MP3 devices in school. At my district we use the Scobre Press Reading Program (http://www.scobre.com/). Their books come with MP3 players specially programmed with their audiobook content. In my recent experience with this program (I teach reading to middle school students) I find that students are more engaged in what they're reading when they have that digital element incorporated. MP3 players reflect their interests outside of the classroom. I've had students add classroom audiobook content to their playlists in their iPods, etc. I think maybe the power of audiobooks is being overlooked in the high-tech direction education is taking. Perhaps we don't consider audiobooks "high-tech" anymore?
on Sep 24, 2010
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This fall, educators in Pennsylvania will tap into thousands of educational videos, games and interactive media from the PBS Digital Learning Library that will engage students and help them meet the commonwealth's standards.
"To effectively teach today’s children, we must embrace technology and use it to help them learn,” said Paula Kerger, president and CEO of PBS.
Teachers, parents and students will be able to search for resources by keyword and grade level, and when they click on one of them, they will see the standard that relates to the media. As the project moves forward, the department plans to make more content available as open educational resources, said Gerald Zahorcha, Pennsylvania's education secretary.
The material in the library will be available to stream only; stream and download; or stream, download and share. Recently the Pennsylvania Education Department finished its Standards Aligned System, which connects resources such as the upcoming digital library to curriculum that allows students to meet academic benchmarks.
To match the resources with the standards, Zahorcha asked educators across the state what skills and knowledge they would expect children to gain in each area. Then he asked his partners, PBS and WPSU/Penn State Public Broadcasting, how they could harness the content to help students learn, he said.
"We’re doing it with technology and media quality that puts us, I think, ahead of the curve worldwide."
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on Sep 24, 2010
I'm a big fan of using MP3 players to incorporate audiobooks into reading education. There are so many audiobooks available online now, and cheap alternatives for incorporating MP3 devices in school. At my district we use the Scobre Press Reading Program (http://www.scobre.com/). Their books come with MP3 players specially programmed with their audiobook content. In my recent experience with this program (I teach reading to middle school students) I find that students are more engaged in what they're reading when they have that digital element incorporated. MP3 players reflect their interests outside of the classroom. I've had students add classroom audiobook content to their playlists in their iPods, etc. I think maybe the power of audiobooks is being overlooked in the high-tech direction education is taking. Perhaps we don't consider audiobooks "high-tech" anymore?
