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

getting ready to wite my own educational blog

I neeed to think about my audience

Change

"to inspire in others a desire to change for the better is truly noble; but this you can do only by leaving them alone, and then becoming more noble yourself."

Thank you

Two words that make you feel good when someone says them to you and make you and someone else fell good when you say it to them.
Rememberto say it many time a day.

Happiness

If you are not happy... nobody is going to make you happy.

"Happiness depends upon ourselves"
Aristotle 384-322BC