Personalized Literacy: Engaging Elementary Readers with AI-Driven Tools

Outline

Content and engagement: What material will be showcased?
Reading Coach is an AI-powered tool designed to enhance reading skills. It's accessible worldwide at no cost.
How will it interact with the audience, and what activities will they participate in?
A real-time demonstration will showcase the creation and reading of texts, along with instant feedback, even across multiple languages.
Time: How long will each content segment last?
The maximum duration will be 5 minutes.
Students will encourage visitors to hear about the project and then present:
1. The project's main components.
2. Their favorite aspects.
If desired, attendees can offer a live demonstration or provide additional details about their experience.
1. 1. What was the most challenging aspect?
2. How could this experience be replicated?

Supporting research

AI-driven Reading Coach technology has the potential to significantly empower young readers by personalizing and enhancing their literacy experiences. This technology can leverage findings on embodied cognition to promote early literacy skills, which are crucial indicators of academic success (Jensen et al., 2012). By linking concepts with physical actions, children can develop a strong foundation for reading comprehension in a playful and interactive manner, making learning intrinsically motivating (Jensen et al., 2012).
Interestingly, while embodied technology is particularly conducive to creating novel interactions for literacy development, few libraries have adopted such technology (Jensen et al., 2012). This presents an opportunity for AI-driven Reading Coach technology to fill this gap and provide personalized, adaptive learning experiences in various educational settings, including libraries and classrooms.
In conclusion, AI-driven Reading Coach technology can revolutionize literacy education by offering tailored support to young readers. Studies have shown that technology-based coaching can produce significant improvements in various areas of literacy, including phonemic awareness, decoding, comprehension, fluency, writing, and spelling (Weiser et al., 2019). By harnessing the power of AI to deliver personalized, adaptive learning experiences, educators can empower young readers to thrive in their literacy journey, ultimately contributing to their overall academic success (Singh & Pathania, 2024).

Reference #1
Jensen, C. N., Sadauskas, J., & Burleson, W. (2012, June 12). Fostering early literacy skills in children’s libraries. https://doi.org/10.1145/2307096.2307103

Reference #2
Weiser, B., Sheils, A. P., Buss, C., Murray, L. R., & Gallegos, E. (2019). Expert reading coaching via technology: Investigating the reading, writing, and spelling outcomes of students in grades K-8 experiencing significant reading learning disabilities. Annals of Dyslexia, 69(1), 54–79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11881-018-00175-1

Reference #3
Singh, B., & Pathania, Dr. A. K. (2024). AI-Driven Content Creation and Curation in Digital Marketing Education: Tools and Techniques. International Journal of Engineering Science and Humanities, 14(Special Issue 1), 14–26. https://doi.org/10.62904/8fbh3144