Reach Out and Touch Them With eTools

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Reach Out and Touch Them With e-Tools

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• Razia Pullen
• FDLRS/REACH
• FDLRS
• Statewide Conference
• 2006

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e-Tools for Distance Learning

• Online Course
• Video Conferencing
• Elluminate
• e-mail Conference

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What does theTechnology Tools for Reading Online
Course look like?
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Technology Tools for Reading

• Focus is on integrating technology into each of
  the 4 Blocks of the Balanced Literacy approach
  to reading.

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Technology Tools for Reading

• Discusses the relationship between the
• 5 Components of Reading and the
• 4 Blocks of Balanced Literacy

Phonemic awareness Phonics Fluency
vocabulary Text comprehension,
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Technology Tools for Reading

• Gives examples of a variety of technology
  tools that can be integrated into each of the
  blocks as well as to make accommodations
  /modifications for a learner

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Technology Tools for Reading

• 10 week course.
• Unit 1 - Background Information
• Unit 2 - Block 1 - Guided reading
• Unit 3 - Block 2 - Working with words
• Unit 3 - Block 3 - Self-selected reading
• Unit 5 - Block 4 - Writing
• Unit 6 - Course completion time

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• Had been offered in the previous form since 2002
• New Format - Winter of 2006
• Weekly connections via discussions and e-mail
• One classroom visit to observe progress of tech
  integration.

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Online Course Availability

• Can be accessed in 3 ways
• 1. FDLRS designated website
• 2. Your own portal- e.g. BlackBoard
• 3. Stand alone CD ROM

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Facilitators Responsibilities

• 1. FDLRS designated website
• Participants access from this site
• Need to set up
• Discussion board
• Mechanism for receiving assignments
• Portfolio delivery

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Facilitators Responsibilities

• 2.Your own portal such as BlackBoard
• Set up a course shell (by your BlackBoard
  administrator)
• Upload the course
• Set up participants
• Set up schedule
• Set up weekly announcements and discussion topics
  
• Copy accompanying CDROM and send to participants

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Facilitators Responsibilities

• 3.Self-paced stand alone CDROM
• Set up schedule and agreements with participants
• Copy course and accompanying materials on a CDROM
  and send to participants

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Resources

• Course in web-based format
• Accompanying course CDROM
• FDLRS centers to loan/provide necessary software
  to participants.

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Goals for 2006

• To be offered -Fall of 2006
• Volunteer FDLRS Centers
• Have a uniform plan of action
• Test it and provide feedback

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Change of Topic
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Higgins Bequest Roll Out

• 2005-2006
• 3 tools selected for dissemination to all schools
  in Broward County
• BoardMaker
• Kurzweil
• IntelliTools Classroom Suite

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Higgins Bequest Roll Out

• Training formats
• Face to face
• Video Conferencing
• Follow up-via Elluminate

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Higgins Bequest Roll Out

• Video Conferencing
• 4 sites with 100 participants
• Host site broadcasted the training
• Trained facilitators at each site assisted with
  hands on practice.

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Higgins Bequest Roll Out

• Elluminate
• Follow up lessons posted as handout on districts
  e-mail conference board
• 15 minute tutorials provided to supplement the
  handout
• Homework submitted on the conference board by
  participants.

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Higgins Bequest Roll Out

• Elluminate demo
• https//www.elluminate.com/pmtg.jnlp?psidd1753697
  902.396653

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• Questions
• ...clarifications????

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• Thats all folks

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