Teaching+Literacy+with+Technology

1. Wordle ([]
//Note: Use the print screen option, copy, and paste into Word, crop picture, then print.//
 * Possible Uses**: Introduce students, make the "Welcome to School" name list with it, put in a web page(maybe about volcanos)/create the wordle/have students guess how those words would apply the main word you gave them, make a vocabulary list with it, type spelling words in it (make harder words bigger by typing them in more often), type in one of their stories and have them make a wordle to see which words they used the most, use it to introduce a book, school t-shirt, yearbook cover.

2. Photostory 3 (need pictures)

 * Possible Uses:** book reports, science projects, reports in social studies and science, getting to know the teacher story, retell a story, ABC or Counting books,

Curriculum pics to download (You need to be logged in to your Google account to download.)

3. Literacy websites
3A. Mighty Authors Student Publishing
 * Possible Uses**: Students can access stories at school and at home! They are stored in the cloud! :) Lab techs can do this. Mini labs in class during SSR or Guided Reading or Writer's Workshop.

Mighty Authors

Free Puzzle Maker

Free Reading

Spelling City

Reading Rockets

Star Fall

Storyline Online

[|Poetry Fill in the Blanks]

[|Increase Speed in Fluency]

3B. Mr. Hanosek's site 3C. Bookpop 3D. Doccrop 3E. Wordstash 3F. TeachersFirst Search Engine

4. Audacity (need a microphone)

 * Possible Uses**: Audio books, Fluency, Speaking/Listening Grades 2-4 Create audio recording of stories or poems that demonstrate fluent reading at an understandable pace. Grades 5-6 Create multimedia presentations to enhance the development of theme. Spelling tests on UTIPS.

Try this link: Audacity_Files_to_download (You need to be logged in to your Google account to download.)

**Things that are cool but we don't have time for this time**:
5. Educational Games students can create ([]) 6. VoiceThread--http://voicethread.com/share/367584/ 7. Educational Games [|Games] 8. Ebooks for kids powered by smashwords 9. Edublogs


 * Outline**: Room 102
 * K-2**: Intro. to wiki, Google Bookmarks in Firefox (20m), Photostory (1h), Break (10m), Literacy Websites (40 m), Audacity (1h)
 * 3-4**: Wordle (20m), Photostory (1h), Break (10m), Literacy Websites/Mighty Authors (45m), Audacity (1h 15m)
 * 5-6**: Wordle (20m), Photostory (1h), Break (10m), Literacy Websites/Mighty Authors (45m), Audacity (1h 15m)

**Handouts**:


1. Photo story 3 for Windows XP Download here

2. Audacity ([])

[|1.3.13 Audacity download here] Under Recommended Download, click the "Audacity 1.3.13 installer" or whatever the current version is.
Download here Lame Installer When saving as an mp3 audio file for the first time, it will ask you where your lame encoder is located. If you use the Lame installer above, the file will be located here: C:\Program Files\Lame for Audacity.

3. Educational Games

4. Literacy Websites [|ReadWriteThink]ReadWriteThink

Headset with microphone: Go to Salestores.com and type in Cyber Acoustics AC-201 $12.51, but my quote was for $7.89 for 78 of the headsets plus $25 shipping. My sales rep was Martha Bellido. Her e-mail is: Martha.M.Bellido@3056520442.com and my case number was Sale Stores Case #21994.