Engage to achieve: using mobile technologies to enthuse reluctant readers

Educational value

• This is a valuable resource for teachers and schools seeking to improve their year 6 students' attainment of the achievement standard in English as it relates to reading, particularly their capacity to explain literal and implied meaning. The engagement strategy outlined in the resource is also of value for teachers planning implementation of the Literacy strand of the English curriculum for reluctant readers. The survey data in the resource reveals that students enjoyed the reading program, saw its benefits and were aware of an improvement in theirreading and computer skills and a growth in their confidence as independent learners.
• The resource highlights how the program merged best-practice comprehension strategies and mobile technologies. This merger is of great value for students' development of the Literacy and Information and communication technology (ICT) general capabilities, particularly in relation to progress in the learning continuums that focus on comprehending texts through listening, reading and viewing and on communicating with ICT.

Year level

6

Topics Text structure Reading Reading comprehension Information and communication technologies Coaching (Teaching methods) Reasoning Text types Learning motivation Multimodal texts Teaching methods (Reading)