 See a sample of this student-illustrated and narrated PowerPoint book
This PowerPoint book was created by a Bank Street clinical faculty member with four of his students as an action research project. The teacher wrote the text and the students illustrated and read the text to create this multimedia book. The action research question was:
How does the motivation to read of students with limited word recognition and very basic decoding skills change when they become co-authors of a digital book?
The following was part of the discussion section of his report about the implications for his findings:
Using technology as a tool that they could be independent with was what I believed motivated them. The novelty of authoring a digital book was important to them but became second to the feeling of independence they felt that they had never felt in connection to reading before. Through creating a feeling of competence with a tool that can be intimidating to adults (PowerPoint), they were able to tackle their reading problems by themselves. JJ increased his comprehension through tough questions and choosing great photographs and would often go to the computer just to read the story when it was a free choice time in the classroom. J used chunking strategies that I had never seen him use while reading. V, who was the most willing to read in the first place, began to advocate for herself, telling the other children who wanted to help her "let me do it." T invited her mother in and read the entire book to her and is actually looking at the words. She had to do so in order to finalize her recording. It was often more difficult for me to let go of the guidance and modeling than it was for them.
To see the full PowerPoint presentation or for more information, please contact the Center at 212-875-4524 or e-mail: mcohen@bankstreet.edu.
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