Online Learning Resources

The Sarasota Learning Portal

And

Other Great Online Literacy Resources

Using Technology to Support Literacy

Instruction

Literacy• Media• Math• Environmental• Computer• First Language Learners• Second Language

Learners• Music• Information

Views

•Academic

•Cultural

•Functional

•Personal

•Transactional

•EmergentJill Kerper Mora

San Diego State University

“an individual's ability to read, write, speak in English, compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job, in the family of the individual and in society.”

Literacy

“To be fully literate is to have the disposition to engage appropriately with texts of different types in order to empower action, feelings, and thinking in the context of purposeful social activity.” Dr. Jill Mora, San Diego State (Wells, 1990)

You’re literacy- focused! You encourage . . .

– Acquisition– Understandin

g– Appreciation

– Development– Integration

“As children talk together, share their writing, or lean over to read another's words on the screen, they use language to communicate. Computers and other forms of technology support literacy and encourage speaking, reading, writing, and listening, through formal and informal language opportunities.”

How Can Technology Help Encourage Literacy in the

Classroom?

Technology can:

Provide children with ways to express themselves

Offer support for young learners

Encourage reading and writing

Resources for Teachers

Consider…

Time to find the resources Have the resources been reviewed by

educators Are the resources correlated to state

standards Are the resources grade level

appropriate Are the links functional

The Sarasota Communication Portal

Learning Portal offers..

• Lesson plans and resources

• Assessment resources

• Access to reading and writing resources

• Much more!!!

How do I locate the Learning Portal?

Sarasotacountyschools.net

Other Great Online Literacy

Resources

Teacher Resources:Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning

www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks

Teacher Resources:

ProTeacherhttp://www.proteacher.com/

Teacher Resources:

NY Times-Learning Networkhttp://www.nytimes.com/learning/

Teacher Resources:The Gateway on Educational

Materialswww.thegateway.org

Teacher Resources:Schools of California Online Resources for Education Aligned to the California Content Standards

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cla.html

Teacher Resources:http://campus.fortunecity.com/newton/40/literacy.html

Teacher Resources:http://oswego.org/staff/cchamber/Literacy/index.cfm

Teacher Resources:http://www.surfnetkids.com/

Teacher Resources:http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/edlearn.html

Resources for The Arts

Reader’s Theatre: Aaron Shepard– http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.html

• Defines readers theatre• Scripts to reproduce• Recommended books

Resources for The Arts

Fable Vision– http://www.fablevision.com/index.htm

• Companion lessons and activities• Online stories• Clip art

Online Museums

Web Museum, Paris– http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/

National Gallery of Art– http://www.nga.gov/search/search.htm– http://www.nga.gov/kids/

Resources for The Arts

Image Galleries The Campaign to End Child Labor

– http://www.boondocksnet.com/gallery/nclc/index.html

The Emergence of Advertising in America– http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/

ncdhtml/eaahome.html Like Television

– http://www.liketelevision.com/web1/classictv/tvcomm/

Resources for The Arts

Teacher ResourcesTeacher Resources

Learning to Read

• http://www.toread.com/

– “…improve the quality of reading instruction through the study of the reading process and teaching techniques. “

– Serves as a clearinghouse for the dissemination of reading research.

Teacher ResourcesTeacher Resources

Reading Online• http://www.readingonline.org/

• Online journal of the International Reading Association

• Electronic Classroom• “…sharing effective practices and new developments

related to the intersection of literacy with technology”

Curriculum Integration and Project Based Learning

Photo Essays

A Photo Essay on the Great Depression– http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/

depression/photoessay.htm Time for Kids.com

– http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/classtime/story/0,6772,99714,00.html

Shattered-Photo Essay on 9/11– http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/

shattered/

Resources for Students

Student Resources:http://kidpub.com/kidpub/

Student Resources:http://web2.airmail.net/def/

Student Resources:http://www.gridclub.com/index.shtml

Student Resources:http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/home.htm

Student Resources:www.epals.com

Student Resources:http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

Student Resources:http://hazel.forest.net/whootie/default.html

Student Resources:www.kidnews.com

Student Resources:http://www.bconnex.net/~kidworld/

Student Resources:http://www.yahooligans.com

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

Any Questions

Contact me:

Mike Horan927-9000 Ext 31394

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