Module C Integration exercise

I found a great site for early childhood educators and elementary school teachers to aid in reading and language arts development at http://goodnightstories.com/stories.htm.  It is a simple website- nothing on it is too complicated and it has simple graphics and other attributes, but I found that the content of the site was valuable and endearing- I think kids would love this website!  Because of it’s simplicity, I also think it’s a great way for younger children to get involved in the internet and technology.  It’s easy for beginners to navigate and it has larger font and child-friendly graphics to draw the attention of an early reader.  This site has several different sections: See a story, Hear a story, Finish a story, Fill-in a story, as well as others.  In “See a Story,” students and click on the icon and view stories with pictures and words to help them learn how to read.  In “Hear a story,” students can see words and listen to them being read, which is a process invaluable to learning how to read, and it’s wonderful that the students can experience that with technology as well as parental or teacher instruction.  In “Finish a Story” and “Fill-in a story,” students can be more creative in the way they want the stories to occur, and can gain practice in interactive media technology, by choosing and controlling how they view what happens on the website.  This is a great way for students to learn to read and understand words and pictures, as well as learn how to use the internet in a child-friendly and simplistic manner.