Technergize Your Reading Workshop

Generating Excitement and Higher-Level Thinking

 

Lisa Highfill has seen student engagement increase and higher-level thinking empowered through her use of technology to teach reading.

 

Here are a few tips:

1. Find or create a youtube video to introduce the book.

 

 

2. During computer lab time, have the kids respond to the book using a Google form with open ended questions.

 

3. Share out the thinking recorded with the class during discussions.  Bridge critical thinking into independent reading.

 

4. Interested?  I can help you with both the form and finding/creating videos.  Email me: Tim Swanson

 

5. Check out Lisa's blog: 

Instantaneous Interaction with Info

Technology is changing how students access information and learn.  What can we expect in the near future?  "How do we prepare our kids to be prepared for whatever life throws their way?" Rushton Hurley from http://www.nextvista.org/

ITSC 2012: Quality Instructional Materials to Support the Common Core

Quality Instructional Materials to Support the Common Core

There has been a lot of talk recently about the Common Core State Standards. In fact, you might have been one of the many district staff members that attended the Introduction to the Common Core Standards workshop at the Linn-Co Expo Center in January.  The new standards focus on Math and English-Language Arts (ELA) & Literacy with embedded mastery of technological skills.