Differentiation ESL and Special Needs

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DifferentiationESL and Special Needs

• Audio books provide an option for meeting
  individual interests.
• They are invaluable to special needs and ESL
  students as well as reluctant readers.
• (Pat Yosca, Lynbrook, NY)

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SteadyReader

• Support struggling readers with popular titles
  recorded at a slower pace
• Recorded at a 10 - 15 slower rate

Available from Recorded Books
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Purchasing Your CollectionWhere Do the Funds
Come From?

• Grant opportunities
• Recorded Books
• Va. Beach, Building Futures Grant
• Other grant sources
• PTA funds
• Library budget

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What Is the Best FormatFor the Collection?

• Cassette?
• CD?
• Downloadable?
• Playaway?

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Playaway audio books
(Self contained digital audio books)
http//www.playawaydigital.com
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Collection Development

• Catalogs and websites
• Local bookstores
• Evaluations in journals
• Recommendations of others
• Replacement policy

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Managing Your CollectionSome Considerations

• Should you check out to students?
• Should you purchase provide players?
• What is the replacement policy of vendor?
• Should Teachers/Readers guides be purchased?

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Suggestions for a Successful Audio Book Collection

• Promotion
• Check out to students
• Match audio books with the books in the
  collection
• Input from staff including the specialists,
  parents, kids, etc.
• AM TV show
• Newsletters
• Webpage
• Displays
• Bookmarks

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Patrons Response

• Students ask for more titles
• Making suggestions for purchase
• Some take the book and the audio version
• Parents are impressed
• Ask for more selections

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Future Trends

• Digital media becoming more widely available.
  Cassettes are being phased out.
• Some public Libraries are starting to offer free
  downloadable books to patrons. Schools can also
  purchase plans that allow you to download books.
• Not all MP3 players will play all audio files.
  Recorded Books will not play on ipods. Check
  the Recorded Books website for specs on players.
  Audible will work on ipods but at this time there
  is no subscription plan available for schools.

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The Research Basis

• Audio editions of all books model fluency and
  support independent reading.
• Widely practiced, research based instructional
  strategy
• Reengages below leveled readers
• Accelerates gains in comprehension, fluency, and
  vocabulary development
• Facilitates group listening, Literature Circles,
  and individual practice

(Information courtesy of Rod Pavao of Recorded
Books)
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Biblilography sound files non-transferable Anders
on, R.C., Hiebert, E.H., Scott, J.A.,
Wilkerson, I.A. Becoming a Nation of Readers.
Washington, D.C. National Institute of
Education, 1985. Audible. http//www.audible.com
Avi. The Fighting Ground. 1984. Read by George
Guidall. RecordedBooks Steady Readers. Recorded
Books, LLC. 1998. Armbuster, Lehr, and Osborne,
2001. Recorded Books Work! Research and
Results, 2006. Boston Public Schools, July 2003.
Recorded Books Work! Research and Results,
2006. Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud Not Buddy.
1999. Read by James Avery. Sample MP3 file.
Oct. 2006. Listening Library. http//www.randomh
ouse.com/audio/listeninglibrary/ Kuhn and Stahl,
2000. Recorded Books Work! Research and
Results, 2006. Listening Library.
http//www.randomhouse.com/audio/listeninglibrary/
Pavao, Rod. Recorded Books, 2006. Playaway.
http//www.playawaydigital.com/libraries/ Recorded
Books. http//www.recordedbooks.com Rowling,
J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone.
1997. Read by Jim Dale. Sample MP3 file.
Oct. 2006. Listening Library.
http//www.randomhouse.com/audio/listeninglibrary
/ San Diego Schools, July 2003. Recorded Books
Work! Research and Results, 2006. Senechal and
Cornell, 1993. Recorded Books Work! Research
and Results, 2006. Serafini, Frank Dr. Audibooks
and Literacy An Educators Guide to Utilizing
Audiobooks in the Classroom. New York
Listening Library, 2004. Stahl, Richek, and
Vandevier, 1991. Recorded Books Work! Research
and Results, 2006. A special thank you to Jim
Weiss and Greathall Productions Inc. for
supplying us with CDs to hand out. Thank you to
Recorded Books for the Recorded Book prizes.
Thank you to Findawayworld for the Playaway to
demonstrate. Thank you to Live Oak Media for
catalogs and audio book kits to be used as give
aways. Thank you to Barnes Noble in Virginia
Beach for supplying us with bags to distribute
the CDs and handouts in.