Technology-Enhanced Reading Comprehension

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Technology Needs

• Responding to Your Needs

• Differentiated Needs• Increased Hardware

and Applications• Connecting Issues,

Resources, Solutions

Focus on the Focus

• Reading Comprehension

• ELL Support• Special Education

Support• Analysis of

Student Work• Observations of

Students at Work

Welcome to the Digital Age!

• 57% of students (ages 7-17) use a home computer to complete school assignments

• 53% of teachers use technology in their classroom instruction

• Virtually all schools are connected to the Internet

• 88% of schools maintain a website

Welcome to the Digital Age!

• 20% young adults (18-25) use Internet for health-related information

• 40% students (7-17) hone skills using word processing/desktop publishing programs at home

• Students use the Internet to connect online with communities (clubs, groups, teams)

• 77% students (ages 7-17) in higher-income homes use a home computer

• 29% students in households earning less that $15,000 annually use a home computer

Conclusions

• U.S. children are benefiting from technology-enabled opportunities

• When low-income children have access to technology, they use it in ways that enhance their opportunities (download study guides, seek medical care, more likely to post opinions on issues)

Measuring Digital Opportunity for America’s Children: Where We Stand and Where We Go From Here

Reading Comprehension

• Connecting• Evaluating• Inferencing• Monitoring &

Clarifying• Predicting• Questioning

• Synthesizing• Summarizing• Visualizing• Cause &

Effect• Sequencing• Compare &

Contrast

Tech-Enhanced Learning

• WebQuests• PowerPoints• Inspiration• Digital Images• Web Builders• Quicktime• Servers• Streaming

• Online• I-Search• Download• Podcasts• Wikis• E-pals• Blog

WWW

• World Wide Web?• Whatever, Whenever, Wherever!• The New WWW can help us shift

students from consumption to action and CrEaTiViTy!!!

• Unlimited media is available…• Search for what’s Real, Rich &

Relevant…and strike a balance…

Schools are stuck in the 20th century. Students have rushed into the 21st. How can schools catch up

and provide students with a

relevant education?

Shifting Gears

• Filter Information• Interpret & Analyze• Evaluate Sources• Program, create• Problem Solve• Make Decisions• Knowledge Base• Connections• Master Tools

Welcome to Room 3

• Differentiated Instruction

• Web Research

• Digital Video Capture

• iMovie• Quicktime• Web access

Reflective Evaluation

How can I use technology to enhance reading

comprehension and student achievement?

What are my plans?