While still in iTunes, we will focus on promoting literacy and fluency. There are a number of important pieces of literature and stories in iTunes that you can access for free...
How do you find a work you are studying with your students? You can search the iTunes Store by author, work, or genre. When your search results come up, make sure to reference the menu on the left hand side that filters your results by media type such as music, movies, tv shows, apps, audiobooks, podcasts and resources from iTunesU. On this screen you will also be able to see the resources are free and those for which you need to pay. There are a number of important pieces of literature such as poems, fables, novels, short stories, children's stories, plays, etc. for all grade levels.
Why listen to work while you are reading it in class? Jim Wright, creator of the website Intervention Central, shares why listening while reading improves fluency and brings the work to life for your students. He states that 'Listening While Reading’ allows a struggling reader to ‘rehearse’ silently a passage by first following along in the text while hearing the media read it aloud. Additionally, you can use these resources to highlight important themes, plot development, characterizations, and literary elements that you want to bring home to your students.
Here are just some of the great literacy resources in iTunes:
Lit2Go--Although you can access Lit2Go online, most mp3 resources can be downloaded into your iTunes account and easily accessed and organized. For elementary level students, you can share nursery rhymes, traditional poems, and many of Aesop's fables. Middle school students can access poetry by Emily Dickenson, stories by Edgar Allen Poe, and a number of novels. You can bring Beowulf, The Scarlet Letter, and a number of Shakespeare's plays to your high school students. Do go to the Lit2go site for connections to standards and digital copies of the books.
Librivox--Volunteer-read books in the public domain. Most works come from the Gutenberg Project.
Meet the Author--vodcasts (videos) introduces you and your students to children's books authors and illustrators. You can learn about their own childhoods, why they write and what inspired them.
One warning...there is so much to see no what content or grade you teach...but, we, your tour guides, can only get you so far...you should take the leap and have some fun exploring on your own.
If you need help getting started in the iTunes Store, click on the How To's below:
How to explore iTunes 9
How to get free podcasts
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