TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION TO TEACH READING AND WRITING SKILLS

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION TO TEACH READING AND WRITING SKILLS

WHAT IS LITERACY? • OLD: You can sign your name, begin to read and be proficient in 21 st century skills that are content specific • NEW: Includes skills, strategies and insights needed to successfully maneuver the rapidly changing technologies. From, pg. 279 in Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching

WHAT IS A LITERATE KINDERGARTENER? • • Recognizes letters and their sounds Blends sounds to form one syllable words Writes first and last name correctly Uses drawings and phonetically spelled words to communicate ideas • Demonstrates proper demonstration of mouse • Uses drawing tool to create an original illustration or picture story • Enters text and adds images to a document • Uses the mouse to make a graph

TECHNOLOGY IN KINDERGARTEN LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAMS WORK BECAUSE……. • It meets the needs of diverse learners • It empowers students and teachers! • It stimulates a social environment

L. A. INSTRUCTION THAT BENEFITS FROM THESE TECHNOLGY STRATEGIES • Language Skills Development • Literacy Development • Process Approach To Writing

LANGUAGE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Benefits • Motivational • Individual Instruction in reading fluency Suggested Resources • Between the Lions • Pebble. Go. com • Activ. Inspire Flip Charts • Kidspirations • Starfall. com

Includes videos, books and games Provides visual and auditory assistance Gives immediate feedback http: //pbskids. org/lions/

Non-Fiction Genre • Non-fiction reading and games • Provides visual and auditory assistance

Multiple Uses for Activ. Inspire Letter recognition, decoding skills, vocabulary Click image to view flipchart, “Letter Recognition”

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• Phonemic practice for diverse learners • Self-directed instruction

LITERACY DEVELOPMENT Benefits: • Helps match books to students’ interests • Helps track reading • Engages students in reading • Supports reflection of books read Suggested Materials • Accelerated Reader • Pebble. Go • Photo Story • Kid Pix with voice threading

• Identifies reading level • Tracks leveled books that students read • Tracks comprehension level • A motivational tool to get kids reading • Shows student score immediately and incorrect answers

Multiple Uses for Activ. Inspire Reading Comprehension Click image to view flipchart, “Fairy Tale Unit”

Kid Pix Studio • Student created illustrations • Publish work using Voice Thread

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PROCESS APPROACH TO WRITING Benefits: • Focus on sharing ideas • Supports all stages of writing: • Planning, drafting, revising, editing and publishing Suggested Resources: • Kidspirations • Kid Pix • www. voicethread. com • Activ. Inspire • Photo Story

TO TYPE OR NOT TO TYPE • Students handwriting skills are in the early developing stages in kindergarten. • If developing written communication through handwriting is possible, than make that the priority.

Multiple Uses for Activ. Inspire Written Language Click image to view flipchart, “Writing Prompts”

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Tell Your Story With Photo. Story • Independently create stories using illustrations, music and voice threading • Communicate beginning, middle and end of a story • Explain processes