{"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

O! Phony, my beloved Phony<\/h2>\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>\n

Discreet: we like that<\/h2>\n

Building an encouraging and dignified reading experience for older beginner readers<\/a>\u00a0especially dyslexics has been one of our main goals from the outset and her observation that the smartphone is a discreet option really rang true.\u00a0 A few short weeks of development later and we\u2019re happy to announce that TAP is now a universal iOS app; it runs and looks good on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch devices.<\/p>\n

Click here to see our page in the App Store and download the free app with samples of every decodable novel.<\/a><\/p>\n

Top Secret Development Plans<\/h2>\n

Psst…Android, Chromebook and Kindle Fire users: we haven\u2019t forgotten you.\u00a0 Look for the TAP Library app on your platform in the coming weeks. We want to make our decodable texts for older students available on as many platforms as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n

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