THE RESEARCH >>
In “Me Read? No Way! : A practical guide to improving boys' literacy skills”, experts from around the world tell us that computers, curriculum content and technology must be integrated to engage students in order to improve literacy skills.
Elaine Millard for the Government of Ontario Ministry of Education:
"New information technologies - in particular, the internet - present us not only with new forms of text, but also with opportunities to custom-tailor literacy activities to the interests, learning styles, and motivation of boys. Information technology offers an important opportunity to fully engage children in reading, writing, and visual literacy."
Jennifer Rowsell, Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at Rutgers University:
"...students today are conceiving language differently than they did a decade ago. Children, adolescents, teenagers, and even adults think in terms of technology. Even if they do not have access to computers at home or at school, students are reading and writing with technology in mind—they cannot help it because it inhabits and informs their worlds."
It’s time to put the power of the web to work in a meaningful way in classrooms. Directly connected to curriculum expectations and outcomes, Reading Ahead empowers and inspires students. The new generation’s fascination and comfort with on-line technologies can be leveraged to motivate and encourage students, ultimately improving their skills.
Whether Reading Ahead is used as part of the Student Success Strategy, in an alternative education program or as an extension for the core curriculum, Reading Ahead can engage students in a whole new way.
