1. Just a Few: A Handful of Tools for 6-12 Literacy
Please find the Google Doc in the shared folder for this session and add your address to the list.
That way, we can invite you to actively participate in some of the session’s on-line activities.
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2. A Handful of Tools for 6-12 Literacy
Just a Few:
A Handful of Tools for 6-12 Literacy
Ellen Levy, SCOE
Carla Truttman, Yreka High
Within a meaningful instructional context, participants will preview and practice a curated, short list of online teaching tools for activating prior knowledge, close reading, responding to feedback, and refining skills.
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3. Technology has the power to support the transformation of teaching and learning, but only when we know what works.
- U.S. Department of
Education

4. Four Pillars Active Engaging Meaningful Social 02 add citation
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5. THE INSTRUCTIONAL CONTEXT
GENERATE IDEAS
INTERACT WITH TEXT
USE FEEDBACK
REFINE SKILLS
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7. Background knowledge is essential to comprehension, to making connections, and to understanding the big ideas.
Not taking the time to assess, activate, and build prior knowledge is like throwing the ball to an inexperienced basketball player and demanding that he play like a pro in the big game.
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8. HELPFUL LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PADLET
WHAT IT IS - Padlet is a virtual wall that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. It works like an online sheet of paper where people can put any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text) anywhere on the page, together with anyone, from any device.
HELPFUL LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PADLET
Helpful Youtube Video Tutorial
Gallery of Padlet Examples
Padlet: One of the Best All-Around Tools for Technology in the Classroom

9. JUST A FEW WAYS TO USE PADLET IN THE CLASSROOM*
BELL RINGER ACTIVITY
Ask students what they remember from the previous day’s lesson. This is a great way for students to review content and give the teacher a clear picture of what still needs to be taught..
COLLABORATIVE BRAINSTORMING
Students can post ideas during a brainstorming session. This can be done anonymously so shy students’ voices will be respresented..
PREDICTING ACTIVITY
As you proceed through new content with students, stop and let them predict what will happen ext with notes on a Padlet.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
Use Padlet as a Homework Assignment Storehouse. You can post links, images, videos, etc. to the Padlet so students and parents have access anytime from anywhere.
COLLABORATIVE NOTETAKING
While listening to a presentation, reading a chapter, watching a video, students work together to add notes to a Padlet to produce a resource they can refer to later
PRESENTATIONS
Students can use Padlet instead of posterboards for presentations. or groupwork. This way all students can easily review the content AND can refer to it later. *
Matt Miller, Ditch That Textbook,
32 Interesting Ways to Use Padlet in the Classroom,

10. LET’S TRY IT OUT INSTRUCTIONS:
This lesson is from the Letter to the Next President 2.0 Unit from the National Writing Project’s College Ready Writer’s Program.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Check the account you provided and click on the invitation
from Padlet Folks.
2. Click on the “View Padlet” Button toward the bottom of the
and when prompted type the password - “SCOE” - all caps.

11. INSTRUCTIONS - CONTINUED
3. You will be routed to the screen below. Read the prompt and click
on the “+” to add your response to the screen.

12. INSTRUCTIONS - CONTINUED
4. In the dialogue box, type your name in the “Title” spot and then
type your response in the “Write Something” spot.

13. WRAP-UP
1. Padlet is free.
2. Student don’t need to have an account to use Padlet.
3. Very easy to use.
4. A wide variety of uses in the classroom - both with
students and as a classroom management tool.
5. Any questions or comments?

15. Interacting with text is absolutely essential for students to make meaning of the texts we ask them to read.

17. HELPFUL LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HYPOTHES.IS
WHAT IT IS - Hypothes.is allows for online annotation of texts. Students can analyze text in every way that we traditionally use highlighters, underlining, post-it notes, colored pencils, etc. It also allows for collaborative conversations relative to the text you ask students to read.
HELPFUL LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HYPOTHES.IS
10 Ways to Annotate with Students
Educator Resource Guide for Using Hypothes.is
Hypothes.is Video Tutorial

18. A DEMONSTRATION OF HYPOTHES.IS
Letters to the Next President - Student Samples
Annotating student samples can help students understand the structure of a letter, the moves a writer will make to argue his/her point and the strategies that work and those that don’t work.

19. YOUR TURN!!
Navigate to and click on the “Create Account.”

20. 2. Complete the Form with your information and click on the “Sign up” button..

21. 3. Paste the URL of a document you might use in your class, i.e.,
Newsela, Time Magazine, a website, etc.
4. Click the annotate button and start playing!

22. WRAP-UP
1. Hypothes.is is free.
2. Very easy to use.
3. A wide variety of uses in the classroom - Students can
complete close reading of text AND engage in
discussions about the text all in one place.
4. Any questions or comments?

24. How to Use Google Docs for Peer Editing

25. Based on your assigned category of the SBAC rubric, use the edit feature of Google Docs to provide feedback to this student writer.
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27. INTEGRATING RESOURCES
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28. PADLET EBSCO Virtual Field Trips HYPOTHESIS CITE LIGHTER ANNOTATE
Ed App
Winners
Generate Ideas
PADLET
EBSCO
Virtual Field Trips
Interact with Text
HYPOTHESIS
CITE LIGHTER
ANNOTATE
Use feedback
GOOGLE DOCS
OWL
HEMINGWAY
Refine skills
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QUILL
YOU TUBE

29. Upcoming Opportunities The Culture of Argument On-site support
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30. A Handful of Tools for 6-12 Literacy
Just a Few:
A Handful of Tools for 6-12 Literacy
Ellen Levy, SCOE
Carla Truttman, Yreka High
Within a meaningful instructional context, participants will preview and practice a curated, short list of online teaching tools for activating prior knowledge, close reading, responding to feedback, and refining skills.
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