Language Arts and Technology in the Secondary

Classroom

Susan L. Yeager

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

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Introduction

• Grammar and Writing• Literature• Research• Instructional Support

Technology websites targeting the secondary language arts classroom enhance the learning environment and thoroughly address all content areas: .

Balanced Literacy and Technologyhttp://www.teachingmatters.org/literacy/ Click website address for details

Balanced Literacy and Technology: Promising Practices arms teachers with a variety of tools to tackle the components of their balanced literacy program, from “Read Aloud” to "word work." More importantly, Promising Practices shifts the power of learning into the hands of students, providing them with new and motivating ways to master the building blocks of literacy.

More About Balanced Literacy and Technology

• Click on link below to view video of examples of incorporating technology into daily classroom routine

• http://www.teachingmatters.org/literacy/morton.htm

• Resources for further study into various subject areas• Workshops for professional development• Example lessons in writing, reading , and research

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http://www.lessontutor.com/index.htmlClick above website for more details

Provides online resources both printable and interactive for secondary language arts students.

In Addition….

• Provides Offsite Links Directory to other education websites

• Just choose a category! click below

• http://pub35.bravenet.com/freelink/show.php?usernum=2965458954&cpv=1

S.C.O.R.E http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cla.html

• Free printables • Individualized online

tutoring capabilities • “Cyber Guides.”

Provide students with instructional materials on various literary works .

• Phonics link• Activity Bank

Sample CyberGuide Activity

• This unit provides resources for 11th-grade students in American Literature classes to explore the controversy that continues to swirl around the teaching and reading of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. During these activities, students will examine how the objections to this book have changed since it was first banned in 1885. The various activities culminate in students taking a position on whether the book should remain a required core selection for American Literature classes.

• In this unit on Huck Finn and censorship, students focus on the following questions: • Why is the teaching and reading of Huck Finn so controversial? • How have criticisms of the book changed from its 1885 publication to now? • What is racism and is Huck Finn racist? • Should Huck Finn remain required core literature in American Literature classes? • Student Activity 1: Letter of Protest• Web sites with 1885 newspaper articles show that the objections of Twain's contemporaries toward his novel are

quite different from those of today. Students take on the persona of an outraged 19th-century citizen and write a letter to the Concord Library asking that the book be banned. Students will structure ideas logically, use specific rhetorical devices to support assertions, clarify and defend positions with precise and relevant evidence and address readers' (19th entury citizens) concerns.

• Huck and the Concord Library • URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/hfconcrd.html • Grade Level Readability: 19th century news articles, but not difficult • Objectivity: This site links to a news articles criticizing Huck Finn.

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Conclusion

• By integrating technology into language arts classrooms….– Students will increase engagement of daily tasks.– Teachers will improve quality and variety of lessons.– Teachers will work collaboratively to develop curriculum

Recommended Follow-Up

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PaperYeagerSueA4BRESpaperlatest.doc– Future updates on curriculum uses for

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