Monday, August 2, 2010

Chapter 9: Technology in English and Language Arts Instruction

TPACK: (1) use of technology, (2) in a particular content area, (3) as part of a pedagogy strategy, (4) within a given educational context, (5) to develop students' knowledge.
  • Example of TPACK in English/ Language Arts Setting: Instead of having students hand in a story , the teacher could have the students compose stories in digital spaces where they can read others work.

Teaching students decoding or sounding out skills:

Developing Reading and Writing Skills

  • Software based & online systems- interactive exercises to promote literacy development: The Imagination Station (istation.com), Destination Reading (Riverdeep), & The Literacy Center (LeapFrogSchoolHouse).
  • Use of online reference sources and dictionaries
  • Electronic Devices such as Educational Insights' GeoSafari Phonics Pad, a computer with a talking word processor, or Alphasmarts's Dana
  • Use of interactive storybooks and talking books
  • Accelerated Reader- most popular, used to diagnose student's reading level and track comprehension
  • Digital Storytelling
  • Find sites that match the student's interests and reading levels
  • Use of Blogs- used as private journals or public discussion forum
  • Motivate writing with video projects (script writing)
  • Discussion boards promote both reading and writing within the classroom
  • Use of online example to promote writing- have the students look up examples of types of poems for inspiration
  • Electronic outliners- automatically generate headings and subheadings from typed information
  • Concept mapping software (webbing software)- produce outline as a visual map (ex: Inspiration)
  • Electronic Publishing- students share what they have written in electronic forums such as websites, electronic books, multimedia slide shows, and news broadcasts, instead of handing in a paper copy

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