The interactive video I created in Lumi is a part of my phonics/ reading modules that will take place in google classroom. As mentioned in my course profile, I am using this course as an iPad station in my literacy centers. The goal of this station is to introduce more engaging, adaptable lessons that align with my reading scope and sequence.

Step 1- Choosing a video

I wanted to find a youtube video that had a decodable read-aloud that my students could follow. This way I would be hitting my phonics goals as well as engaging them in print. Luckily, I found a great option for the lesson I was wanting to cover. However, if I could not find a video on youtube I could easily record myself reading a book and use that as the video as well.

I liked the video I chose because it worked on the specific word family the one group would be practicing.

I liked that it started with a phonetic warm-up focusing on the vowel family (ex hat- cat- rat-

mat). I also liked that the words lit up as it was being read so that students could easily follow, and it also mirrors the listening function on Raz kids which they will be familiar with. Another reason I liked this video is it had a little bit of music and animation which I thought would engage the readers but was not so distracting that it would take away from the lesson.

Step 2- Choosing Activities

This step I found a bit more complicated. Adapting a quiz/fill in the blank format for 6-year-olds can be tricky. Some questions I had to consider were:

• Would they be able to read and understand the questions?
• Is it clear how to press and submit answers?
• Could they read the instructions?
• Was it clear enough or would I have to answer many “what is this” and “what do I do” questions?

I definitely would need to play around with this website more, but I think I found some solutions to these problems. I discovered the audio buttons when creating the activities. This way I could record myself asking the questions and listing the options. However, I was not able to add audio to the option choices, which ideally, I would have. I also would have liked to add a picture to the choices but could not see if that was an option (if you know how to do this please let me know!:)

Step 3- Purpose of Activities

I then had to decide what I wanted the students to gain from these interactive sections. I decided to go with some simple recalling reading comprehension (ex- what did the rat sit on) which I thought the true and false and multiple-choice questions worked well for.

The other aspect I tried to include was a rhyming activity using the drag-and-drop function. The only problem I found with this is I could not get the size as big as I wanted, and I did not see an area where I could input audio to read the instructions. So, I would have to go over this activity before the class started centers to limit confusion and interruptions.

The other aspect that played a role in my choice of video and activities was time. I plan to run these stations for about 15 minutes, therefore I needed my activities to fit into that time.

Overall, I had fun learning this new technology and I saw the potential to use this in small groups and even for whole-group instruction. If anyone has other tips for adapting it for young students (who might not be reading yet) I would love to hear them! Click here to access my Lumi video.