“Electronic text that is modified or enhanced in ways that are designed to increase reading comprehension and promote content-area learning”
--Anderson-Inman and Horney (1997; 1998)
Eleven forms of supported text
- Presentational resources
- Navigational resources
- Translational
- Explanatory
- Illustrative
- Summarizing
- Enrichment
- Instructional
- Notational
- Collaborative
- Evaluative
17 comments:
We looked at the illustrative example as a supportive text feature.
They include screen shots to give students clues and information about vocabulary that is difficult to obtain in a cold read.
This is a fabulous site - I can see it working well in a teacher training situation. I also appreciated the examples and the links to websites with more examples of supported text.
I like that the article describes supported text as not just a way for students who can't read the text to have access to it. It is not simply a tool that can read difficult text to non-readers, but rather a way to help enhance the text and bring students to a deeper level of understanding. As educators we don't just want students to have access to the material, but to actually have meaningful learning from the materials. The possibilities with supported text can be endless for all levels of student ability. This is a great way to differentiate a classroom assignment for students at all reading levels and cognitive abilities.
This is a great site to help teachers and school personnel understand what we are talking about when we say "supported text." However, I find that they often feel like they are doing this only for students who need it rather than offering it to everyone. Unfortunately, they think if they offer this sort of thing to students who are not having problems that it is some sort of cheating or is making things too easy for them. We need to work on these attitudes about UDL also.
This seems almost over-whelming - talk about the TIME word! But, I certainly see how beneficial it can be for teacher training and as a resource. I like the examples and the links to websites.
To utilize this, teachers would need to be supported with training and the hardware to use it in their classrooms.
The article we read talks about Del-icio.,a Bookmarking site which allows collections of web sites to be tagged, searched, and shared. It is a collaborative, searchable, annotated database of Web sites containing examples of books, documents, and collections of digital text that have been supported by one or more type of resource.
Supported text on the computer is only beneficial if kids have access to a computer. In the LD classrooms in our district, they only have one computer in the classroom. There is a computer lab, but the whole school of 650 kids use it so kids do not have access to it whenever they need it.
It is clear that supported text is the way to go for so many things. Our problem still remains getting computers into the classroom to use these tools. Rural Manitoba has such a range of needs/abilities/socioeconomical advantages, etc. This is most certainly a way for teachers to address the enrichment needs which are currently overlooked because our extra funding/assistance is often tied to those with disabilities rather than exceptional abilities.
I can see the value of this for "strategic " learners but can see where my students with LD/ ADD/ AU issues may get overwhelmed with all the supports in the text...
I can see how beneficial this would be for all students, but many of my teachers use very little technology. I will have to search out support at the building level to see this become implemented.
Supportive text is a concept that I have encountered through a variety of website, but to my knowledge not very many educators at any grade level are using it with instruction at the classroom level.
These are great ideas, however we are assuming that teachers have a certain skill set and level of comfort in using the computer to support student learning.
Digital Literacies may create the wonder and excitement of reading. It will give different learners the hope of learning, reading and exploring.
tagging is where textbook makers need to head
We use many types of supported text in a universal way through our smartboard technology. We haven't done as well with a variety of means of expression.
What a great framework to inform us as we attempt to provide supported texts!
The article displayed great examples and illustrations of each type of support.
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