2. Online Learning Resources The Sarasota Learning Portal And Other Great Online Literacy Resources

3. Using Technology to Support Literacy Instruction

4. Literacy Media Math Environmental Computer First Language Learners Second Language Learners Music Information Views Academic Cultural Functional Personal Transactional Emergent Jill Kerper Mora San Diego State University

5. “an individual's ability to read, write, speak in English, compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job, in the family of the individual and in society.” Literacy “To be fully literate is to have the disposition to engage appropriately with texts of different types in order to empower action, feelings, and thinking in the context of purposeful social activity.” Dr. Jill Mora, San Diego State (Wells, 1990)

6. You ’ re literacy- focused! You encourage... –Acquisition –Understandin g –Appreciation –Development –Integration

7. “As children talk together, share their writing, or lean over to read another's words on the screen, they use language to communicate. Computers and other forms of technology support literacy and encourage speaking, reading, writing, and listening, through formal and informal language opportunities.” How Can Technology Help Encourage Literacy in the Classroom?

8. Technology can: Provide children with ways to express themselves Offer support for young learners Encourage reading and writing

9. Resources for Teachers

10. Consider… Time to find the resources Have the resources been reviewed by educators Are the resources correlated to state standards Are the resources grade level appropriate Are the links functional

11. The Sarasota Communication Portal

12. Learning Portal offers.. Lesson plans and resources Assessment resources Access to reading and writing resources Much more!!!

13. How do I locate the Learning Portal? Sarasotacountyschools.net

14. Other Great Online Literacy Resources

15. Teacher Resources: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks

16. Teacher Resources: ProTeacher http://www.proteacher.com /

17. Teacher Resources: NY Times-Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

18. Teacher Resources: The Gateway on Educational Materials www.thegateway.org

19. Teacher Resources: Schools of California Online Resources for Education Aligned to the California Content Standards http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cla.html

20. Teacher Resources: http://campus.fortunecity.com/newton/40/literacy.html

21. Teacher Resources: http://oswego.org/staff/cchamber/Literacy/index.cfm

22. Teacher Resources: http://www.surfnetkids.com/

23. Teacher Resources: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/edlearn.html

24. Resources for The Arts Reader ’ s Theatre: Aaron Shepard –http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.htmlhttp://www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.html Defines readers theatre Scripts to reproduce Recommended books

25. Resources for The Arts Fable Vision –http://www.fablevision.com/index.htmhttp://www.fablevision.com/index.htm Companion lessons and activities Online stories Clip art

26. Online Museums Web Museum, Paris –http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/ National Gallery of Art –http://www.nga.gov/search/search.htmhttp://www.nga.gov/search/search.htm –http://www.nga.gov/kids/http://www.nga.gov/kids/ Resources for The Arts

27. Image Galleries The Campaign to End Child Labor –http://www.boondocksnet.com/gallery/nclc/in dex.htmlhttp://www.boondocksnet.com/gallery/nclc/in dex.html The Emergence of Advertising in America –http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ncd html/eaahome.htmlhttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ncd html/eaahome.html Like Television –http://www.liketelevision.com/web1/classictv /tvcomm/http://www.liketelevision.com/web1/classictv /tvcomm/ Resources for The Arts

28. Teacher Resources Learning to Read http://www.toread.com/ – “…improve the quality of reading instruction through the study of the reading process and teaching techniques. “ –Serves as a clearinghouse for the dissemination of reading research.

29. Teacher Resources Reading Online http://www.readingonline.org/ Online journal of the International Reading Association Electronic Classroom “… sharing effective practices and new developments related to the intersection of literacy with technology”

30. Curriculum Integration and Project Based Learning

31. Photo Essays A Photo Essay on the Great Depression –http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/ photoessay.htmhttp://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/ photoessay.htm Time for Kids.com –http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/clas stime/story/0,6772,99714,00.htmlhttp://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/clas stime/story/0,6772,99714,00.html Shattered-Photo Essay on 9/11 –http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/shatter ed/http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/shatter ed/

32. Resources for Students

33. Student Resources: http://kidpub.com/kidpub/

34. Student Resources: http://web2.airmail.net/def/

35. Student Resources: http://www.gridclub.com/index.shtml

36. Student Resources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/home.htm

37. Student Resources: www.epals.com

38. Student Resources: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

39. Student Resources: http://hazel.forest.net/whootie/default.html

40. Student Resources: www.kidnews.com

41. Student Resources: http://www.bconnex.net/~kidworld/

42. Student Resources: http://www.yahooligans.com http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ http://www.awesomelibrary.org /

43. Any Questions Contact me: Mike Horan 927-9000 Ext 31394 Tech4me2.com