Link to SMORE
What instructional goal/challenge does your SOS address? What additional value does the integration of digital media bring to your idea in terms of students’ understanding of the concept or topic?
SMORE was a very interesting way to access digital media and incorporate learning strategies as well. Reading instruction comes with many challenges and hurdles to overcome. It is such a complex thing to teach students to do, because there are so many different components to teach, along with the "why". Students often discover that reading is a major struggle and also find that it is HARD to keep all of the reading strategies that we learn readily accessible. Applying the knowledge learned is even harder for our younger minds. This year, in my class we have adopted a set of fun reading strategies to help students work through the struggles of reading, and overcoming the hurdles that prevent them from being fluent, successful readers. Since we have just adopted these strategies this year, it is hard to understand the positive or negative impact that they are having on students reading. I can tell you that reading is more fun, exciting, and engaging for students when using these strategies, which in my opinion leads to more engaged and dedicated readers.
I think that the integration of digital media will not only make reading and using it's strategies more appealing for students, but will also help them establish more of a purpose for what they are doing. We have all agreed that technology and digital media only enhance and increase student engagement as well as promote ownership and understanding of the content being taught. I think that using the SMORE strategy checks all of the boxes above and gives an extra edge to to content being presented to students and other educators.
Link: https://www.smore.com/udstv
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