Machine generated contents note: Introduction: What Is Reading, and How Can I Help?
What Is Reading?
From Decoding to Higher Level Thinking, and Everything in Between
Language Comprehension and Reading Comprehension
Reading and the Brain
Teachers' Changing Roles
How Technology and Reading Are an Ideal Match
How to Use This Book
A Note about the Technology in This Book
Note
References
1. What Do You Mean by "Differentiation"?
Long Ago and Far Away, the Greeks Warned Us
Differentiation vs Tracking
Types of Differentiation
Differentiation by Interest
Differentiation by "Learning Style"
Differentiation by Readiness
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Differentiation: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Differentiation by UDL Categories
Group Names, Group Members, and Group Selection
Differentiation and the Law
Best Practice: The Necessity of Explicit Instruction
Frameworks for Differentiation
Reflection
References
2. What Do Your Students Know? Formative Assessments for Differentiation
Growth Mindset
How It Works and How Technology Can Help
Formative Assessment via Forms and Quizzes
Google Forms and Sheets
Other Options for Collecting Formative Assessments via Forms and Quizzes (LMS and More)
Formative Assessment via Audio and Video Recordings
Create a Screen Recording, Voice Recording, and/or Video Recording
Formative Assessment via Sorting Activities
Reflection
References
3. What Does This Say? Differentiating for Decoding and Reading Fluency
Why Decoding and Fluency Matter
What to Expect: Typical Decoding and Fluency Development
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
How Technology Can Help (and How It Can't)
Text-to-Speech Tools
Built-in Tools
Text-to-Speech Tools with Additional Features
Turning Images into Text: Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Tools
Podcasts for Some, or Podcasts for All
eBooks and Audiobooks
Closed Captioning for Videos
Providing Audio Instructions and Feedback for Students
Student-Generated Audio Recordings to Enhance Fluency
Reflection
References
4. What Does This Mean? Part 1: Differentiating Vocabulary Instruction
Two Approaches: Direct and Contextual
Tools for Direct Instruction
Tools for Contextual Instruction
Tools That Can Be Used for Either Approach (and How)
Reflection
References
5. What Does This Mean? Part 2: Differentiating During the Research Process and Reading Nonfiction
Why Reading Nonfiction Matters
What Reading Nonfiction Entails
Digital Literacy
Videos
Creating a YouTube Playlist
Creating Custom Search Engines
Annotation Tools
Using DocentEDU
Annotating Multiple Sources
Differentiated Complexity
Summaries
Reflection
References
6. What Does This Mean? Part 3: Differentiating During
Fiction Reading
Why Fiction Matters
What Reading Fiction Entails
Visualization Tools
Explicit Text Structure Instruction and Inferences
Interactive Units
Exemplars of Interactive Units
Make Your Own!
Summaries
Reflection
References
7. Can You Tell Me About It? Differentiating Writing (to Help Reading Comprehension)
Why Writing Matters for Reading
What Writing (to Read) Entails
Speech-to-Text
Built-in Tools
Other Dictation Software
Word Prediction
Scaffolds: Cloze Tasks, Mnemonics, and Questions
Reflection
References
8. How Much Do You Know? Differentiating Summative Assessments
Putting It All Together
Quiz Creation (Review)
Slideshow Creation Tools (Review and Some New Ideas, Too)
Rubrics
Infographic Generators
Reflection.