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Stretch Your Technology Budget:
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 #4:“The 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, Iowa’s Web site.
Go to: http://np.harlan.k12.ia.us/reading_center.htm
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
Go to: http://np.harlan.k12.ia.us/reading_center.htm
Scenario # 2: Computer Projects
 Researchers consistently find that
tools for youth to create computergenerated projects helps to build
motivation.
 You are looking for web-based
software.
 Go to:
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_m
at/index.asp
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http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
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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 ‘I’m
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: Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/ispy/play/
•I Spy is a series of books,
software, puzzles, and
games for children. It
combines intriguing
photographs of familiarobject 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
children’s 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” activities…
go to: SEDL
(formerly the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory)
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http://www.sedl.org/afterschool/toolkits/
The toolkit includes promising practices
and sample lessons in:
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Arts
Reading Literacy
Math
Science
Technology
Homework
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http://www.sedl.org/afterschool/toolkits/index.html
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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 doesn’t 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/request_t
raining.aspx
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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.
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A partnership between the Verizon Foundation and the
nation’s leading educational and literacy organizations
55,000+ FREE education and literacy resources
FREE professional development
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Arts
National Council on Economic Education
Economics
National Endowment for the Humanities
Humanities
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Mathematics
International Reading Association &
National Council of Teachers of English
Reading/Language
Arts
American Association for the Advancement of
Science
Science
National Geographic Society
Geography
National Museum of American History
American History
American Library Association, National Center for
Family Literacy & ProLiteracy Worldwide
Adult &
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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
[email protected]
Karol Osborne
Extension Agent
4-H Youth Development
LSU AgCenter
Madison Parish
[email protected]
Juanita Johnson
Professor
LSU AgCenter
Department of 4-H Youth Development
[email protected]
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