Strategic Use of e-Reading Resources, IT Tools and Innovative Pedagogies to Enhance Student e-Reading and Reading Motivation in English Language
Session 2 of 2
INTENSIVE E-READING
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2 strands of e- Reading to be
covered in this course
Session 1 (May 14)
Extensive e-Reading
Session 2 (May 21)
Intensive e-Reading
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https://www.edb.gov.hk/tc/edu-system/primary-secondary/applicable-to-primary- secondary/it-in-edu/COE/coe-secsch201819.html
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Rundown of this Session
Example e-Reading lessons for Reading Comprehension Creating e-Reading worksheets
e-Learning activities that support the teaching of Reading Courseware platforms for Reading Comprehension
Practise downloading eBooks from HKPL.
Reminder Assignment
Throughout the 2 sessions, you will be invited to browse certain e-Reading resources,
applications, ideas, and try out some e-Reading activities.
On the Worksheet given, respond to the tasks assigned, take notes on the resources and ideas that are of particular interest to you and which you would want to follow up on after this course.
Submit your completed worksheet to the course instructors at the end of each session, while
keeping one copy for yourself.
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Task 0
Download ‘Worksheet’ from
Labshare
e-Book Resources in Hong Kong Public Libraries
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https://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/e-resources/e-
books/home
4 e-Book databases for English
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How to download e-Books from HKPL
Hands-on Task
Searching for, and downloading eBooks for HKPL website
Rundown of this Session
Example e-Reading lessons for Reading Comprehension Creating e-Reading worksheets
e-Learning activities that support the teaching of Reading
Courseware platforms for Reading Comprehension
Practise downloading eBooks from HKPL.
Courseware Platforms for Intensive e-Reading:
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READ THEORY FLUENCY TUTOR ACTIVELY LEARN
Example 1: Read Theory
https://readtheory.org/
How does ReadTheory work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oomZK__hHDA
• Self-access
• Total individualized: Each student follows their own reading path based on their current reading ability
• Adaptive materials provision mechanism
• Teacher can monitor students’
progress from teacher dashboard
• Entry assessment to determine students’ beginning reading level.
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Entry Reading
Level
Assessment
Read Theory : Explainer Videos on Go eLearning
https://www.hkedcity.net/goelearning/resource/57c695c4316e83a345000000
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Example 2: Fluency Tutor for Google
https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/fluencytutor/
Tutorial on Fluency Tutor on HKedCity
https://www.hkedcity.net/goelearning/en/resource/57ee2cce316e83b63f010000
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Example 3: Actively Learn
https://www.activelylearn.com/
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Main Features
• Create classes
• Choose from built-in Reading Comprehension units (Passage + Quiz + notes for guiding reading)
• Assign to a class
• Customize the chosen unit, then assign
• Upload your own passages (PDF, Google Docs; Internet
articles) and create your own Reading Comprehension
unit, then assign to a class.
Hands-on Task
Create an account with Actively Learn andexplore the platform.
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Rundown of this Session
Example e-Reading lessons for Reading Comprehension Creating e-Reading worksheets
e-Learning activities that support the teaching of Reading
Courseware platforms for Reading Comprehension Practise downloading eBooks from HKPL.
3 Key
Principles for Teaching
Intensive Reading
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Skills development
From Pre-Reading to While- Reading to Post-reading
Task-oriented
4. Supplement to the English Language
Education KLA Curriculum Guide
• https://docs.google.com/viewer?u rl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.edb.gov.hk
%2Fattachment%2Fen%2Fcurriculum -development%2Fkla%2Feng-
edu%2FCurriculum%2520Document
%2FELE%2520JS%2520Supplement%
25202018.pdf
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Example classroom e-Learning activities that
support/motivate eReading
EXAMPLES
Use a WORD
CLOUD tool to (a) activate prior
knowledge, to (b) predict the
content of a text
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Task: Go to
https://answergarden.ch/939486
You’re about to read a passage about Japanese culture.
Submit words, one word at a time, that are about
Japanese culture (food, beliefs, costumes, history, leisure
activities, etc.)
