{"id":1013,"date":"2018-07-09T19:26:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T19:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2019-05-13T11:24:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T11:24:09","slug":"decodable-texts-for-older-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/decodable-texts-for-older-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Decodable texts for older students now on iPhone!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Earlier this summer, we were asked by one educator whether we would reconsider making our app and its decodable texts for older students<\/a> (teens and adults) available for iPhone.\u00a0 Initially we thought it would be a tablet-only app, but she made a compelling argument for expanding our vision.<\/p>\n In her words, \u201cKids have developed new norms around their phones. Many of our students prefer to read on their phones, regardless of screen size, even when other options are available….for teenagers struggling with reading, I think having the program on the phone would be desirable. It’s completely portable (in fact, essential as far as they’re concerned), and\u2014very important\u2014discreet<\/i>. (Insecure older readers don’t like others seeing them reading short books.)\u201d Content delivered via the phone just seem to be more palatable to teens.<\/p>\nO! Phony, my beloved Phony<\/h2>\n
Discreet: we like that<\/h2>\n