SUPPORTING LITERACY WITH TECHNOLOGY

Region 1 – Hertford County

Technology Disclaimer“The digital tools used during the course of the NCDPI trainings have been helpful to some educators across the state. However, due to the rapidly changing digital environment, NCDPI does not represent nor endorse that these tools are the exclusive digital tools for the purposes outlined during the NCDPI trainings.”

Before We Begin…

Visit: http://region1rttt.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/ Add the Region 1 wikispace to your favorites. Click “Region 1 Events” in the left menu. Click “Supporting Literacy with Technology”

to access the interactive agenda for today. Click “Agenda”.

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Housekeeping• Parking Lot (Section C)• Breaks• Reflection (Section N)

Your input is essential and valued!

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Norms• To be actively involved• Value differences• Agree to disagree• Listen• Don’t take it personally• Be honest• Stay focused on established

purpose and goals• Refrain from conducting side bar conversations

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www.peoplequiz.com/norm_perterson

The Numbers

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1,000,000,000

The Numbers

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2+

The Numbers

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2/3

The Numbers

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20%

Literacy is Important

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Students will need advanced literacy skills — the ability to

understand and analyze a variety of texts and to write and communicate

persuasively — to succeed in life after high school.

How Can Technology Support Learners?

• many opportunities to use and hear new words in context.

• Takes 6 times for students to get it.

• “Technologies for learning are likely to be found not in the technologies themselves but in the way in which these technologies are used as tools for learning.”

(Means & Olson, 1995; Owston, 1997; Valdez et al., 1999)

Background Knowledge &Vocabulary

• Electronic references– Dictionaries and other online tools• http://ninjawords.com/

• Text to speech applications• http://www.naturalreaders.com/

• Vocabulary–Word of the day; support word study

Synergy of Reading & Writing

• Annotations– Dictionaries and other online tools• http://personal.crocodoc.com/

• Spell Check and How to Use It– Listening as a method of proofreading

Synergy of Reading & Writing

• Mind mapping/graphic organizers– www.popplet.com

Interest & Motivation

• Digital Storytelling• Presentation Software– www.helloslide.com

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Session Evaluation

• Visit: http://region1rttt.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/

(Section N on your agenda.)

Your feedback is important to us!

Contact Information

Abbey Futrell, PD Consultant, Region 1 abbey.futrell@dpi.nc.gov (252) 227-0838

Beth Edwards, PD Consultant, Region 1elizabeth.edwards@dpi.nc.gov (252) 916-6842

Dianne Meiggs, PD Consultant, Region 1dianne.meiggs@dpi.nc.gov (252) 340-0113