1. Part II: Free,Web-based Tools
Diverse Learners CoP
Integrating Technology Tools into the Literacy Curriculum April 26, 2007
Part II: Free,Web-based Tools
Facilitator: Donna Lupatkin
Guest: Judy Zorfass, PEJE and EDC

2. Students’ Abilities and Needs
Curriculum &
Instructional Goals
Software
Tools

3. Discuss Entry Points Curriculum and Instructional Goals
What are the curriculum goals for that grade and content area?
What are the instructional strategies will you use?
Student’s Abilities and Needs
What are the student’s abilities and needs?
What are the implications for the content area?
Software Tools
What are the features of the tools?
How do these features align with the curriculum goals and student’s abilities and needs?
Where and when can students access the technology tools?

4. Free, Web-based Tools

5. Resource # 1 Read, Write, Think
Created by NCTE, IRA, and Marco Polo; provides many activities and lessons.

7. Example # 1
Bio-Cube

9. Example # 2 Acrostic Poems

12. Example # 3 Character Trading Cards

14. Example # 4 Comic Creator

16. Resource # 2
Literacy Matters
Focuses on literacy development in grades 4-12, provides links to articles, tools, and other resources.

18. Example # 1 (from Technology and Writing)
RhymeZone
Tool to locate rhymes, synonyms, and definitions.

20. Example # 2 (from Technology and Writing)
Voycabulary
Makes the words on any webpage into links, so you can look them up with just a click, in a dictionary of your choice.

22. Example # 3 (from Adolescent Literature, e-books)
Aesop’s Fables: Online Collection
Provides access to many fables, and the moral; many of which are read aloud.

24. Example # 4 (from Content Literacy, Research)
2learn.ca
Provides students with tools for developing a webpage.

28. Example # 5 (from 18 and Under)
Student Activity for Teaching Text Structure
Three different tutorials to teach text structure (compare and contrast; cause and effect).

37. Toward Implementation

38. Factors to Consider Staffing Budget Access to Resources
Professional Development
Home-School Connection

39. Planning What tools are you interested in pursuing? What will it take?
Why?
For whom?
What will it take?
For you?
For staff?
For students?
For parents?

40. Future CoP Activities

41. Follow-up on vBulletin http://community.peje.org
What did you try? What happened?
What other software tools and websites can you recommend?
What implementation issues do you face?
How do you fund technology acquisition?

42. Next Conference Call Date: Monday, June 4, 2007; 4:00 Eastern time
Guest: Jane Cohen, South Area Solomon Schechter
Topic: First Steps to Starting a Program: What to think about in planning for your diverse learners programming and service delivery?

43. Upcoming vBulletin Training Sessions
Thurs. April 26th  7:00-7:30 pm
Wed. May 2nd  3:00-3:30 pm
Thurs. May 3rd  3:00-3:30 pm
Directions: Call ; punch in ; and type in We will send you a password so that you can log onto vBulletin while on the call. Mary Baker will walk you through the steps for using vBulletin.

44. PEJE wishes to thank the sponsor of Diverse Learners CoP