What is digital literacy and why does it matter?
What is digital literacy and why does it matter?
August 12, 2022
Digital literacy means having the skills you need to live, learn, and work in a society where communication and access to information is increasingly through digital technologies like internet platforms, social media, and mobile devices Although the meaning of [...]
Spark a passion for reading: 10 ways to motivate daily reading practice
Spark a passion for reading: 10 ways to motivate daily reading practice
July 27, 2022
A little bit of reading goes a long way. By reading around 15 minutes per day between grades 1 and 12, a student will have read more than 5 million words by the time they graduate high school. Sadly, more [...]
myON Awarded Research-Based Design Product Certification from Digital Promise
myON Awarded Research-Based Design Product Certification from Digital Promise
July 19, 2022
myON is the fifth Renaissance product to receive this prestigious certification Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, recently announced that the myON digital reading platform has earned the Research-Based Design Product Certification from Digital Promise. This certification serves [...]
The Magic of 15 Minutes of Reading
The Magic of 15 Minutes of Reading
June 20, 2022
As increasing numbers of children become technology-literate before they are literate, how can you get a child to choose a book over a computer screen? Over the last three decades, global reading rates have dramatically declined. According [...]
Supporting oral reading fluency with myON
Supporting oral reading fluency with myON
June 14, 2022
The myON digital reading platform provides students with 24/7 access to thousands of fiction and nonfiction books. Most myON texts include natural-voice audio narration to model fluent reading. From July 2022, myON will also allow students to record themselves reading [...]
The power of close, repeated reading: Why our brains crave a reread
The power of close, repeated reading: Why our brains crave a reread
September 29, 2021
By: Jan Bryan, EdD, Vice President, Renaissance Our brains thrive on repeated experiences. This explains why we seek to watch the same movies again and again and re-read favourite books. According to [...]
Using Accelerated Reader Quizzes as Teaching Resources
Using Accelerated Reader Quizzes as Teaching Resources
September 29, 2021
By: Zora Zaric Reading is a skill and as with every skill, it requires not just instruction, but practice. Regular users of Accelerated Reader (AR) will be familiar with Reading Practice [...]
