Differentiating+Reading

=Tech Connections: Differentiating Reading Through Technology, CO372 =

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= Session 5 - Work Session =

News

 * Pages for each unit have been created from the templates we designed yesterday. Click on **Tech Connections > Treasures** to follow the path to each unit page.
 * Plug in the activities you created in the appropriate places, and please remember to give yourself credit by signing your name next to the activity.
 * Opinions.... If someone has created an abundance of materials for a unit, should the pages be separated by story?
 * New: I did a search for Treasures Activities created by other school districts and hit the jackpot. See the links in the Bag at the bottom of this page. If you find some good and worth using, please link it and give the author credit by linking back tot the page. See me for help.
 * 2:00 - If your materials are published in this wiki, now would be a good time to take that work and pop it into your blog, site, wiki, or Google Docs so it's ready, but please remember to check this wiki before you kickoff a unit, there will probably be more Treasures Connections on the pages by then.

=Session 1: Intro to Differentiating Reading =

12:30:  Welcome and Start up Tasks
> > The goal is to design lessons to support our reading curriculum and publish them on this wiki for everyone to use and modify. We will start with the basics today, a few universal tools and a lesson on using a wiki. By the end of the week you will be using a template to create lessons.
 * Access Treasures digital text? Codes?
 * Treasures Virtual Sample Box
 * Natural Reader demo
 * Overview of course goals and objectives

1:00:  Our wiki, a collection of resources for all
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 * Video, Wiki's in Plain English
 * Wild about Wikis, Access all directions and more
 * Join wiki
 * Set up workspace
 * 1) From the navigation on the left, choose New Page.
 * 2) You will see a box that looks like this. Give it a name, **"//Yourname's Workspace//**" and choose **Create**
 * 1) You will be taken to the new page you just created. Type the name again at the top of your page and choose **Save**
 * 2) Return to the **Workspace Index Page**. (Navigation on left)
 * 3) <span style="color: #050606; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Choose **Edit**
 * 4) <span style="color: #050606; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Highlight your name and click on the **Link** button at the top of the page.
 * 5) <span style="color: #050606; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Choose **Wiki Link**
 * 6) <span style="color: #050606; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Use the drop down menu next to Page Name(click on the small arrow) to find the page your looking for. (It should be called something like "Your Name's Workspace"
 * 7) <span style="color: #050606; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Choose **Add Link**

2:00: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Vocabulary tools: Get your feet wet

 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">WordStash
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Click her to access a link for students
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Demo: Words to Impress Your Friends
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Demo: Common Flowers
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Sign up for a free Teacher Account
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Create a word list of vocabulary words from a treasures unit/story, or alternate reading material
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Try activities and quizzes
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Update tech toolkit
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Vocab-o-grabber
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The free part of the Visual Thesaurus
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Allows you to copy and paste text into a box, then generates a list of vocabulary words
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wordle for Vocabulary and Analysis of Writing
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Copy Digital Text and paste it into the Wordle box
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Words that appear more frequently are larger in size

2:45 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">: Digital Bulletin Boards/Online Stickies

 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">LinoIt
 * Really basic and user friendly post it note board
 * Try It Contribute to this practice board.
 * Edistorm
 * [|Try It]
 * Another online bulletin board
 * Includes template, (Venn Diagram, KWL and more)
 * User-friendly
 * Wallwisher (See sample wall under VoiceThread below.)

3:15: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Update your workspace page

 * 1) Copy and paste links to tools you liked from this page to your workspace page
 * 2) Write notes to yourself and brainstorm ways you might want to use it
 * 3) Create links to activities you may have created OR embed activities/upload pictures
 * 4) This is your page, and it is a work in progress during this course. Don't worry if it is messy

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Demos: If time allows

 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Using VoiceThread to support reading instruction
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lit circles
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Book/story review
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">RtI
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">View Wallwisher - Wall of VoiceThread samples

=<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Session 2: Activities to to activate Prior Knowledge =

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">12:30: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> **Start up tasks**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Contribute to VoiceThread sample created to introduce Grade 4, Unit 1: Growing Up
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Need help? View directions.

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 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Log in to EdConnect and look through the materials for Unit 1. Could VoiceThread be used to introduce the unit? Brainstorm ideas on your workspace page. Repeat for additional units as time allows.
 * If you have extra time, feel free to generate more WordStash vocabulary activities OR check out Spelling City.

