Online Reading

Programs
Julia Zwayne
 Inquiry Question

How can my own research benefit my school in

finding an online reading program that will keep
students accountable and allow teachers to
better assess student reading?
 Context
My school is a small private school that has been “old school”
with technology for quite a few years. In just the past year
or two, we have been integrating more online programs into
our classrooms as we have been incorporating tablets and
chromebooks into our daily routines. One area we are lacking
in is online reading programs that accurately assess student
reading levels. Additionally, when we assign reading homework,
we don’t have any way to ensure students are actually
reading at home. The goal of this project is to find a program
that will allow teachers to assign reading homework and give
students the opportunity to record themselves at home.
 Summary of Project
For my teacher leader project, I will be
conducting research on various programs
that will help the teachers of my school
better assess and track student progress in
their weekly reading assignments. I will then
present my findings to the rest of the staff
at my school once I find an app or
program that I feel could be implemented
into the classrooms.
Goals
Familiarizing myself with several
programs to find the best fit for
my school
Gaining confidence in presenting
ideas to my fellow colleagues
Providing a means for my school
to more accurately assess student
reading levels
 Connection to Teacher
Leader Standards
Teacher ISTE Standard NBPT
Leader Model for Coaches
Standard
Domain II: 4.1.b. Facilitate Proposition 3 -
Accessing and using equitable use of Teachers are
research to improve digital learning responsible for
practice and tools and content managing and
student learning that meet the needs monitoring student
of each learner. learning
 So far I have...
Slowly begun my research of
various reading programs online
Emailed students’ parents about
finding a new program for the
class and received some helpful
ideas from them
Discussed with my mentor how I
will present my findings to my
colleagues.
Chosen a program called
“Literably” to present to my
colleagues.
Made a Canva slide describing
all the functions of Literably and
why my school should integrate it
into the curriculum.
Presented my findings to my
colleagues at a teacher staff
meeting and walked them through
all of the features of the website
I chose.
These are the slides I presented to my colleagues
The Program:
Literably
 A Challenge
A challenge I faced is feeling
nervous about push-back from
fellow teachers if they are
unwilling to implement another
program in their class and will
see it as a “bother” to try and
navigate.
Proud Moment
A proud moment for me has
been the support I have
received from parents already
as I seek to find a way to
make reading homework
convenient and easy for their
children.
 Data Collected
So far, I have...
Discovered the programs Literably, Seesaw,
and Epic, and have assessed what they can
offer my school.
Researched the various components of each
program and how they can support student
learning.
Selected Literably, which has all the features
that would suit my classroom, including
access from home, student recording,
individualized assessments, and progress
reports.
 Next, I will...

Continue to Find other ways to Continue my

assist the teachers research for other
investigate Literably
at my school and programs that will
and possibly do a
suggest various reinforce material
test run with my
programs and and key concepts
current students for
resources that will that students are
the last remainder
support student learning in the
of the year.
learning. class.
Thank
You