Using The Washington Post eReplica Edition in Your Classroom

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Using The Washington Post e-Replica Edition in
Your Classroom

• A Workshop for Teachers
• The Washington Post
• August, 2008

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What is The Washington Post e-Replica?
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e-Replica is An EXACT Digital Replica of the
print Washington Post
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...So Why e-Replica?
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...the World is Changing.
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Students are the digital NATIVES, and we are the
digital IMMIGRANTS...
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Have you been paying attention?

• Check out this YouTube video, Pay Attention
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v_M_336pDWoM

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e-Replica is

• Eco-Friendly-Saves paper and ink and eliminates
  the need for recycling
• Easy to Use-Jump quickly to articles and sections
  of interest, and view articles in different text
  sizes
• Edgy-Reaches students where they live, an
  increasingly digital world
• Ergonomic-Your back and your janitor will love
  it.
• Early-e-Replica is available by 3am. Traditional
  delivery challenges will no longer affect when
  you receive your newspapers and in what condition.

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How do I get e-Replica?Its subsidized by the
vacation donation program and therefore free to
teachers who sign up through The Washington
Posts NIE program...
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Just fill out the e-Replica Order Form, making
sure to include your school e-mail address
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You will receive an e-mail the last week of
August. Your e-mail address is what you will use
to sign in.
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You will be given a temporary password which you
can change to something you and your students
will remember, like the schools mascot
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Under My Account you sign up to receive a daily
e-mail around 230 AM letting you know when
e-Replica is available
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With your e-Replica Subscription, you can
download Press Reader.
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Press Reader allows you to download e-Replica to
a laptop or Tablet PC and take it on the road.
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If you and your students are following a series,
you no longer have to worry about the space to
save the back issuessimply store the issues in
Press Reader.
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E-Replica provides the reader with comprehensive
Smart Navigation features...
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E-Replica provides readers with a traditional
2-page newspaper view
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You can view a thumbnail of each page
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Use the Table of Contents to Jump to a desired
page or section
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Or browse traditionally, one page at a time
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Use the search feature to search for items in the
current days newspaper, the past week, month, or
three months
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Or set up Monitoring Alerts
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E-Replica will let you know via e-mail when the
item appears in the newspaper
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Individual articles can be read in two distinct
formats
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Newspaper View in which you can zoom in or out to
enlarge or shrink the text
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Or text view-enabled by clicking on the article
headline-which offers a variety of features
including the ability to...
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Bookmark an article
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Share an article on Facebook or on a Blog
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E-mail an article
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Print an article, either in Text or Graphic
format
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Or listen to the article
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If you have a Smart Board or Promethean Board,
e-Replica provides you with the opportunity to
project articles and graphics
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Project comic strips to use as
springboards to civics or vocabulary lessons
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Project Maps for geography lessons
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(No Transcript)
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Charts and graphs can be enlarged and projected
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Analyze Advocacy Ads with your students
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Many ads have hyperlinks to the organizations
web site, providing opportunities for further
online research
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F.A.Q.S

• Frequently
• Asked
• Questions

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Who can I contact if I have a problem or question
regarding e-Replica?
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Click on the Question Mark in the Upper Right
Hand Corner and select from the list of topics on
the left.
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If you still do not find the answer to your
question, select Customer Support from the list
on the left...
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Is there curriculum available to use with
e-Replica?
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Nearly all of our online curriculum can be used
with e-Replica. Go to www.washpost.com/nie
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We expect to have more e-Replica lessons
available soon, but in the meantime, here are
some other useful sites

• Answers.com
• American Memory Project www.memory.loc.gov
• Library of Congress www.loc.gov
• Partnership for 21st Century Skills
  www.21stcenturyskills.org
• www.newspaperarchive.com
• The Newseum www.newseum.org
• Newspaper Association of America Foundation
  www.naafoundation.org
• http//www.parade.com/paradeclassroom/index.htm
• http//www.vpa.net/nie.htm

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Can I sign up for my whole school or department?
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We do not recommend this, as each teacher will
want to customize his/her e-Replica subscription.
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Why do I need e-Replica when I can use
washingtonpost.com?
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You could but, washingtonpost.com is constantly
being updated...
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Making it harder to plan lessons around...
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And washingtonpost.com doesnt have everything
that e-Replica has, like certain graphics...
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Graphs and Maps
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Comics..
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Puzzles...
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And Classified Ads...
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What if I dont have enough (or any) computers in
my classroom?
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Keep in mind, that you and your students can use
e-Replica anytime, anywhere...
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At home, in the Media Center, Public Library, or
Computer Lab...
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If you have one or two computers in your
classroom, students can work in pairs or groups
during study time
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Speak to your administrator or tech support
person about scheduling more time for your
students in the computer lab
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Most importantly, be patient, and devote the time
to get comfortable with e-Replica...
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Once you do, we think you will find that it
really is...
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A Real World Learning ToolForThe 21st
Century!
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Contact UsMargaret Kaplow, Manager(202)
334-6225KAPLOWM_at_washpost.comStella Jackmon,
Educational Services Rep.(202)
334-4545JACKMONS_at_washpost.comChristopher
Janson, Educational Services Rep.(202)
334-5690JANSONCL_at_washpost.com