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Stretch Your Technology Budget
Using Web-based Resources in Literacy Programs
Patsy Gibbs Reading First Coach Madison Parish
Schools
Karol Osborne Extension Agent 4-H Youth
Development
Juanita Johnson Professor 4-H Youth Development
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What this Computer Lab Offers

• Access to Free Resources, Information, and
  Materials
• Annotated links to the best-of-the-best Web
  sites that provide information on research-based
  reading literacy strategies
• Lesson plans
• Online student tutorials
• Help for parents
• Online Professional Development

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Tour of Web-based Resources via Scenarios
Topic Reading Literacy ? Scenario 1 Lesson
Plans ? Scenario 2 Computer-based Projects
? Scenario 3 Online Books ? Scenario 4The
Arts ? Scenario 6 Professional Development
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Scenario 1 Lesson Plans

• Research clearly indicates that the effective use
  of technology can result in higher levels of
  learning.
• You are looking for ready-made templates and
  lesson plans for elementary students.
• Awesome Library Organizes the Web with 35,000
  carefully reviewed resources.
• Go to http//www.awesomelibrary.org

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Awesome Library http//www.awesomelibrary.org
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Additional lessons on Fluency

• Fluency is the ability to read text with speed,
  accuracy, and proper expression. 
• Fluent readers
• Recognize words automatically
• Read aloud effortlessly and with expression
• Do not have to concentrate on decoding
• Can focus on comprehension
• To locate lessons Go to the Harlan Community
  School District of Harlan, Iowas Web site.

Go to http//np.harlan.k12.ia.us/reading_center.h
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Click on Word Lists and High Frequency Phrases

• Click on the links on the page to open a
  PowerPoint presentation of word lists or high
  frequency phrases. There is a beginner and
  advanced levels.
• Word Lists
• High Frequency Phrases

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Go to http//np.harlan.k12.ia.us/reading_center.h
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Scenario 2 Computer Projects

• Researchers consistently find that tools for
  youth to create computer-generated projects helps
  to build motivation.
• You are looking for web-based software.
• Go to http//www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/i
  ndex.asp

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http//www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.as
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Scenario 3 Online Books

• A teacher is looking for varied reading materials
  to meet the needs of parents in a youth and
  family literacy program.
• Unfortunately, she has no budget for purchasing
  books.
• Someone suggested using online books.
• Where can she find recommendations?

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Go to Starfall.com

• First, she would go to www.starfall.com
• Second, she should click on Im Reading.
• Starfall is primarily designed for first grade
  students, but materials are also useful for
  pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade.

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http//www.starfall.com/
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For additional activities, go to
Scholastichttp//www.scholastic.com/ispy/play/

• I Spy is a series of books, software, puzzles,
  and games for children. It combines intriguing
  photographs of familiar-object with rich rhyming
  riddles to create visual brain-teasing puzzles.
• The activities focus on clever object
  associations, word play, and themes that help
  children build important learning skills,
  including reading, problem solving, and
  creativity.

I Spy
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Scenario 4 The Arts

• A team of parents are concerned about their
  childrens poor reading comprehension,
  particularly the performance of struggling
  students.
• They have been reading about the powerful role
  the arts can play in promoting learning.
• What they find most intriguing are strategies for
  infusing arts and crafts and multimedia into
  literacy instruction.
• Where can they go to find some good ideas to
  launch their program ideas?

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Go to Crayola.com

• First, go to http//www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/
  
• Second, then go to the section, Coloring Pages.
• Third, then begin to search through the sections
• Parents
• Teachers
• Craft Ideas

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http//www.crayola.com
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For additional Arts activities, go to
Tammyyee.com

• http//www.tammyyee.com/origami.html

Origami Projects Paper folding projects from
your favorite books!
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http//tammyyee.com/origami.html
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For additional Arts activitiesgo to SEDL
(formerly the Southwest Educational Development
Laboratory)

• http//www.sedl.org/afterschool/toolkits/
• The toolkit includes promising practices and
  sample lessons in
• Arts
• Reading Literacy
• Math
• Science
• Technology
• Homework

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http//www.sedl.org/afterschool/toolkits/index.htm
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Scenario 5 Professional Development

• A 4-H volunteer leader needs more information on
  how to organize a literacy program.
• Unfortunately, he doesnt have the time to go and
  take a class at the local university.
• He considers the possibility of taking an online
  course.
• Where can he find online, free training on
  literacy programming?

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Go to Thinkfinity http//www.thinkfinity.org/pd/r
equest_training.aspx
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What Is Thinkfinity?
Thinkfinity.org is a Web site that contains
thousands of free lesson plans and student
materials for every core subject, designed by the
leading educational organizations in the United
States.

• A partnership between the Verizon Foundation and
  the nations leading educational and literacy
  organizations
• 55,000 FREE education and literacy resources
• FREE professional development

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Thinkfinitys Content Partners
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Dissemination

• Who will you tell about this Computer Lab?
• Why?
• When and how?

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Contact information
Patsy Gibbs Reading First Coach Madison Parish
Schools patsy.gibbs_at_madisonpsb.org
Karol Osborne Extension Agent 4-H Youth
Development LSU AgCenter Madison Parish
kosborne_at_agcenter.lsu.edu
Juanita Johnson Professor LSU AgCenter Department
of 4-H Youth Development jjohnson_at_agcenter.lsu.edu