Reading and Projectors

The content that I would like to focus on is reading within language arts. There are a couple of technologies that would work well with reading such as the nook, kindles, the elmo document camera/projector, and projectors/smartboards. I would probably be most comfortable with using a projector/smartboard. I can see being able to put a picture book on a sort of presentation so that all of the students can see the words on the board and the pictures are really big. Then you can take a pointer and point to the words as the students reading, helping them with letter sound knowledge, and other concepts of print. Students common misconceptions about concepts of print are often related to which way to read the text, and what to do when you get to the end of the line, but not the end of a sentence. Some students will pause at the end of the line even though there's no period or comma. Using the projector the teacher would be able to motion the students through the end of the line, so they don't stop. It would probably take scanning the book into the computer to make it work, but I think it would work out really well. Reading is starting to be done a lot more on a screen, so students might as well learn more about reading off of screen. Plus, rather than have to find a big book version of the book, you can get the students access to the book in large, viewable text and pictures. Technology advances more and more everyday and soon paper books will become a thing of the past. Teaching the students to use the different technologies in their reading will help them achieve more when faced with an online or on computer text to read.