Monday, June 22, 2009

Competency #3 Podcast

I used Podcast Directory at http://www.podcastdirectory.com to find a podcaast on struggling readers and how they are being helped. NPR had a segment that orignally aired on
This is the Arts Connection Archives on NPR in Central Florida. It is called Tune-In-To-Reading. It lasts about 5 minutes. Tune-In-To-Reading was orignally meant to teach music, but instead was found to help fluency because it has students use repetition to practice singing the notes, and while they are practicing their singing, they are actually reading the words over and over again. The program boasts that within 9 weeks of using the product, only 30 minutes a day, the student gains over a year's worth of learning.

The Arts Connection
http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podshows/2853382