“Gaming with Purpose”
How Adaptive Learning Technology Can Ensure Skill Mastery for Beginning Readers
Good day! I had the recent privilege of discussing the topic “Gaming with Purpose” with Sandy Fivecoat from WeAreTeachers, in an interview on adaptive learning that you can watch below! Plenty of visuals accompany the presentation and we discuss how young learners playing on adaptive, smart technology can ensure skill mastery and will increase literacy skills in a compelling and effective way. Read on! Jim Barber,...
read moreReading Research Reviews & Publications by Dr. Kay MacPhee, Ooka Island Co-Founder
Dr. Kay MacPhee, Ooka Island Co-Founder Dr. MacPhee’s initial reading program, SpellRead, was founded in 1994 and is a successful intervention program. After years of researching and teaching SpellRead in classrooms and clinics across North America, Dr. MacPhee co-founded Ooka Island. In 2012, the technology-based prevention program was introduced to children ages three to seven, to eradicate illiteracy at its root. A Selection of Dr. MacPhee’s Scientifically Based Reading Research Reviews & Publications A number of...
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Free Classroom Resources
Certificates, Music & Book Paths!
Welcome to our sixth Video Tutorial in the Ooka Lighthouse! My name is Jim Barber and I am the CEO and creative director at Ooka Island Reading Programs. Today I would like to share a quick video with you on using the Lighthouse, Ooka Island’s real-time online data reporting system. This video tutorial will focus on the Free Ooka Classroom Resources. Watch the video tutorial below, or scroll down to read the script if you prefer! From the main page of the Ooka Lighthouse, let’s check out the Free Classroom Resources section of...
read moreFree Play on Ooka Island!
A Chance for Curious Young Minds to Explore and Discover New Things
Free Play on Ooka Island! Here’s one more way children can explore, discover, and learn from one another on Ooka Island! The Free Play feature is enabled after a child completes a full cycle of the learning flow (see PDF). The learning flow consists of 20 minutes of guided curricular play in a variety of fun phonemic and phonetic activities and then 10 minutes of reading a new e-book in the Popcorn Library. After this 30 minute period of learning, the child has accomplished a lot of hard work and as a result is rewarded with Free...
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Progress Summary Reports
and Instructional Time in Game Reporting
Welcome to our fourth Video Tutorial in the Ooka Lighthouse! My name is Jim Barber and I am the CEO and creative director at Ooka Island Reading Programs. Today I would like to share a quick video with you on using the Lighthouse, Ooka Island’s real-time online data reporting system. This video tutorial will focus on the Progress Summary Reports and Instructional Time in Game Reporting in the Ooka Lighthouse. Watch the video tutorial below, or scroll down to read the script if you prefer! To access the Progress Summary Reports, log...
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Individual Student Reporting
Welcome to our third Video Tutorial in the Ooka Lighthouse! My name is Jim Barber and I am the CEO and creative director at Ooka Island Reading Programs. Today I would like to share a quick video with you on using the Lighthouse, Ooka Island’s real-time online data reporting system. This video tutorial will focus on the Individual Student Reporting in the Ooka Lighthouse. Watch the video tutorial below, or scroll down to read the script if you prefer! From the main page, when you click on the ‘Individual Student Reporting’...
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Sending CHEEReader Messages!
Positive Encouragement for Every Child
Welcome to our second Video Tutorial in the Ooka Lighthouse! My name is Jim Barber and I am the CEO and creative director at Ooka Island Reading Programs. Today I would like to share a quick video with you on using the Lighthouse, Ooka Island’s real-time online data reporting system. This video tutorial will show you how to enable the CHEEReader Messaging System from the Lighthouse. Scroll down to read the script if you prefer! Once you are on the Ooka Lighthouse main page, just click on the CHEEReader button at the top. Clicking...
read moreOur Youngest English Language Learners and
the Need for an Inclusive Reading Program
Although the majority of citizens in countries around the world have many different official languages within their borders, Canada and the United States have remained officially bilingual at most. However, increasing numbers of children in these parts of North America come from homes in which English is not the primary language spoken. In fact, projections suggest that in the United States, “english language learners (ELLs) will comprise over 40 percent of elementary and secondary students by 2030.” The methodology behind...
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