Making Connections: Balanced Literacy and Technology Integration'

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Making Connections Balanced Literacy and
Technology Integration.

• Megan Duranleau
• Crockett Middle School

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What is Balanced Literacy?

• Three components
• Speaking
• Listening
• Writing

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How do I incorporate that into technology?

• Book reports
• Read alouds
• Mini lessons
• Reflective journaling
• Word work

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Wetpaint

• reading improvement

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Creating a Wikispace

• wiki instructions

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wikispaces

• www.wikispaces.com
• Wikispaces can be used for several types of
  information. Students can make pages about their
  favorite book or author, they can also have an
  ongoing discussion with you and classmates about
  the book.
• If a students does not have an email address, you
  can use generic gmail addresses. Go to
  www.google.com click on gmail at the top and use
  a simple email address like cmsreading1_at_gmail.com

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Audio books/Playaways

• Storyline online
• http//www.storylineonline.net

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Continued

• Playaways and audio books through the library.
• Teaching books
• www.teachingbooks.net
• 3,357 book readings (not complete readings)

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Podcasts

• www.gcast.com

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Animoto

• www.animoto.com
• You can create your own for students to watch, or
  you can have the students create their own about
  a book. This can help students pick books based
  on student recommendation.

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minilessons

• Brainpop
• Brainpop jr.
• Youtube
• Teachingbooks.net
• Videogoogle.net

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Word work

• www.iknowthat.com
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/games/
• www.funbrain.com
• Password

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Wordle

• www.wordle.net
• -great for main idea thoughts and brainstorming.
  Students can print their work or save it to their
  account.

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Webquests

• web quest

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Vocabulary Dictionary

• ..\..\My Documents\vocab instructions.doc

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How to share technology

• Investigative studies
• investigative studies

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Scheduling
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Resources