Burnley-Moran Kindles an interest in reading | Charlottesville Daily Progress

Burnley-Moran Kindles an interest in reading | Charlottesville Daily Progress:

"Reading on the Kindle will get students to read books independently, but it is also all-inclusive and boosts their reading and critical thinking skills regardless of reading level, said Deanna Isley, who teaches reading to all of the school’s third-graders and decided to apply for a grant to do the project. “It sort of levels the playing field,” she said. Isley said this is possible because of certain features on the Kindle — such as “text-to-speech,” where a built-in computer voice starts reading the text like an audiobook — that can help students learn difficult words without spending all their energy trying to decode them.
“It’s, like, easier to read,” said 9-year-old Adrian Ward. “If it’s a hard book for you, you can use the text-to-speech to read.”"