End of Start Up Tasks
1:00 - **Universal Design for Learning: Whole group**
 * Watch Video and discuss

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 * Activity: Jog through some of the activities below to find examples of how technology can be used to support all learners. Take notes in your workspace and provide links to the tools so you can use them again.
 * Resource: Tools to Support all Learners on JogTheWeb
 * Resource: Tools for Simplifying and Reading Text on JogTheWeb
 * Resource: [|Search Engines to Support All Learners] on JogTheWeb

=2:00: A closer look at at materials provided to introduce theme and background knowledge=


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Whole Group Activity: Sample: Grade 4, Unit 1: Growing Up (demo and discussion, no laptops needed)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Unit Theme Slideshow preview
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">VoiceThread for engagement
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Biography: Normal Rockwell, Word doc with link to online museum
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What are they supposed to do with information found in the online museum?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">JogTheWeb?
 * Big Question Multimedia: Word Doc with link to video, author interview on Scholastic Site.
 * Is this the best way to manage these materials? Word doc with a link? Follow up questions/reflection activities?
 * JogTheWeb? PowerPoint? Glog? Need a launcher? LinoIt, reactions?
 * Take a look at Unit 1 resources.
 * How can these be organized and modified to provide universally designed lessons?
 * Which activities can be done at home prior to class to ''front-load" the learning to allow students to bring prior knowledge to class discussion?
 * Is there a need for some sort of curriculum launcher or organizer? Can you do it in the wiki?
 * Is there a use for a quick online brainstorming tool, such as LinoIt (The post it note board?)
 * What else do you need?

>> ====== **Note:** These are not new samples related to the reading curriculum they are in my portfolio of resources. Take a look at the canvas and the options for guided learning/presentation. ======
 * === Sample Curriculum Launchers ===
 * JogTheWeb
 * Glogster.Edu view Glog embedded in a wiki
 * GooglePresentation/PowerPoint
 * What else? Your ideas here.

=<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Session 3: Activities to Support Research Related Treasures Tasks =

12:30: StartUp Tasks

 * Preview Unit templates. Is this a good way to organize materials? Is anything missing? Should anything be deleted? Check the number of stories per unit. Is it accurate? I will be coming around to work with you to finalize the template before we create pages for each unit. Check out Kindergarten to see how it will be set up for all. (I will add graphics, etc. to make it more appealing and so visitors will click on pictures instead of words.)
 * Kindergarten
 * 1st
 * 2nd
 * 3rd
 * 4th
 * 5th
 * Continue to create unit launchers, organized materials that are ready to go. See resources in Session 2, below.
 * Caution: Test your materials when you are not logged in to EdConnect to see if they are accessible.
 * Repeat OR
 * Create more vocabulary cards
 * Spelling City activities and links

1:00: Demos

 * VocabGrabber use with Time for Kids article
 * Wiki Templates,
 * Virtual Copy Machines Read more in this wiki
 * Demo with Sample Gr 4 Treausres Unit template
 * Good uses
 * for setting up writing assignments
 * for publishing our work
 * for saving time and paper
 * writing in a wiki provides students with access to tools they need
 * demo control + click for spell check
 * read aloud

1:15: Unit Activities: Research Toolkit

 * View the assignment and brainstorm suggestions
 * Resource: [|Search Engines to Support All Learners] on JogTheWeb
 * Resource: Tools for Simplifying and Reading Text on JogTheWeb
 * Sample Jogging through the Windy City
 * Recource TheBig6
 * Inspiration for Brainstorming
 * Modify assignment and publish
 * Repeat for additional units, as time allows

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=<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Session 4: Activities to Make Connections =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This session will focus on creating activities to help students make using flexible means/ UDL. A variety of Web 2.0 tools will be used Participants will create activities to go along with units/stories in Treasures and publish them in the wiki.
 * Writing
 * Inspiration/Kidspiration Concept Mappting - Quick Demo
 * Blog, for a quick and easy way to get students to respond outside of the classroom, use your existing blog. Simply publish a discussion question as a post, and ask students to **comment.** Be sure to go over Internet Safety rules before commenting.
 * Wiki, use a template to quickly set up writing activities for students
 * Writer's Toolkit, by Sheri Lenzo
 * Glog: Sample unit culminating activity: Perseverance
 * More samples available on the 21st Century Learning sample page of this wiki. There is a lot there. I can help you find something to suit your needs if you call me over.

3:15 : Regroup and prepare for final session

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=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Session 5: Activities to Summarize/Bring it all together =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">During this session, teachers use technology to design innovative ways for students to share what they’ve learned. We will focus on publishing activities in this wiki.

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