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Thank you to everyone show sent ideas for my request for information about = technology and reading. My original list of ideas was: =20 1 typing text into using Microsoft Word to get a readability level=20 2. making good use of the reading level/interest level fields in an online = catalog 3. scanning text with OCR software and putting it into word 4. using web sites that provide reading level information. What sites do= you use? What can you recommend? Thanks to many of you the list grew, as I hoped it would. I=92ve done some= editing/grouping to keep the list shorter. It=92s below my name. =20 Mary Alice Anderson 5. I use webquests when the students are reading a novel in their classes. I use them professionally when I am researching the book and with the stude= nts 6. web sites Using Internet sites for clipart for reports=20 Using www.syvrum.com as english and reading tool funbrain.com 7. Try using digital cameras. I'm an elementary level and I had=20 Kindergartners make themselves into letters of the Alphabet on the=20 floor. I stood on a ladder, took the pictures and downloaded them into=20 Powerpoint. Printed the PowerPoint slides out into a booklet for the=20 classroom with text across the top that said "A is for ___________."=20 etc. The kids LOVED seeing themselves and the teacher used it to go=20 through the alphabet lesson for those 5 minute filler times.=20 Try adapting it for MS by having students act out a Picture book, take=20 the pictures, and students then write their own version or endings.=20 Give to an elementary school of shelve in a special "classroom books"=20 section of your library.=20 8. Book resource: I suspect that you might be interested in ways to use technology to teach= =20 in a variety of settings. To this end I want to make sure you know the=20 book Teaching With Computers Strategies that Work in Grades K-6. Don't=20 let that subtitle fool you. The publishers did an unauthorized change. The= =20 authors wrote for through middle school and we also believe that ideas can= =20 be adapted for appropriate age level and curricular interest. It is Neal=20 Schuman.=20 =20 9Using PowerPoint to make book reports=20 10. Using Inspiration to do web mappings=20 11. Using KidPix with kindergarten and first graders to make graphs=20 =20 12. Create a web site about the library with relevant links for book revie= ws and authors.=20 How about providing online literature resources? Maybe tools for=20 choosing books, recommended books lists, bibliographies, links to author=20 or review sites What about author websites, or field trips based on reading? For instance= =20 www.willhobbsauthor.com 13. how about using the spell check feature to correct spelling?=20 <Don't let them set it to automagically correct spelling on the fly...=20 I'm so lazy, sometimes I will open a blank document, type in the word,=20 and check the spelling rather than pick up the dictionary...>=20 Also how about using the thesaurus feature to help them find synonyms and a= ntonyms?=20 14. =20 . . . . . . . but what comes to=20 my mind is using computer generated materials to facilitate schoolwide=20 reading incentive programs. This involves promotional materials,=20 record keeping and generation of recognition items. Inclusion of clip art= =20 graphics etc. adds to the motivation and interest of these materials.=20 15. Another angle that comes to mind is the use of databases for management of= =20 instructional materials. For example when I work with first graders=20 introducing concept of difference between fiction and non-fiction I pull=20 pairs of easy reading books, one fiction one non-fiction, on teh same=20 topic such as birthdays, gardens, hats, etc. I keep a database of teh=20 titles and call numbers so I can easily retreive tehm when it is time to=20 do the lesson. (I pass out the books randomly and we talk about=20 differences. Then I ask the kids to line up in two lines on opposite sides= =20 of the story area one the kids with fiction books and the other the kids=20 with non-fiction. Once we have that worked out I ask the first child in=20 one line to share the title of their book and the child in the other line= =20 with a book on the same topic joins the first and they sit down in pairs=20 and compare their books. This encourages lots of reading of materials they= =20 might not have chosen on their own.) There are lots of managment=20 Activities of this sort that are facilitated by use of technology.=20 I use the computer to generate bookmarks listing titles on a theme or=20 topic to encourage selection of quality books. We run them off on the=20 copy machine on different colors of paper and laminate the sheets before=20 cutting the bookmarks apart. We did a BIRD Bunch (Building Independent=20 Readers at Damascus) and used bookmarks to identify required reading=20 materials at each of the six levels from Newly Hatched (emergent=20 readers) through Eagles (independent chapter book readers).=20 ________ 16. We use the web for book information -- next book in series, replaceme= nt=20 costs at Amazon (if we don't have the cost in our system), shortcuts to=20 booktalks, finding awarded books, using readers theatre scripts. Use=20 these websites:=20 http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/=20 http://nancykeane.com/rl/=20 http://www.aaronshep.com/=20 http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/serieslist.html#contents=20 http://infotree.library.ohiou.edu/single-records/155.html=20 We also use online books:=20 http://www.greenville.k12.mi.us/ecc/books_online.html - List I've put=20 together=20 Some resources for MLPP -- our Michigan Literacy Progress Program, but=20 there's reading level stuff there and info on keeping running records,=20 etc.=20 http://www.greenville.k12.mi.us/ecc/literacy_res.html=20 LONG LIST OF WEB SITES (VERY THOROUGH) =09 =20 http://eduscapes.com/sessions/bike/ "This workshop will help you create=20 thematic, web-based reading/literacy units that address common reading=20 standards and benchmarks. Learn to create web-based and technology-rich=20 learning materials with activities, projects, and performance assessments= =20 based on reading benchmarks. Integrate a variety of web-based, reading=20 resources for students and teachers. Explore web-based, thematic units=20 developed by classroom teachers."