Students need to be taught technological literacy in addition to traditional pen and paper versions of reading, writing , listening and speaking.
Technology can
- help teachers assist poor/struggling readers.
-motivate students to want to read and write.
Teachers are managing their prof. growth through-
cybermentoring, online prof. dev. and online prof. organizations.
Websites that teach-
Decoding-Gamegoo, Between the Lions and Chateau Meddybemps
Fluency- The Imagination Station, Open Book to Literacy, STAR Early Literacy
e-dictionaries and thesauruses
electronic devices such as Alphasmart and IntelliTalk
Improve literacy through-
Interactive books
Online literacy projects
motivating students through "tracking systems" like Accelerated Reader
digital storytelling-students create images to tell the story
International Children's Digital Library-500 free online books
Students can write on blogs like journals or to contribute to existing discussion.
Making a movie can encourage writing.
Discussion boards encourage reading and writing on topics of student interest.
Writing using technology-
Electronic Outlines
Concept Mapping(Kidspiration, Inspiration)
Drafting, revising and editing-easier on computers.
Work can be published traditionally (paper print out) or electronically(websites, power point or slide show,etc.)
Website Resources
Bibliomaniahttp://www.bibliomania.comThis site has free online literature with more than 2000 classic texts, along with literature book notes, author biographies, book summaries and reference books.
is an internet-accessible collection of texts and images.
Project Gutenberghttp://www.promo.net/pgProject Gutenberg is the Internet's oldest producer of free electronic books (eBooks or eTexts).
Don Johnston's Co:Writerhttp://www.donjohnston.comUsing CO:Writer word prediction software, students compose grammatically correct sentences containing topic-specific words.
ReadPleasehttp://www.readplease.comReadPlease is text-to-speech software for Windows® based operating systems.
BabelFishhttp://world.altavista.comTranslate text or entire Web sites with the Babel Fish translation tool.
SparkNoteshttp://www.sparknotes.comSparkNotes help students learn and practice basic skills, write a paper, study for a test, and achieve their academic goals.
NovelGuidehttp://www.novelguide.comNovelguide.com is a free source for literary analysis on the web that provides Literature Profiles, Metaphor Analysis, Theme Analyses, and Author Biographies.
Free Book Noteshttp://www.freebooknotes.comFreeBookNotes.com is a guide to free book summaries, literature notes, and study guides (like "Cliff's Notes") for over 1600 books, plays, and poems.
Pink Monkeyhttp://www.pinkmonkey.comPinkMonkey.com features over 400 free book notes, study guides, and online chapter summary notes.
iDictatehttp://www.iDictate.comiDictate is a blend of technology and human interaction that enables users to dictate any document using a telephone, fax machine, or dictation device, and then receive the completed job back for editing via e-mail.
LITThttp://edtechfm.sdsu.edu/SPED/ProjectLITT/LITTinfo.htmlProject LITT: Literacy Instruction Through Technology is a research project focusing on the use of technology to improve the reading skills of students with learning disabilities.
International Children's Digital Libraryhttp://www.icdlbooks.orgThe International Children's Digital Library is the largest bookmobile in history made available to children around the world.
Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.comA blog is an easy-to-use web site where users can quickly post thoughts, interact with people, and more.
Literacy Mattershttp://www.literacymatters.org/content/readandwrite/writing.htmProvides resources for writing in the content areas.
The American Poetry sitehttp://www.americanpoems.comAmerican Poems is dedicated to bringing readers all the greatest American Poets---from the classics to the latest contemporary poets.
ePALShttp://www.epals.comePALS is a provider of school-safe email and collaborative technology.
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