LiteracySunday2013

=Build Literacy Success with Technology= TIES Preconference Session Sunday, December 15 • 12:30pm - 3:30pm

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The Digital Learner
Readings > http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov13/vol71/num03/The-Reading-Skills-Digital-Brains-Need.aspx > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2091127/Google-boggling-brains-Study-says-humans-use-internet-main-memory.html > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/extras/digital_native.html > http://www.nngroup.com/articles/f-shaped-pattern-reading-web-content/
 * Ed Leadership: Research Says / The Reading Skills Digital Brains Need
 * Daily Mail: Are our brains being boggled by Google?
 * Digital Native Map
 * F-Shaped Pattern for Reading Web Content

Tools
 * AlternativeTo http://alternativeto.net

Engaging Reading Resources
> http://www.katemessner.com/authors-who-skype-with-classes-book-clubs-for-free/
 * Google Lit Trips http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html
 * Google Earth on iPads http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Handouts_files/GE%20on%20iPads.pdf
 * Kate Messner’s Authors who Skype with book clubs for free
 * Skype and Author Wiki http://skypeanauthor.wikifoundry.com
 * Scholastic’s Invite an Author http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/tradebooks/inviteanauthor.htm

Tween Tribune
 * TweenTribune Junior, Grades K-4 http://tweentribune.com/junior
 * TweenTribune, Grades 5-8 http://tweentribune.com/
 * TeenTribune, Grades 9-12 http://tweentribune.com/teen
 * Spanish http://tweentribune.com/spanish

Tool Based Strategies
Readings > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1427019/ > http://www.ehow.com/info_8685614_font-size-affects-reading-ability.html > http://www.edukindle.com/2010/06/more-research-says-bigger-fonts-help-kids-read/ > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10089102/Hard-to-read-fonts-can-boost-pupil-results-by-up-to-a-fifth.html
 * National Institute of Health: Effect of print side on reading speed in dyslexia
 * eHow Education: How Font Size Affects Reading Ability
 * EduKindle: More Research Says Bigger Fonts Help Kids Read
 * Telegraph: Hard to read fonts can boost pupil results

Tools > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dragon-dictation/id341446764 > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-translate/id414706506 > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/speaktext-free-speak-translate/id426621887
 * Bookshare https://www.bookshare.org
 * Dragon Dictation – text to speech
 * Google Translate http://translate.google.com
 * Speak Text Free- Speak and translate text documents and web pages

Writing to Learn
Readings > http://www.keystoliteracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Learning%20to%20Write%20and%20Writing%20to%20Learn.pdf > http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2013/05/fact-of-fiction-the-legend-of-the-qwerty-keyboard > http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/teaching-with-blogs-30108.html
 * Learning to Write and Writing to Learn by Joan Sedita
 * Smithsonian Magazine: The Legend of the Qwerty Keyboard
 * ReadWriteThink’s Teaching with Blogs
 * iBrainstorm http://www.ibrainstormapp.com
 * Google Form example http://bit.ly/writtenresponse

Tools > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/creative-book-builder/id451041428
 * Short ULRs and QR Codes https://bitly.com and http://goo.gl
 * Chirp App- send documents with sound https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chirp/id529469280
 * Google Docs http://bit.ly/CollaborativeWriting
 * Pirate Pad https://www.piratepad.ca/p/TIESLiteracy
 * Kidblog Sample http://kidblog.org/legatt/
 * StoryKit – Create an electronic storybook https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/storykit/id329374595
 * Creative Book Builder – Build an ePub book simply
 * StoryPress – Spoken story app - http://www.storypress.com
 * Smore: Digital Fliers https://www.smore.com/app

Reading Strategies
Readings > http://www.readingrockets.org/article/3479/ > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcgnNX7r38A#action=share > http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/5-surefire-strategies-developing-reading-fluency > http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec12/vol70/num04/Closing-in-on-Close-Reading.aspx > http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/nov13/vol71/num03/The_Case_for_Reader-Friendly_Articles.aspx > http://www.adlit.org/strategies/21827/
 * Reading Rocket’s Seven Strategies to Teach Students Text Comprehension
 * Socrative Seminar with TodaysMeet.com (video)
 * Scholastic: 5 Surefire Strategies for Developing Reading Fluency
 * Closing in on Close Reading
 * The Case for Reader Friendly Articles
 * Adolescent Literacy Summarizing

Tools > http://www.readworks.org > http://newsela.com/about/
 * Audioboo http://audioboo.fm/about/apps
 * Recordium http://recordiumapp.com
 * Recordmp3.org (web) http://www.recordmp3.org
 * Audioboo Samples:
 * First Recording: http://audioboo.fm/boos/1538032-teaboo
 * Second Recording: http://audioboo.fm/boos/1538035-hi-honey-i-m-homeboo
 * ReadWorks – Finding Passages for Literacy Practice
 * NewsELA – an innovative way for students to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news.
 * ELM Databases http://www.elm4you.org
 * Britannica – Multiple reading levels
 * Infotrac – Lists number of words

Graphic Organizers > http://www.keystoliteracy.com/resources/worksheets/ > http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/mobile-apps/ > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7aubt53jyl8zvff/0-FbPab4Ui > http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ > http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/graphic-organizers-reading-comprehension
 * Keys to Literacy worksheets
 * Read Write Think mobile apps
 * Notability’s Papers
 * Eduplace’s Graphic Organizers
 * Scholastic’s Graphic Organizers

PDF Writers > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paperport-notes/id476134017 > http://evernote.com/penultimate/ > http://www.gingerlabs.com > http://www.keystoliteracy.com/wp-content/pdfs/5b-wkshp-templates/blank%20two%20column%20note.pdf
 * Paperport Notes
 * Penultimate
 * Notability:
 * Two Column Note Tempate


 * ThingLink http://www.thinglink.com
 * Poem Sample http://bit.ly/winterpoem

Chrome App Options
 * Chrome Speak – Text to Speech
 * VoiceNote – Speech to Text
 * Dictionary by Dictionary.com
 * Google Translate – Language Translation
 * MindMeister – Brainstorming
 * StoryPress – Spoken Story App
 * AudioBoo – Audio Recordings
 * PDFzen - PDF Viewer & Editor
 * Scan QR – QR Code Reader

Image Sources

Technology Tools: http://ucedtech.wikispaces.com/file/view/mobile3.jpg/240870997/mobile3.jpg Stacked SAMR: http://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/ SAMR scale: http://fieldecho.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html Apptivity Seat: http://www.fisher-price.com/en_US/brands/babygear/products/78030 iPotty: http://mashable.com/2013/01/10/ipotty/ Students Reading: http://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofed/9605574575/ Plato: http://ell.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/Raphael-Plato-and-Aristotle_0.jpg Put me in the Zoo: http://www.randomhouse.com/book/103589/put-me-in-the-zoo-by-robert-lopshire