Tales2Go

Week 11

Reading Apps
Tales2Go

Reading Apps outside of iBooks and Kindle were uncharted territory to me prior to this week. I had not realized what I had been missing out on! Parents, teachers, and students are all raving about Tales2Go. According to their website, "Tales2go makes it easy and cost-effective to surround students with spoken sophisticated words, in school and at home, by streaming over six thousand audio book titles from leading publishers to school-owned and BYOD devices". They feature a wide range of stories to support struggling readers, strong readers, and everybody in between. Through this application, students can develop stronger fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary skills all with a few taps of the screen.

The one downside of this program is that it is not a free application. You are able to test it out with a tree trial, but once that period of time is up, you must choose a paid subscription in order to continue. Tales2Go offers multiple different types of subscription packages to cater to their different audiences. They provide bulk order discounts for districts, schools, and parent groups as well as a subscription cost for an individual. It is a pricy investment, but you really are getting the best bang for your buck with this program. Once subscribed, you have access to thousands of audiobooks for a wide range of ages and interests. 

While I personally probably would not invest in this program as an individual, if my school or district had invested in the program I would utilize it. Students can listen to their favorite titles as often as they want and whenever they want. Unlike many other applications, there is no limit on the number of students who can listen to the same title at the same time. For students who are struggling with fluency, it is always great to provide them with models of how to read smoothly and expressively.