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NECC 2009 Attendees | Program | Search Results Details

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Virtual Libraries Are Teaching Treasures | Edutopia

Description of how the Library of Congress and other libraries offer online services to enhance learning for teachers and students. Innovative ideas such as using voice thread to have kids make sense of primary sources.

Tags: library, online_learning, professional_development, web2.0 on 2009-04-07 and saved by 35 people -All Annotations (8) -About

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the library is working on digitizing additional images that can be posted on YouTube using VoiceThread software, which merges images, text, and audio. Students will be able plug pictures from the library's archive into VoiceThread slide shows. Then they can create avatars of themselves talking about the images, add relevant information, draw on the images, and accept comments from their classmates.
Woodruff used the site to catalyze a discussion contrasting American society with the one in The Giver, in which individuals readily surrender memories in the belief that past events are burdensome, painful, and best forgotten.

"The site allows the students to see how much time and energy our society spends recording and preserving our history," observes Woodruff. "It's a great way to get the students to consider the purpose of documenting history and the powerful tie between a society's past and its future."

Where better to explore that tie than at the virtual library? Libraries have always been archives of our collective past. Now, with the advent of multimedia virtual libraries, they appear also to be heralds of our future.
The Library of Congress is now working on a series of online training modules to help teachers use primary sources in the classroom. They will be unveiled at NECC in Washington this June
We provide free professional development for educators at the Library, online, and in communities across the nation

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Reading Online - Articles: Jumping off the Page

A project to provide students with "considerate text" and thoughtful assignments to see if they improved comprehension yielded recommendations about the nature of considerate text and good teaching assignments.

Tags: article, digital_text, reading, supported_text on 2009-01-21 and saved by 2 people -All Annotations (18) -About

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Making text more accessible - 1) "considerate text" and 2) assignments that require engagement and critical thinking on the part of students
post by bastiani on 2009-01-13

two factors
Textbook designers contribute to the problem by designing “inconsiderate texts”
the provision of remedial support outside of the general education classroom in many cases results in students falling further behind
adaptation of instructional materials
tremendous burden on teachers
- Make TTS available to support reading
- Provide sequential on-screen text highlighting, to be used alone or synchronized with TTS
- Make available a launch page for each chapter, with options for presentation of text, images, and other content elements
- Make available the option to display digital text in a single column
- Provide an option to view the text, images, charts, sidebars, and other elements simultaneously, as they would appear in a printed textbook (as an example, scroll through this view of the Farm Life and the Dustbowl section)
- Provide the option to select a simplified presentation of textbook material, in which images, charts, sidebars, and other elements are represented by relatively simple icons (scroll through this view)
- Include both text and graphics in each icon, and keep the location of these links consistent (example)
- Make available an outline of each chapter that readers can use either as an organizer before reading or as a succinct statement of key points for studying
- Embed relevant video clips directly in the chapter, reachable via a linked icon or embedded image of the video itself (Note: If your browser is Internet Explorer version 5.5 or higher, you will require the QuickTime plug-in to view the video clips in the linked example)
- Make digital and printed content consistent in appearance, to facilitate students’ use of both the textbook’s and the computer’s presentation (example)
The students did not find concept mapping as helpful or engaging as the other three assignments
it is likely that the response would have been more positive had training been more adequate.
- Flexible presentation of content, including the capacity to have the computer read the text aloud, makes it possible for individuals to structure learning activities to suit their particular needs.
- The ease with which one can locate specific information such as dates or terms within large sections of text greatly facilitates fact finding.
- The portability offered by a compact disc or Internet version of the content frees students from the need to carry a bulky textbook.
technical glitches
disadvantage
students who do not have computers in their homes
Limitations
One-on-one training was provided at the onset and at intervals during the project, but did not result in the teacher acquiring the skills and confidence necessary to use the technology effectively with students.
computers
generally unusable because they were shared
underestimated the amount of training and practice required

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln - Chapter 1 - Preface

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Reading Online - Electronic Classroom: The Exploring Literacy on the Internet Department from RT

how does reading on the Internet compare to traditional reading? What new skills must students have in the Internet age?

Tags: article, digital_literacy, reading, writing, supported_text, collaboration on 2009-01-20 and saved by 3 people -All Annotations (14) -About

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Nonlinear hypertext.
Multiple-media texts.
Interactive texts.
new comprehension processes are required for these electronic text environments
With traditional texts, prereading thought processes focus on questions such as the following: What will happen next? What do I know about this topic? What is the author's purpose? What do I expect to learn from this text?
Within interactive Web-based environments, however, proficient readers also need to plan answers to questions like these: How should I navigate this information? How can I expect to interact with this environment? What is my role or task in this activity? How can I add to this body of knowledge?
Broadened Understandings of the Social Context

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Top News - This fair-use guide offers copyright shelter

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Top News - This fair-use guide offers copyright shelter

Page two of this article - need to register for free with eSchoolNews to read through the article
Focus on media literacy education and teaching students to use media and create their own products rather than a focus on teachers creating teaching materials for

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Global SchoolNet: International CyberFair

International challenge in which students research about their local communities and publish their findings.

Tags: classroom_tools, social_studies, reading, writing, engagement on 2009-01-13 and saved by 3 people -All Annotations (1) -About

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MysteryNet's Kids Mysteries: mysteries to solve, scary stories, and magic tricks

This website has lots of online mysteries to read and solve. They provide many examples of short mysteries written by students. If you read more about the mysterynet website, you can find links to classic mystery authors and even purchase digital copies of their books. This website supports the MCPS grade 4, quarter 4 writing mysteries lesson 1.

Tags: etext, language_arts, mysteries, reading, writing, free on 2009-01-03 and saved by 47 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides

Provides background prereading summaries on characters, settings, and book chapters.

Tags: classroom_tools, e-text, literature, reference, books, background_information on 2009-01-03 and saved by 285 people -All Annotations (1) -About

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Bibliomania - Free Online Literature and Study Guides

Free Online Literature with more than 2000 Classic Texts - Literature Book Notes, Author Biographies, Book Summaries and Reference Books - Study Guides to the most read books and Help for Teachers

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Funny poetry for children

Has poems that kids can read and rate. Also has links to poetry lessons on how to write different kinds of poems. Material is copyrighted and not for copying or distribution. Poetry theater selections are also included with permission to copy for classroom use.

Tags: classroom_tools, poetry, writing, reading, etext on 2009-01-03 and saved by 10 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Bookshare.org - Bookshare.org

Provides an extensive list of digital books in DAISY talking book format, which can be read by SOLO Read:OutLoud and Kurzweil. Subscriptions are free for schools and US students. Readers need to qualify as having a disability. Most books currently listed do not have graphics in them.

Tags: books, etext, subscription, ebooks on 2009-01-03 and saved by 60 people -All Annotations (6) -About