Personalized Reading: Digital Strategies and Tools to Support All Learners

Unlock the power of personalized reading with practical strategies and easy-to-use ideas to engage students in the digital age. In the first edition of this book, the authors identified ways for working with four different types of readers—struggling readers, reluctant readers, English learners, and advanced readers—using technology to accommodate their various reading journeys and learning styles. The second edition identifies a fifth type of reader—the emerging reader—and ways of personalizing instruction to their needs.

With updated research on the science of reading, this book offers strategies for incorporating social-emotional learning, Universal Design for Learning, and active learning strategies to support the diverse readers in your classroom.

Chock-full of classroom-ready ideas to incorporate technology in the middle and high school English language arts classroom, this second edition packs even more:

• Tools and resources to meet the needs of all learners where they are;
• Empowering strategies to help students decide for themselves how they learn best; and
• Hands-on activities that ignite students' personal passions and joy for learning.

With QR codes linking to activities and guides to use with students, this book will help you tailor ELA instruction, foster critical thinking, and cultivate digital literacy. Elevate your teaching and ignite a love for reading with this practical guide.

Michele Haiken, EdD, has been teaching literacy for more than two decades. She is a lifelong learner, educator, author, and speaker and is a middle school English teacher and an adjunct professor of literacy at Manhattanville College in Westchester, NY. She has taught courses on literacy in the content areas, English methods, middle school literacy, and young adult literature.

Haiken is the editor of the book Gamify Literacy (ISTE 2016), author of New Realms for Writing (ISTE 2020), a quick guide to podcasting with students, and coauthor of Creative SEL (ISTE 2023). For the past twelve years, Haiken has authored the blog The Teaching Factor (theteachingfactor.com), where she shares ideas for digital technology and literacy in the classroom to bolster student success.

A member of ISTE and NCTE, Haiken has presented workshops, webinars, and lectures throughout the US on the subjects of literacy, educational technology, social-emotional learning, and gamification. Haiken's work has been published in School Library Journal, Dystinct Magazine, Education Week, Ditch That blog, Nerdy Book Club, and TeachBetter, and has been featured on educational podcasts.