Integrating a Variety of Technology Into the Language Arts Classroom

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Integrating a Variety of Technology Into the
Language Arts Classroom

• Jana Wenzel
• jwenzel_at_bryanisd.org
• http//www.ci.bryanisd.org/jwenzel/

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The Pearl - Daily Activities

• Prediction Chart
• Students worked in pairs to make predictions
  based on reading.
• La Paz Daily News
• Students created a news paper article summarizing
  an event from the novel.
• Post Card
• Allow students to investigate setting of the
  novel.
• Song Assignment
• This was a theme assignment and introduction to
  Garageband
• Song Example

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The Pearl - Descriptive Podcast

• Instructions - Students re-write the ending to
  the novel in a descriptive podcast. Sound
  effects are used to elaborate the setting, mood
  and tone of the story.
• Examples

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Poetry

• Introduction to Poetry Teacher Podcast
• Acrostic - Comic Life Example
• Cinquain Book
• Poetry Webquest

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Poetry - Podcast

• Students created a variety of original poems
  throughout a poetry unit. Students chose one of
  the poems to publish in a musical song with
  illustrations.
• Example

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Short Stories

• Inspiration
• Graphic Organizers
• Requires the students to analyze, make
  predictions, generalize
• Requires the students to develop ideas and give
  as much information as possible.
• Students can personalize work

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Lets Take a Look!
Inspiration Graphic Organizers About the
Author Character Traits Anne Frank -
Annotation TeacherTube Link Anne Frank -
Themes
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Guidelines and Assignments for Research

• Research Guidelines
• Student guidlelines for research paper over The
  Holocaust.
• Research Assignment
• Outline of assessment throughout the research
  process.
• Research Tic Tac Toe
• This Tic Tac Toe provides several topics for
  students to choose from.
• Research Sites
• Helpful sites for research over many of the above
  topics.

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Note Cards

• Note Card Notebook
• Good for organization
• Cards can be arranged to reflect order of paper
• Easy to use
• Basic tools of a Word Document
• Template for citations
• Book and Internet
• Electronic Note Cards (Student Example)
• Good for organization
• Cards can be arranged to reflect order of paper
• Fun to Use
• Visual Graphic Organizer
• Can Color Code Slides
• Direct link to Internet citations
• Template for citations
• Book and Internet

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Political Cartoon - Comic Life

• After studying elements of a political cartoon,
  students used the Comic Life program to create a
  political cartoon.
• Its no laughing matter!
• Student Example

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Other Useful Resources

• TeenBiz - Online Reading Resource
• Net Trekker - Educator Search Engine
• ReadWriteThink.org - Useful lessons and Graphic
  Organizers
• United Streaming - Vast library of videos to be
  used as anticipatory sets or to simply enhance
  information presented during a unit.
• Useful Websites for Educators

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Questions and Answers

• What questions do you have?