=20 Children's Literature Web Guide=20 http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/=20 This site offers resources related to books for children and young adults.= =20 (added 11/25/95, reviewed 6/11/99)=20 Education World=20 http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson243.shtml=20 Education World is designed to help educators integrate the Internet into= =20 the classroom. It contains a wide range of resources for teachers including= =20 lesson plans created by teachers and articles written by professionals in= =20 the field. This particular link takes you to the Back to School activities= =20 13 ideas for those first few days of school. (added 9/11/02, reviewed=20 9/11/02)=20 English Online=20 http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/=20 This site is a vast professional development resource for teachers of=20 English in New Zealand and worldwide. Educators will find over 150 fully=20 resourced and downloadable teaching units, professional readings, selected= =20 links and discussion forums. (added 3/6/02, reviewed 3/6/02)=20 Explore Island of the Blue Dolphins=20 http://rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/dolphin/=20 Created by a team of teachers, a thematic exploration of Island of the Blue= =20 Dolphins by Scott O'Dell presented in both English and Spanish. The purpose= =20 of this site is to:=20 1)use historical fiction to engage students in California history=20 2)build student's background knowledge or schema to better comprehend the= =20 literature=20 3)allow Spanish language learners to access both the literature and the=20 history=20 4)use valuable resources found on the Internet to do research=20 5)integrate technology into the Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science= =20 curriculums.=20 Chart the island, study the wildlife and island natives. Includes Teacher's= =20 Notes somewhat hidden on the "bookshelf"=20 (http://rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/dolphin/teacher/teachnotes.shtml).=20 (added 11/26/02, reviewed 11/26/02)=20 http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/apr99/web1.htmIt can be difficult to envision= =20 how high end technology can be used to write and share stories in the=20 primary grades. At this Early Reading-Technology Project, many things becom= e=20 demystified.In addition to being a clearing house of sorts for student=20 stories created with Easybook, Hyperstudio, Kidpix, etc., the site also=20 hosts many professional development references for early reading and writin= g=20 implementation with and without technology.=20 http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html=20 Favorite Poem Project=20 http://www.favoritepoem.org/=20 "Reading a poem silently instead of saying a poem is like the difference=20 between staring at sheet music and actually humming or playing the music on= =20 an instrument," says U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. His Favorite Poem=20 Project shares audio and video of people reading their favorite poems, and= =20 invites readers to send in their favorite poems with a few sentences about= =20 why it is special to them. Students are invited to participate, and this=20 could be a springboard for classrooms to develop their own favorite poem we= b=20 sites. (added 3/22/99, reviewed 4/9/99)=20 Tales of Wonder=20 Academy of American Poets=20 http://www.poets.org/=20 The Academy of American Poets has put together a superb site that includes,= =20 among other features, a listening booth where you can hear poems read by=20 their authors, a number of interesting historic and thematic exhibits, and = a=20 list of featured poets. (added 4/14/97, reviewed 4/22/99)=20 http://members.nbci.com/darsie/tales/=20 Folk & Fairy Tales from Around the World. This elegant Web site is a model= =20 of the care that makes a great online resource. Larger font sizes and varie= d=20 text/background colors for the stories, good categorization and an ample=20 supply of tales from many different cultures and regions make this a page= =20 that could support a whole unit on world folktales. (added 5/30/96, reviewe= d=20 4/22/99)=20 The North American Quilt: A Living Geography Project=20 http://www.onlineclass.com/NAQ/NAQhome.html=20 In this interactive project from OnlineClass, North American students=20 research weekly geography questions and contribute their findings to a=20 "quilt of information" on the Web. Geography topics are based on the=20 National Geography Standards and begin with the physical earth and move=20 through natural land features, eco-systems, weather, wildlife, land use=20 (agriculture, cities, undeveloped land), all the way to immigration and=20 population histories, North American folk and home-grown art. Expert guests= =20 answer student questions via e-mail. The project runs from February through= =20 May and there is a participation fee. (added 10/31/97, reviewed 5/28/99)=20 ThinkQuest Contest=20 http://www.thinkquest.org/=20 ThinkQuest is an annual contest that challenges students "to use the=20 Internet as a collaborative, interactive teaching and learning tool." In=20 building ThinkQuest Web pages, students "learn to harness the power of the= =20 Internet, while also creating a valuable library of Internet educational=20 materials for use online, in the classroom, and at home." Unfortunately,=20 access to this library is severely limited. (added 1/17/96, reviewed=20 5/19/03)=20 Global Schoolhouse=20 http://www.gsh.org/=20 The Global Schoolhouse is the division of the Global SchoolNet Foundation= =20 that focuses on projects for "life-long learning" and uses the most powerfu= l=20 Internet tools, including live video, to link K-12 classrooms to their=20 communities and to other children around the world. (added 11/25/95,=20 reviewed 4/22/99)=20 Literary Research Tools on the Net=20 http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/=20 An incredibly comprehensive collection of Web sites related to literature &= =20 the humanities. Includes Syllabi and Other Course Materials for Literature= =20 Courses. Compiled and maintained at the University of Pennyslvania. (added= =20 11/25/95, reviewed 5/26/00)=20 =20 =20 Mary Alice Anderson, Lead Media Specialist Winona Middle School 1570 Homer Road Winona MN 55987 ph: 507 494 1050 web site: http://www.rschooltoday.com/winonamiddle/maryaliceanderson =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. 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