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Integrating Technology into a
Comprehensive Literacy Program
in Grades 3-6
Presented by Julie
Coiro
Literacy Initiative Professional Development Series at
SERC
Part 1 of 3
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Who are you? Where are you going? |
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Inspirations for Literacy Learning with Technology
Emerging Trends of Technology Use
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ACTIVITY 2:
Myths, Fears and Realities: What three things about using the Internet in your
classroom |
What's So Exciting About the Internet for Literacy
Learners?
The Internet provides new resources and tools that enable both teachers and students to interact with the texts they are reading while engaging in activities that both enhance and extend their current knowledge about these texts. Let's explore the sites below together. |
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Build Backgound Knowledge | Enchanted Learning |
Sponge Activities | FunBrain's Word Activities |
Current Events Extension Activities | Scholastic
NewsZone, Student NewsNet |
Non-Fiction Extension Activities | National Geographic, Smithsonian |
Fiction and Non-Fiction Connections | Magic Treehouse (eg. Civil War) |
Interact with Authors & Illustrators | Jean Craighead George |
Learn from Student Created Texts | Pocantico School (eg. Buddha; Women) |
WebQuests Matched to Literature | SCORE Cyberguides (eg. Brother Sam) |
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Create interactive multimedia texts | Crystals and Unicorns |
Make your own quiz or learning track | Mixed-Up Files ; Westward Ho |
Join a telecollaborative learning project | Susan Silverman's Webfolio |
Publish items within interactive forums | Spaghetti Book Club |
Design classroom reading database | Fifth Grade Super Readers |
Design classroom website | Mary Kreul's Grade 2 and Grade 4 |