| You know your child or student isn't reading well | | | | basic elements fit into a sentence? Can they take |
| or comprehending what they've just read. How | | | | a word and fit into a sentence so it is relevant? |
| do you help? There are dozens of programs out | | | | How does that sentence relate to a story, a |
| there that claim to help your child read, but how | | | | picture, their lives? |
| well will your child retain it when the program is | | | | Conversely, how does a story relate to the |
| over? Why has nothing else you've done worked? | | | | sentence? This brings us to another criterion for |
| How do you make it so fun and interesting that it | | | | useful learning - retention and understanding. When |
| sticks with them for life? | | | | students watch a movie or listen to a story, they |
| Using Adaptive Reading Technology To Guide | | | | are seeing, and listening. Can they listen while they |
| Individual Needs | | | | read? Being able to visualize and relate words to |
| A reading program that uses adaptive reading | | | | pictures and sounds means they comprehend |
| technology is the best way to go. Adaptive | | | | what they are reading. |
| reading technology gears its course toward each | | | | Through the course, does the software allow the |
| individual student, no matter what their reading | | | | student to go at his own pace, keep track of his |
| skill level happens to be. | | | | progress, reward her development, let the |
| Many reading programs are set and inflexible in | | | | student monitor herself? Does it adapt to each |
| their coursework. Those are fine for some | | | | individual? Every child learns in his or her own way |
| students, but each student understands and | | | | and its often the more creative ones, the ones |
| comprehends differently. To address each | | | | who have the most potential that get bogged |
| individual's level and help them learn from where | | | | down by strict methods. |
| they're at right now, a program that uses | | | | Putting all the elements of reading together is, of |
| adaptive reading technology is ideal. | | | | course, the essential goal for a successful reading |
| Finding Adaptive Reading Technology That Makes | | | | program. But, there is one more thing that is |
| Reading Stick | | | | necessary for the youth. |
| A good program should first gauge the reading | | | | Is it entertaining? |
| level of your student. Most students have some | | | | With the ever-present television, video games, all |
| level of knowledge, but can't jump over the hurdle | | | | the new and cool technology, and the pull of |
| to get to the next. | | | | peers, learning to read probably equates to a |
| Assessing his or her skill sets a starting point | | | | toxic disease. You'd better entertain their |
| rather than subjecting them to lessons they've | | | | headphones off! Entertainment creates happiness. |
| already mastered. The last thing a struggling | | | | Happiness with learning is outstanding. |
| student wants or needs is to go over the already | | | | The Future |
| learned stuff. They are frustrated enough. | | | | Adaptive reading technology is a testament to |
| If they are at the beginning, then they should get | | | | the times we now live in. Make sure you invest in |
| a solid feel for how sounds and letters work | | | | their future because technology is going to be |
| together, what they look like, and what they do. | | | | perhaps the most important part of it. If today's |
| Then they should be able to start putting those | | | | student can't read or struggles with any aspect of |
| words and relating them to actions, pictures, and | | | | reading, it will limit every aspect of their lives. |
| to other words. How they are alike. How they are | | | | Using a proven program that incorporates |
| different. | | | | adaptive reading technology to learn the most |
| Next, a good program should put those sounds | | | | basic of all skill, reading, will pay for your child's or |
| and letters to work as words. How do those | | | | student's success for the rest of his or her life. |