2) NewsELA’s ability to offer the same article at multiple reading levels has allowed teachers to maintain consistency with their assignments, class discussions, and standards. The current and intriguing articles hold the focus of many students who would otherwise be disengaged from the classwork because either they did not understand the material or they felt it was boring.
3) Read180 has been our middle school reading intervention program for more than a decade. Students are placed in intervention courses based on the Lexile diagnostic and Reading Inventory assessments. The Read180 program is set up much like a traditional workshop classroom, with Independent Reading, Software, and Small Group stations. Students are constantly engaged in proper reading techniques, even if they aren’t aware that they are learning as they are using the provided tools. Teachers have an opportunity to gauge where students are and differentiate based on what data they see, as well as what they are hearing directly from the student in small-group instruction.
ThinkCERCA, NewsELA, and Read180 have all freed up teachers to walk around and confer with students, help where needed, and breathe life back into the classroom experience. Blended learning means a whole lot more than just using technology; it is truly partnering with the technology. The idea that students are truly enjoying their assignments means that it must be working.
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