Today, we are announcing Reading Coach as a standalone app for use in classrooms everywhere. Reading Coach is a FREE reading fluency application that provides personalized, engaging practice with safeguarded one-of-a-kind AI generated stories that keeps even the most reluctant readers coming back. It is now available for use in the classroom with a Microsoft account as a Windows application or on the web that can be accessed from any web connected device, including Chromebooks. Later this year, Reading Coach will also be available in leading Learning Management Systems.
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Reading Coach now available for use in the classroom with a Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) account as a Windows application or on the web that can be accessed from any web connected device, including Chromebooks.
To use Reading Coach with your students in the classroom:
Reading Coach offers three reading modes:
Create a story puts the story in reader’s hands by giving them the choice of a character, setting and reading level to create a unique AI generated story each time. The AI generated story is moderated for content quality, safety and age appropriateness following Microsoft’s Responsible AI guidelines. Learners read the story in Immersive Reader accessible reading surface that has been shown to especially support struggling readers.
Readers get to choose what happens in each story chapter, charting their own reading journey through the story. Words they found challenging in the previous chapter are automatically included in the next chapter. This makes the practice immediately adaptive.
Effort-focused badges, unlocking new characters and settings for the next story keeps learner engaged in the flow of reading motivating even reluctant readers.
The standalone Reading Coach and Reading Progress were developed in collaboration with reading experts and are based on oral reading fluency research
Available later in the Spring 2024: Teachers will be able to assign Reading Coach practice from popular Learning Managements Systems like Canvas by Instructure and Schoology Learning.
We hope you try out this new reading fluency tool in your classroom!
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