Digital Learning for Literacy Growth and Engagement
Reading is a deeply personal experience for students — they make connections with stories, characters, and themes — and, as intuitive people, they sense the weight of literacy as a critical, lifelong skill. When reading is accompanied by difficulties, it can be an intensely demoralizing experience. That lack of confidence can then translate to students’ feelings about themselves as learners, and their performance in other subjects.
Since reading is such a personal experience, it follows that literacy instruction should be personal, too. For students who require supplemental instruction, personalization could be the difference between a much-needed confidence boost and lasting disengagement. Digital learning programs are perhaps the most effective and efficient way to personalize literacy instruction. SRA FLEX Literacy®, a supplemental digital literacy program, motivates and engages students in reading practice by making learning personal.
FLEX Literacy uses digital components like gamification, customizable avatars, and even music to motivate students to actually want to practice reading. FLEX personalizes learning experiences by tailoring instruction to each student’s reading level, and allowing them to set their own pace. Students can even access FLEX from their devices at home — and because FLEX often feels more like a game than schoolwork, students find intellectual confidence through fun, digitally familiar experiences.
FLEX Literacy’s role in the classroom can adapt and vary based on student needs. FLEX’s digital experience can complement core English Language Arts (ELA), reading and writing instruction when enrichment and remediation are among the teacher’s objectives. And, when literacy leaders require more intensive intervention for students in small group or pull-out classes, the comprehensive FLEX Literacy curriculum program provides project-based learning, and print resources to complement digital literacy instruction.
The adaptability that accompanies digital learning has its benefits for teachers and administrators as well. FLEX collects student data digitally, so teachers can easily access clear, digestible reporting to track lexile and fluency progress. Administrators can make use of student data to track growth and show progress on a larger scale.
Digital learning could be the tool your students need to finally enjoy literacy practice and believe in their own abilities to succeed as literate students, workers, and citizens.
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