Handheld Devices

My 8th grade students loved the new BYOD (bring your own device) program this year.  Students were bringing in their Kindles, Nooks, iPads, Tablets, iPods, iPhones, ect. to read their books on.  This was one of the first years that I was observing students being actively engaged in their independent reading.  When I would conference with students, they would give me an excellent summary of their characters and daily reading!  Very motivating.  Even the struggling readers would take advantage of this program and use their own devices as well as use earbuds to listen to books.  They didn't feel like they were being singled-out, because other students were listening to books as well!  Great experience this year.