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Engaging Students Engaging Students with Instructional with Instructional

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Wendy PhillipsWendy Phillips Belview Elementary & Radford UniversityBelview Elementary & Radford University

Literacy Specialist Adjunct FacultyLiteracy Specialist Adjunct Faculty

2013 VSTE Outstanding Teacher of the Year

2013 NRVRC Reading Teacher of the Year

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Why Engage with Instructional Technology

• Allows differentiation and modifications to tailor and customize learning

• Promotes interactive learning• Enhances student engagement• Allows global collaboration and

professional learning communities• Creates a community of learners• Gives Access to a wealth of resources

Why integrate technology?

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Differentiate Instruction

Built –in features make iPad easier to use for students who have a vision impairment, are

deaf or hard of hearing, or have a physical or learning

disability.

• https://www.apple.com/education/special-education/ios/

iPads offer assistive features that have changed the learning landscape for students with special needs. These innovative technologies allow every

student to experience the fun and function of iOS.

Learning and Literacy

• https://www.apple.com/education/special-education/ios/#learning

Goodnight iPadhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?

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Plethora of instructional technology and internet resources to teach the

building blocks of literacy instruction

• phonemic awareness• phonics (word study & spelling)

• fluency• vocabulary development

• comprehension• oral language

• written communication

Phonemic Awarenessthe ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sound phonemes * Phonemes are the smallest parts of

sound in a spoken word that make a difference in a word’s meaning

Phonics FunFree

4 challenging levels per app 1-6

Phonemic Awareness

Reading Raven

$3.99

Early phonological awareness and phonics right up to reading full sentences while integrating printing skills and teaching through

games

Phonics (Word Study & Spelling)

Magnetic LettersFree

• Movebale letters and numbers.• Great to practice words study

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Phonics (Word Study & Spelling)Involves the relationship between sounds and written words. It focuses on teaching sound-

spelling relationships and is associated with print

Word Wizard$2.99

Talking Movable Alphabet & Spelling Tests

FluencyAbility to read a text accurately, quickly, and with

expression. It provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension.

Audio MemosFree

Record high quality audio and email results to track fluent reading

Vocabulary DevelopmentRelated to reading comprehension

The OppositesFree

Challenges children to match up pairs of opposing words in increasingly difficult levels and includes a customized

dictionary of word meanings and synonyms in a child-friendly format far easier to use than traditional paper dictionaries.

ComprehensionA complex cognitive and active process that requires

interaction between the reader and the text.

PoppletFree

Allows students to create concept maps and with the inclusion of images, links, and video.  It’s very appealing for use as a tool for organizing one’s thoughts about the books they are reading and sharing those thoughts with

others.

Oral LanguageThe building block for establishing success in all areas

of literacy. Oral language includes behaviors, vocabulary, language structures, & speech sounds.

Toontastic Free

Creative Learning tool that empowers kids to draw, animate, and share their own stories and it teaches key storytelling

principles 

Written LanguageWhen writing, children draw on knowledge they have

gained from reading.

Story Buddy$4.99

Create stories with drawings, photos, text, and audio recording! Share your book through printing, email,

and iBooks.

Augmented Reality AppAurasma uses advanced image and

pattern recognition to blend the real-world with rich interactive content such

as videos and animations called “Auras”.

Free

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Record of Reading

An electronic form for taking a running record.

• provides embedded formulas for the accuracy and self-correction rate (no need for a calculator!), but of course, the teacher does all

the coding and analysis. • it can be saved in a file or emailed.

• records the student’s voice while the teacher simultaneously takes the record. When replaying the running record, the oral reading

and the record are synced.

FREE

Edmodo

Assignments, small groups, quick formative assessments, grading,

collaboration with students, parents & other teachers

FREE

Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take

notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders and access

anywhere.

FREE

Evernote

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Create a Personal Learning Community

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Air Server

Enjoy the freedom to move around the classroom and wirelessly display

content from your iPad.

$3.99 for 20+ licenses or $14.99 individual

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