Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Chapter 9 Technology in English and Language Arts Instruction

Issues in English and language arts instruction: Expanding the definition of literacy, Exploring new instructional practices, Making decisions on keyboarding instruction, Creating social learning environments, Working with diverse learners, Motivating students, and Teachers' growth as literacy professionals.

Integration strategies for English and language arts: Language Skills Development (decoding skills) , Literacy Development (network literacy projects, interactive storybooks, tracking system, digital story telling, connections to online reading materials to engage students, writing a blog, motivating writing with video projects, threaded discussions at a distance) The Process Approach to Writing (Prewriting - electronic outlining, mapping software, drafting, revising and editing, publishing.

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