These last newsletters promoting reading hit me hard. I went from a voracious reader to zero. I can’t say why, but my goal for 2025 was to get back to reading again.
It’s not just you, Mark and Patti! I’d say many of us are experiencing the same trend. At this point there are many things going on that are encouraging us NOT to read. I’m happy that you’re making a goal to read more in 2025. Books or articles or both?
This interview was wonderful and enlightening - thank you! One thing I tried to offer my HS students in my personal finance and marketing courses was audio narration of the reading I assigned, either read by me and accessible in Canvas, or utilizing the accessibility features on their devices. I’m curious about how many of these professors would feel about their students transitioning to that mode of information gathering for assigned reading? Would more of the students engage in longer texts if offered that option? The very end of the interview touched on this, and I’m so curious as to whether this is something they have done or not. I know as an adult, my sit and read time is limited, so given my voracious appetite for knowledge and ideas, I take advantage of the many opportunities to have articles read to me given that I can’t be engaged with the written word for as many hours a day as I would like to be. By providing audio, I did meet my students where they were at, since many would struggle with the reading if audio wasn’t available, and I would never have gotten through my course content if I were also teaching say, 6th grade reading comprehension strategies as well. Along with this, many students have to be taught HOW to listen, what to do while they listen, what tasks can be engaged in while listening that will allow comprehension, and which will render listening as useless as not reading at all.
Okay whew, that was a lot! Thanks again for the interview!
Thank you very much for listening to the interview. I appreciate it!
My colleagues offer audio narration of all longer texts. Yes, there will be the people who say, “Listening isn’t reading!” (I’m a bit tired of this.) And certainly most students should also be practicing reading skills without audio (I’d say for shorter texts, during class, with teacher support). But if the point is access + comprehension, I would agree with you that audio should be offered to all, not just students with IEPs.
And I especially appreciate your point about teaching students how to listen — an important skill!
These last newsletters promoting reading hit me hard. I went from a voracious reader to zero. I can’t say why, but my goal for 2025 was to get back to reading again.
It’s not just you, Mark and Patti! I’d say many of us are experiencing the same trend. At this point there are many things going on that are encouraging us NOT to read. I’m happy that you’re making a goal to read more in 2025. Books or articles or both?
This interview was wonderful and enlightening - thank you! One thing I tried to offer my HS students in my personal finance and marketing courses was audio narration of the reading I assigned, either read by me and accessible in Canvas, or utilizing the accessibility features on their devices. I’m curious about how many of these professors would feel about their students transitioning to that mode of information gathering for assigned reading? Would more of the students engage in longer texts if offered that option? The very end of the interview touched on this, and I’m so curious as to whether this is something they have done or not. I know as an adult, my sit and read time is limited, so given my voracious appetite for knowledge and ideas, I take advantage of the many opportunities to have articles read to me given that I can’t be engaged with the written word for as many hours a day as I would like to be. By providing audio, I did meet my students where they were at, since many would struggle with the reading if audio wasn’t available, and I would never have gotten through my course content if I were also teaching say, 6th grade reading comprehension strategies as well. Along with this, many students have to be taught HOW to listen, what to do while they listen, what tasks can be engaged in while listening that will allow comprehension, and which will render listening as useless as not reading at all.
Okay whew, that was a lot! Thanks again for the interview!
Thank you very much for listening to the interview. I appreciate it!
My colleagues offer audio narration of all longer texts. Yes, there will be the people who say, “Listening isn’t reading!” (I’m a bit tired of this.) And certainly most students should also be practicing reading skills without audio (I’d say for shorter texts, during class, with teacher support). But if the point is access + comprehension, I would agree with you that audio should be offered to all, not just students with IEPs.
And I especially appreciate your point about teaching students how to listen — an important skill!
In answer to the poll, I don't think so, but not sure if I would realize if I missed an email.
Thank you Jane for all your support! Article Club emails go out every Thursday (except the last two weeks of the year) at 9:10 am PT.