actively learn q2'13 - iste : effective literacy strategies
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Presentation: E-reading: Effective Literacy Strategies in the Digital Classroom Actively Learn is an online literacy platform that empowers educators to transform reading and writing so students understand more, think critically, and build lasting skills.TRANSCRIPT
E-reading: Effective Literacy Strategies
in the Digital Classroom
Karen Nitzkin Reading Specialist & Humanities Dept. Chair
24%
42%
31%
3%
Below Basic Basic Proficient Advanced
Nationwide 8th grade reading levels
Source: National Assessment for Educational Progress
Motivation
Engagement
Distractions
Assessments
What everyone says are the causes…
The Diagnosis
Students need help when and while they read
5 keys to working one-on-one…
Question: Ask students questions to check for understanding and focus on main ideas
5 keys to working one-on-one…
Question: Ask students questions to check for understanding and focus on main ideas
Be a Resource: Provide background information to fill gaps in student knowledge and define words they do not understand
5 keys to working one-on-one…
Question: Ask students questions to check for understanding and focus on main ideas
Be a Resource: Provide background information to fill gaps in student knowledge and define words they do not understand
Discuss: Talk through important parts of the book as students read
5 keys to working one-on-one…
Question: Ask students questions to check for understanding and focus on main ideas
Be a Resource: Provide background information to fill gaps in student knowledge and define words they do not understand
Discuss: Talk through important parts of the book as students read
Diagnose: Understand the skills where students have trouble to address them more frequently
5 keys to working one-on-one…
Question: Ask students questions to check for understanding and focus on main ideas
Be a Resource: Provide background information to fill gaps in student knowledge and define words they do not understand
Discuss: Talk through important parts of the book as students read
Diagnose: Understand the skills where students have trouble to address them more frequently
Make accountable: Ensure the student knows you know exactly what work he or she has done
Two Solutions that bring the power of one-to-one to the classroom…
Digital Think Alouds
Actively Learn
Think Aloud
Directed Reading and Thinking Ac4vity
Eavesdropping on someone's thinking. Purpose for teachers:
Model how skilled readers extract and construct meaning from a text.
Purpose for students: Demonstrate the meaning they are
extracting and constructing as they read.
Think Alouds
Teacher Think Aloud Model
Student Think Aloud Model
Digital Think Alouds
Question: Show students the questions I am asking as I read Be a resource: Explain key parts of the book in your model for students. Discuss: Close reading/practice with partners Make accountable: Share with peers and teacher Diagnose: Rubric shows students where they need improvement
Paper-Based DRTA
Actively Learn Example
Question
Embed questions in the text that
function as gates; students must answer before
proceeding to read
Be a resource
Embed notes with multimedia to
provide additional information to fill gaps in students’
background knowledge.
Discuss
Students can see their peer
responses to questions and can start a discussion thread with their
peers.
Diagnose
See all the student annotations. (It is
like a virtual copy of their book.)
See where students have
marked the text as too difficult.
Analyze
Track student progress by all types of measures: • Time spent
reading • Stamina • Common Core
skills • # of Notes
Make Accountable
See where every student is in the
book
Demo
Try it out for yourself
http://read.activelylearn.com
Q & A