Technology Integration in Literacy

Readers' Workshop
Attributes: Theater performance of a work that was read.
Increases fluency and prosody
helps with comprehension (retelling and acting out)
gets everyone involved
allows those who may struggle with reading feel successful in another way
why a text is written
Technology:
Videotape their performance: shows the importance of plays and the advantage of performing; rehearsal and costumes-show to another class or at parent night.
Show clips of people acting to help enhance their own acting abilities. Choose clips that are pertinent to the story you are acting out with the same emotions or situations. This will not only help their acting, but it will also help them bring other stories to life and increase prosody as they read stories in the future.
Shared Reading:
Attributes: text needs to be accessible to everyone, predictable, point to words and follow along, students can actively participate.
Technology: ELMO, digital story telling (introduce book), powerpoint, promethium board
Read Aloud
Attributes: Little bit of a harder level, teach fluency, motivate students to enjoy books, comprehension
Technology: Book trailer, author studies (google earth), storyboards, digital recording using different expressions (interpret expression)
Shared Writing
Attributes: Teachers and students collaborate and negotiate ideas, teacher writes students' ideas.
Technology: SMART board, ELMO, digital pictures for ideas, projector (computer images), internet for details/info, powerpoint, watch video and write a story about it or the sequel.
Guided Reading
Attributes: Small group instruction, everyone has text, mumble voices, picture walk, predictions, phonics mini-lessons
Technology: Narrated powerpoint, Just use tech at beginning
Writer's Workshop
Technology: Use a blog! Yoohoo!