Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Literacy intsruction with Terry Goff

Literacy information
ability to identify and understand
kids are digital natives
teachers are afraid of technology
reading components
phonemic awareness
phonics
fluency
vocab
comprehension
making connections
online interactive dictionaries
hyperlinking to online sites
reflections using blogs
  • Questioning
provide word activities with comments
Who am I activity to use before and after reading
  • Inferring
Writingfix.com
http://guest.portaportal.com/goffra
students create visual clues for conclusions or predictions

  • Determining Importance
concept mapping using word or Inspiration
Use text enhancements(highlighting/changing the color of the words)

  • Summarizing/synthesizing
multimedia presentations wiki/podcast/publisher/audacity

top 10 tech strategies
talking books
spelling and grammar checkers
threaded discussions
blogs
tracking systems motivate students
enhanced text
talking texts (readplease)

MS Word differentiates instructional strategies
eBooks
more engaging
text in smaller chunks
built in dictionaries
links to other things

Sunday, June 14, 2009