Why integrate technology into instruction and student practice? What is your Why for Technology Use in Defining Your Future? Please enter your team's thoughts and response to this question in this LinoIt Pad. But... Our objective: To provide tools, PD & teaching ideas, and model strategies of using technology tools for engagement and participation so participants will leave this session with resources to use at their site for direct instruction, student independent practice and reinforcement, and continued professional development. Handout Tools for Teachers for On-going Professional Development, Teaching Resources, Trainings Doing What Works
Florida Center for Reading Research Reading RocketsResearch on reading, reading growth, reading
assessment, and reading instruction; disseminate information about research-based practices related to
literacy instruction and assessment for children in pre-school through
12th grade; conduct applied research that will have an immediate impact on
policy and practices; to provide technical assistance for the improvement of literacy outcomes
in students from pre-K through
12th grade.
What Works Clearinghouse
Arizona Technology Integration Matrix (AZTIM) Assess the level and quality of your technology integration *
These two categories mix together depending on classroom, school access and of course, teacher style Tools for Instruction
Thinkfinity from Verizon Intel's Unit Plan Index for Language Arts Videos: Discovery Close Captions, YouTube, SchoolTube, TeacherTube Interactive Whiteboard User Group Shared Files: Promethean Planet, SMARTTech (iTunes has great instructional videos) AIMS for Educators inside IDEAL eg: Reading 5th, Writing 10th Pssss! Don't get distracted playing with Vokis! Tools for Learning SAS Curriculum Pathways for 7-12+ grades and includes an amazing writing revisor that anyone would benefit from using. The English section includes the following sections further broken into the described subsections
Login on the student side with "teachaz," "learnaz" for student use. We recommend opening a subscription for your school/district (free). Comprehension and Fluency
Vocabulary
Listening iTunes Podcasts and accompanying text, especially University of Southern Florida Storyline Online streaming video of Screen Actors' Guild reading children's stories Writing
Writing and Collaboration
Debrief: As professional developers, what do you need to better train or inform your colleagues on effective practices for meeting literacy needs? Use this Google spreadsheet to list out some resources you are searching for to share with teachers. One person from your team is enlisted to record and post the resources you found in the above sites to meet the needs. Closing: Go to PicLits and chose an image. Use the freestyle writing to answer the Question: Why Use Technology When Defining Your Future? Into the Book is a multimedia package from Wisconsin Educational Communications Board designed to improve students' reading comprehension, as well as their ability to think and learn across the curriculum. Based on current research, the project focuses on eight learning strategies:Using prior knowledge, Making connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating, Synthesizing. It includes:
** Verizon Thinkfinity - some of my favorite Thinkfinity resources |