Into the Passing Lane Books iPods Vroom

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Into the Passing LaneBooks iPods Vroom

• NCSLMA Read2Succeed
• Grant Winner 2005

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Karen PerryWiley Middle School(formerly of
Central Davidson Middle School)

• kmperry_at_wsfcs.k12.nc.us
• 1400 Northwest Blvd.
• Winston-Salem, NC 27104
• 336-727-2378

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Grant Planning

• Problem 6th grade had issues with reading
• Needed something to jumpstart their interest and
  their skills
• Brainstorming with teachers

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Grant Proposal

• Limited to 6th grade
• Create a culture of reading among students
• Use technology to help create reading enthusiasm
  (iPods)
• Tipping Point insights (The Tipping Point How
  Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by
  Malcolm Gladwell)

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Grant Materials

• 4 iPods, 20 GB size
• One dock
• 4 sets of additional headphones
• Plastic tub for circulation as a set
• Digital books downloaded from iTunes site
  (audible.com) for various prices, paid for by
  school funds

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Actual Expenses

• 1001.11 for 4 iPods, Dock for charging, and 4
  extra headphones sets
• Use the Education prices for Apple products
• 5 - Plastic tub
• 130 - Digital novel downloads from iTunes
  Audible.com
• 70 for survey for 300 students
• Total about 1200

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Free items

• Free downloads from www.repeatafterme.com
• Digital photos of students
• Audiobooks and Literacy an Educators Guide to
  Utilizing Audiobooks in the Classroom. From
  Listening Library
• 1-800-541-5525

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Preparations

• Order equipment
• Teach myself how to use it
• Ask teachers for suggestions of titles to
  purchase for listening and reading along
• Seminar meeting with 6th grade Language Arts
  teachers about The Tipping Point
• Download titles and put on iPods

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Procedures

• iPod rotation schedule (Feb-May)
• iPod training individually for teachers, written
  instructions included in the tub
• iPod general instructions (10 mins.) for class by
  media specialist
• Teachers decide on selection of students and
  which text to use.

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Procedures continued

• iPods returned daily for security and maintenance
  check
• Downloads of short free public domain texts,
  accompanied by handmade booklets
• Downloads of novels suggested by teachers as
  available and affordable (Watsons Go To
  Birmingham, 1963 Number the Stars et.al)

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Media Specialists Role

• Leader in the epidemic of reading
• Reframer of the issue of independent reading
• Cheerleader for teachers
• Technology leader
• Equipment loading and maintenance
• Surveyor

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CDMS 6th Reading Scores

• 2003-2004 Reading EOG
• of valid scores 280 81.8 passing
• females 148 85.1 passing
• males 132 78.0 passing
• 2004-2005 Reading EOG
• of valid scores 303 82.2 passing
• females 130 88.5 passing
• males 173 77.5 passing

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CDMS 6th Reading Scores
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Survey

• Source http//www.smartgirl.org
• 2002 Teen Reading Week survey in cooperation with
  YALSA, a division of the American Library
  Association. Used as a base for my survey.
• Attempted to find out about attitudes toward
  reading among 6th graders in my school.

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Survey Questions

• 15 questions
• Given before iPods in the room (on paper)
• Repeated at the end of school year (on computer)
  http//www.surveykey.com

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Survey Results

• Did not show a change in attitude because of the
  project
• Did not consider the iPod book to be reading
• Source for student reading materials is still
  primarily the school library.
• Students want to read what they want to read
  unless you can show them something better,
  cooler or funner

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• Students could not name 10 books they had read
  this year.
• Students could not name top ten books ever read.
• Students do not talk to teachers or librarians
  about what they read.

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Sources for Information

• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• www.smartgirls.org
• Listening Library booklet
• www.apple.com
• Articles on iPods from the magazine database in
  Professional section of NCWiseOwl
• Teen Read Week sponsored by YALSA