CREATING A TEXT AND IMAGE BASED LEARNING OBJECTEDUC 7343C – Creating Digital Media

 Jeanna R. Wagner

Student ID #A00359401Dr. John Muehl

December 27, 2015 

Creating a Vocabulary List Using Read&Write For Google:Your Guide For Assisting Students

Objectives:• Assist teachers and instructional assistants who are working with students

using Read&Write for Google• Demonstrate the steps necessary to create a vocabulary list using

Read&Write for Google• Break down the output created by using the vocabulary list feature of

Read&Write for Google

Why Create a Vocabulary List?

• “Research on the acquisition of new word meanings reveals that problems in learning word meanings are closely linked to reading comprehension skills” (Nitzkin, 2014, p. 27)

• Helping students gain familiarity with novel vocabulary assists in later reading comprehension (Mitchell, 2013, 202)

Pull down the Read&Write for Google toolbar by clicking the puzzle piece found on the address bar. Now you have all of the Read&Write tools at your disposal!

Creating a Vocabulary List – Find your Read&Write for Google Toolbar

• Students select words that they wish to explore further

• Choose highlighter on R&W toolbar

• Selected words will now be shaded with highlighted color

Creating a Vocabulary List – Select vocabulary words, then choose a highlighter

• Creating the vocabulary list• Choose vocabulary

button• Google Docs works in

the background• The vocabulary list is

created on a new document in a new tab

Creating a Vocabulary List – Use the vocabulary button to generate vocabulary list

Vocabulary button

Creating a Vocabulary List – Navigate to your newly created vocabulary list

• Your vocabulary list is created in a new tab, directly to the right of your current tab.

• The vocabulary list is also now a separate Google Doc in the Google Drive

Peruse the Vocabulary List

• Components of the completed vocabulary list• Word – vocabulary word highlighted by student• Meaning – definition of highlighted word• Symbol – picture definition of highlighted word

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References

Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2011). e-Learning and the science of instruction: Proven guidelines for consumers and

designers of multimedia learning (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons.

Mayer, R. E., & Moreno, R. (2003). Nine ways to reduce cognitive load in multimedia learning. Educational

Psychologist, 38(1), 43–52.

Mitchell, A. & Brady, S. (Oct 2013). The effect of vocabulary knowledge on novel word identification. Annals of

Dyslexia, v63 n(3).

Nitzkin, A., Katzir, T., & Shulkind, S. (Jan 2014). Improving Reading Comprehension One Word at a Time. Middle

School Journal, v45 n(3).

Vaughan, T. (2014). Multimedia: Making it work (9th ed.). New York, NY: Osborne/McGraw-Hill.