1. 1 Chapter 10: Language Arts and Foreign Language Instruction Michelle Kerr Niphateria Brown Kindra Nenninger Andrea Williams

2. 2 An Introduction… Language arts curriculum focuses on developing the skills of writing, listening, reading, and speaking

3. 3 Ideas and suggestions for integrating technology into language arts: student centered and developmentally appropriate interactive and meaningful activities real-life applications

4. 4 General Problems… Difficulty of getting hardware and software for class As teachers, how do we use technology?

5. 5 Problems Related to Technology in Language Arts Instruction 1. Keyboarding Instruction: bad habits familiarization computer experience 2. Reading on the computer vs. Reading from print 3. Media literacy vs. Print literacy

6. 6 Problems Related to Technology in Foreign Language Instruction 1. Direct vs. Contextual Language Instruction: active conversational participants 2. Languages Non-cognate Cognate

7. 7 Strategies for Integrating Technology: Planning Drafting Revising Editing Publishing

8. 8 Technology to Support Reading and Studying:  Instruction  Comprehension and Vocab. Development  Notetaking  Crtitcal Thinking G.A.T.H.E.R. –Get an overview –Ask a question –Triangulate Data –Hypothesize –Explore Data –Record Conclusion

9. 9 Technology to Support Communication and Collaboration: Email and Threaded Discussion Networked Collaboration and Support Video Conferencing and Distance Education