Planning for the Fall Semester

I want to use the I-pad to help my non-native speaking students achieve greater reading fluency. I do have some students over the summer who could benefit, one from Haiti and two from the Dominican Republic. However, all three have very little free time to come to my office and read passages on the I-pad, since they all work full-time jobs and the classes meet at night, when the kids are already exhausted. I really admire their stamina and determination, and I don't have the heart to make them do extra, uncredited work, no matter how beneficial. The extreme heat has sapped everyone's energy further. To sharpen my I-pad skills in the meantime, I've been downloading apps my students might enjoy, as well as those I can use in my English 310 tech writing class. During the regular semester, I can't imagine anyone would turn down an opportunity to browse on the I-pad, but our students tend to have full lives with little time for extra work. Thus, I plan to sweeten the allure with some vocabulary games and literary magazines. Hey: fun comes with an educational subtext!