Technology Tools to Support Reading and Writing in the Elementary Classroom   June 26th Pleasant  Plains Elementary School 9:00 - 11:00   Instructor: Ashley Schoen

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Workshop Description: Participants will explore the ways in which online resources like Nettrekker, BrainPop, TumbleBooks, MS Word,and MS PowerPoint can support reading and writing in the elementary classroom.

 

Outcome:  Participants will increase skills in the use and integration of technology in classroom instruction.

 

Indicator: Participants will identify ways in which technology tools for reading and writing can be used in their instructional practice.  Participants will create a lesson activity and/or template to be used in classroom instruction. 

 

Prerequisite Skills:

Fundamentals of PC, Telecommunications – Email, Telecommunications – World Wide Web, and Word Processing.

 

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 Available Tools and Resources 

 

Baltimore County Public Schools Databases 

• Take home handout for students

BCPS Library Information Services Page "Using Multimedia and Web 2.0 Tools" Chart & Info

 

Required Tools	Reading Tools	Writing Tools
Microsoft  Word (Comments, AutoSummarize, Readability Statistics, Track Changes) Sample to work with:             White Tailed Deer	VisualThesaurus  (More Info)  InfoPage	Word Clouds-  Wordle  Website  Tagxedo   Webpage                    Info Page (101 Ways to Use Tagxedo)
Microsoft PowerPoint (Text Box Object) Sample to work with:            Baseball	Vocab Grabber  (More Info) Info Page	Voki  (Start Up Guide) Setting up classroom account Creating a Voki
netTrekker ****netTrekker Search is changing at the end of July 2012**** Video	Audacity (User Guide)  How to record How to use	MakeBeliefsComix How to create Other ways to use and create
BrainPop Jr. and BrainPop		TimeToast Video on how to create one
Tumblebooks Info Page		ClassTools.net
		KidBlog  (More Info)
		PBWorks Wiki  *There is a 2 hour workshop available on this topic
		Edmodo  (Introduction to Edmodo) (More Info) Edmodo by Edmodo  Video on what Edmodo is How to use Edmodo  *There is a 2 hour workshop available on this topic
		Programs-  Kidspiration  (More Info)  *There is a 2 hour workshop available on this topic   Pixie 3  (More Info)  *There is a 2 hour workshop available on this topic

 

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Resources

21st Century Skills and Environments.doc

Levels of Implementation of Technology and Information Literacy Integration.doc

Agenda_Technology Tools to Support Reading and Writing in the Elementary Classroom.docx

InstructorGuide_TechToolsElementary.doc

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Exit Ticket- How will you use these technology tools to enhance reading and writing in your classroom ?   Add your ideas to this Google Doc.