CISD Tech Weekly Update

Welcome to 2024! Reflecting back to 2023, we are very thankful of all the support that Mr.Connelly and the CISD School Board has shown to the technology department. We hope your classroom and teaching styles have been enhanced by the new tech equipment and online programs that were purchased in 2023. We encourage you to keep learning and integrating the technology into your lessons. Please share your techy stories with us! We love to hear from you!

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Technology is the great equalizer for students who have challenges accessing grade-level texts. Audiobooks are an “easy button” technology tool that can provide immediate access for students while optimizing teacher time and resources. For more inforamation, click on the image:

Learning Ally Audiobook Solution has a library of 80,000+ human-read audiobooks! The Texas Education Agency has provided funding for K-12 public and charter schools to support their struggling readers with the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution.

Audiobook technology helps students distinguish letters and letter patterns that form words. Hearing real people read builds oral fluency and cuts down reading time, while students improve vocabulary and comprehension. Students have the satisfaction of reading independently, which increases their self-esteem, and success in school.

The audiobook solution is designed for students with a reading deficit who struggle with:

• Decoding
• Fluency
• Comprehension

Any educator (or other professional) who has experience observing students with a reading deficit, blindness or visual impairment, or physical disability can make the determination of eligibility.

Our library assistants can assist students with browsing and adding audiobooks to their bookshelf. If you are reading a class novel, and you feel a student would benefit from Learning Ally, please reach out and we can assist you and your student!

The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written! What will your chapter look like? Make a difference. You have the power to change education through innovation and technology.

Be sure to check each week for techy prizes and gift cards. Occasionally, we will include opportunities for you to win techy stuff for your classroom. Be the 5th person to email me this week to win a mystery Stickerboard poster for your classroom.