Fluency

=**//Plans for 2007 GarageBand class - Jorge & Brad//**= __**"Strategies for Improving Fluency Skill**__**__s__** **__U__**__**sing Digital Tools**__" Materials: projector, camcorder, tripod, speaker
 * Mon Jan 22, 8-10:45, 12-2:45** **- Pine Room - HighPoint Group**
 * Mon Feb 12,** **8-10:45, 12-2:45** **- Pine Room - Lectura Group**
 * Th Feb 15**, **8-10:45, 12-2:45** **- Pine Room - Lectura Group**

1. Adavantages of Digital Tools
Easier collection and organization Can send home to parents Student motivation

iPod, GarageBand, iTunes, Word
 * 2. Tools**

3. "Self Reflection"
Student **reads, records his/herself, listens to it and compares it to text being read**


 * Advantages**:
 * student can easily record, listen, analyze, delete, and re-record


 * //Management//** //**iPod**:// OR Use an iPod Kit (check out from District Library)
 * Record on iPod
 * Listen to on iPod or iTunes

4. Recorded "Miscue Analysis"
Advantages**:
 * class assessment: student reads passage; teacher analyzes and records errors on paper
 * don't have to feel rushed to analyze
 * mistakes (miscues) can be more easily recorded
 * easier to store and check than a tape player
 * the student's reading will be available for comparison in the future, or to share with the student


 * //Management//**//://
 * //Teacher creates 1 file//
 * //1 track per kid//
 * //name & date on track//
 * //file named as assessment//
 * //make all tracks at once (will create up to 32 "real instrument" tracks)//
 * //click on the orange headphones to record that specific track//


 * Question** - will the template, 2.2MB to start with be viable being that large

OR Use an iPod Kit (check out from District Library)
 * Record on iPod
 * Listen to on iPod or iTunes


 * 5. Other Recording ideas:**
 * Universal Access: passage recorded w/ questions
 * Echo Reading
 * Choral Reading
 * Readers Theatre

//Extension - voices (ala Fonts & Colors)// //- after kid perfects reading, kid can modify voice - could be 2nd lesson.// //Vocals > Details > Effects: None to Vocal Transformer; Manual to ??...can apply two effects//
 * //Management GB//**//://
 * Students need to be shown how to open GB, set up real instrument track (perhaps template could be used)
 * Students need to know how to create file.
 * //Have students record and listen to own reading and check for accuracy.//
 * //Students can delete file and re-record.//
 * //Keep file in GB//.

3. Recorded "Echo Reading"
Student listens to model reading (teacher) and tries echo reading
 * //Management//** //**iPod**:// OR Use an iPod Kit (check out from District Library)
 * Record on iPod
 * Listen to on iPod or iTunes


 * //Management//** //**GB**://
 * //Teacher records text in her voice.//
 * //1 GB template file (file > save as and to make template...store in Common)//
 * //Kid uses headphones and records own voice on other track after listening to teacher; deletes and re-records//

4. Universal Access
Teachers Oral Reading - kids can listen to story being read & questions.
 * //Management//**//://
 * Teacher records text in her voice.
 * Questions are recorded after each section
 * Share > Export Song to Disk (? GB or iTunes - management issues)
 * When student plays file (could be on iPod, CD, iTunes, or GB) student listens to file being read aloud/ask question/stop (paule skill) students write answer

Other Possibilities
 * Choral Reading
 * Readers Theatre
 * Podcast

What version of GB do you have?1, 2, 3 (allows podcasts & deeper editing) Do you have USB mic? Do Teachers/Kids have access to change input device? ( a setting allows it) If exporting to iTunes, how is iTunes set up - If kids have access to the iTunes Store, AUP will have modeled for students - If kids open only GB files, iTunes issues do not come up
 * Preparation** **Questions**

__**Possible Recording Resource Links**__ http://www.ceo.woll.catholic.edu.au/home/audio/ http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/knowledgebank/browsecasestudies/2006_epsomps_ashby.asp http://fcit.usf.edu/laptop/studentprofile1.html http://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/tovashal/bcoley/coleycast/podcastinfo.htm http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/news/index.php?item=2044&cat=23 [|http://efolio.umeedu.maine.edu/~edt520public/podcasts.html] http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/bstpract/bpIII/129/129.PDF

Planning Your Podcast http://safari.oreilly.com/1596712465 http://safari.oreilly.com/1596712279/2414 http://astralvoices.com/av/plan.html http://www.voices.com/podcasting/plan-your-podcast.html http://www.voices.com/podcasting/plan-your-podcast.html http://podcasting.about.com/od/planyourpodcast/ss/weeklypodcast.htm http://ezinearticles.com/?Planning-Your-Podcast-Initial-Strategic-Decisions&id=648043

New Rules - New Tools http://www.k12.wa.us/conferences/Janconf2005/materials2/Materials39/kenwilson.doc http://www.santacruz.k12.ca.us/ed_services/xlreaders.html http://www.k12converge.com/

iPod http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/grandisland/ search for assessment http://images.apple.com/education/profiles/

__Resource Links for Reading Analysis (the non-digital basis for the reading strategies)__ http://www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus/bank/Miscue%20Analysis.pdf http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/literacy/ImplementALiteracyProgram/UsingEchoReading.htm http://www.ops.org/reading/fluencystrategies.htm http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/education/general.html http://www.d21.k12.il.us/dept_instr/langarts/parentinfo/choral_rdg.html http://www.rocksforkids.com/FabFours/choral_reading.html

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//A brainstorm of some of the ideas and management issues for using// iPod, GarageBand, Notebook View, and iTunes to increase reading fluency.

Feb-12 & 15 Lectura Morning message - One fluent reader can read the message, while other follow along (HM daily opening routines) Recording students reading High frequency words (intensive and strategic) Notebook - Benchmark tests for practice (especially for newcomers): HFWs; fluency; retells of stories: beginning, middle, end; transcriptions of stories; poems, songs (struggling readers); independent practice for 2nd and 3rd graders Use iPod & FM transmitter to broadcast transition music to kids.

Jan 22-HP Teachers Listening Center Universal Access Fluency Practice at home - w/CD or checked out ipod Read Alouds Teacher Modeled work Fluency Testing/Running Records at your own pace Self Assessment - Repeated Readings - instant feedback Students can read their written passages/prompts Recorded lectures - for speech, band, etc Anytime school use

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