SUPPORTING LITERACY WITH TECHNOLOGY
Region 1 – Hertford County
Technology Disclaimer“The digital tools used during the course of the NCDPI trainings have been helpful to some educators across the state. However, due to the rapidly changing digital environment, NCDPI does not represent nor endorse that these tools are the exclusive digital tools for the purposes outlined during the NCDPI trainings.”
Before We Begin…
Visit: http://region1rttt.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/ Add the Region 1 wikispace to your favorites. Click “Region 1 Events” in the left menu. Click “Supporting Literacy with Technology”
to access the interactive agenda for today. Click “Agenda”.
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Housekeeping• Parking Lot (Section C)• Breaks• Reflection (Section N)
Your input is essential and valued!
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Norms• To be actively involved• Value differences• Agree to disagree• Listen• Don’t take it personally• Be honest• Stay focused on established
purpose and goals• Refrain from conducting side bar conversations
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www.peoplequiz.com/norm_perterson
The Numbers
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1,000,000,000
The Numbers
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2+
The Numbers
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2/3
The Numbers
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20%
Literacy is Important
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Students will need advanced literacy skills — the ability to
understand and analyze a variety of texts and to write and communicate
persuasively — to succeed in life after high school.
How Can Technology Support Learners?
• many opportunities to use and hear new words in context.
• Takes 6 times for students to get it.
• “Technologies for learning are likely to be found not in the technologies themselves but in the way in which these technologies are used as tools for learning.”
(Means & Olson, 1995; Owston, 1997; Valdez et al., 1999)
Background Knowledge &Vocabulary
• Electronic references– Dictionaries and other online tools• http://ninjawords.com/
• Text to speech applications• http://www.naturalreaders.com/
• Vocabulary–Word of the day; support word study
Synergy of Reading & Writing
• Annotations– Dictionaries and other online tools• http://personal.crocodoc.com/
• Spell Check and How to Use It– Listening as a method of proofreading
Synergy of Reading & Writing
• Mind mapping/graphic organizers– www.popplet.com
Interest & Motivation
• Digital Storytelling• Presentation Software– www.helloslide.com
Jigsaw
Session Evaluation
• Visit: http://region1rttt.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/
(Section N on your agenda.)
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Contact Information
Abbey Futrell, PD Consultant, Region 1 [email protected] (252) 227-0838
Beth Edwards, PD Consultant, Region [email protected] (252) 916-6842
Dianne Meiggs, PD Consultant, Region [email protected] (252) 340-0113