Create a word cloud from any text: TagCrowd
https://tagcrowd.com/
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Use a polling app to (a) collect Ss’
initial thoughts, or (b) stimulate thinking
• Examples:
• - Google Forms
• - Poll Everywhere
• - Socrative
• - Survey Monkey
Padlet for Ss to compare their initial thoughts on the topic
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Use quiz-creation apps to create quizzes, competitions on the reading
text
Matching, Sequencing tasks, etc., to show general understanding
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Use a graphic organizer app to create diagrams for Ss to present their understanding of the content
Examples
• Google Slides
• Realtime Board
• Storyboard that
• Etc.
Use a mindmapping app (e.g. Coggle) for Ss to summarise
or re-present the text context
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Use a flash card app for Ss to learn news
words from text
• E.g., Quizlet
Use an interactive lesson presentation
app to engage students in the reading lesson (e.g.,
Mentimeter;
Peardeck)
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Rundown of this Session
Example e-Reading lessons for Reading Comprehension
Creating e-Reading worksheets
e-Learning activities that support the teaching of Reading Courseware platforms for Reading Comprehension
Practise downloading eBooks from HKPL.
2 examples
1.InsertLearning.com 2.GoFormative.com
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Example app 1: Insert Learning
https://insertlearning.com/
How InsertLearning works
https://youtu.be/fEmMCliwpyg
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GoFormative
https://goformative.com/
How does
GoFormative work?
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https://www.hkedcity.net/goelearning/resource/58a3fc00316e
838857000000
Go to http://goformative.com/
log in as a student for the following Reading
Comprehension worksheet
Join code:
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Hands-on Task
Create an interactive e-Reading worksheet with GoFormative
Rundown of this Session
Multimodal Literacy: Example texts and an example lesson
Example e-Reading lessons for Reading Comprehension
Creating e-Reading worksheets
e-Learning activities that support the teaching of Reading Courseware platforms for Reading Comprehension
Practise downloading eBooks from HKPL.
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2 example lessons
A Nearpod reading
comprehension lesson (From Another Time and Space)
A Peardeck multimodal reading lesson (Livable Cities)
Example 1: Designed by Selena Tam
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Open the iPad app “Nearpod”
Type in the Join Code shown
Nearpod: A recent development
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‘Bonus’ example: A reading lesson adapted from an original Nearpod lesson by Oliver Gosling
Rundown of this Session
Multimodal Literacy: Example texts and an example lesson
Example e-Reading lessons for Reading Comprehension Creating e-Reading worksheets
e-Learning activities that support the teaching of Reading Courseware platforms for Reading Comprehension
Practise downloading eBooks from HKPL.
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https://tcs.edb.gov.hk/tcs/admin/courses/previewCourse/forPortal.htm?courseId=CDI020191085
Multimodal literacy in the 2017 English CG
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How do we do multimodal literacy
teaching?
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Hands-on Task: Browse …
The life of Oscar Wilde:
a Google tour builder journey
A Christmas Carol:
a Google Site
Example 2: A multimodal reading lesson
by Jenny Leung and Paul Sze
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Go to http://joinpd.com/
Type in the Join Code
Tools for creating multimodal texts
• Padlet
• Blog
• Google Site
• Google Docs
• Google Slides
• Sway
• Prezi
• Nearpod
• Adobe Spark Post; Adobe Spark Page
• Tour Creator, Tour Builder
• Book Creator
• …
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Summary of the course
SUMMARY OF THE COURSE
2 strands of e- Reading to be
covered in this course
Session 1
Extensive e- Reading
Session 2
Intensive e- Reading
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• The act of reading
• Reading on the go
• Tools for facilitating the reading process
• Infinite Resources for Reading available
• HKedCity; HKPL
• The Internet
• Easy Management of students’
progress
• Courseware platform
• Resources for Reading comprehension exercises
• Interactive activities for
different stages of a Reading lesson
• Easy creation of e-Reading worksheets
• Easy creation of e-Reading lessons
• Multimodal Literacy teaching made easy.
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Conclusion
Thanks to advances in technology,
the prospects for interesting,
engaging, and effective e-Reading
are infinite.
Happy e-
Reading, and happy e-
Reading teaching
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Reminder Assignment
Throughout the 2 sessions, you will be invited to browse certain e-Reading resources,
applications, ideas, and try out some e-Reading activities.
On the Worksheet given, respond to the tasks assigned, take notes on the resources and ideas that are of particular interest to you and which you would want to follow up on after this course.
Submit your completed worksheet to the course instructors at the end of each session, while
keeping one copy for yourself.
