Summary
Integrating technology in english and language arts instruction can be an effective way to engage students while strengthening their reading fluency, writing, comprehension, and overall literacy development.
Why integrate technology?
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Internet-Based Instruction
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Tools Software
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Instructional Software
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Productivity Software
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Integration Strategy |
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Writing Skills: Collaborative writing to create stories |
Using a chat-based platform will allow the flow of ideas to maintain a steady pace. Students will have an immediate audience for their writing with feedback from their audience in the form of the next line of the story. |
Students will collaborate to write narratives and develop imagined experiences or events using descriptive details |
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Writing Skills: Research to find primary sources for writing |
Provides access to information quickly Shows students credible sources of information without the need to analyze the source Students can search for topic-specific information |
Students will be able to draw on information from multiple digital sources. Students will be able to investigation of different aspects of a topic. Students will be able to support claim(s) using credible sources |
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Writing Skills: Publish writing online |
Gives students a purpose and audience for their writing |
Students will write with a purpose and audience and publish their writing for others to read. |
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Writing Skills: Write drafts to develop revision and editing skills |
Easier and more flexibility to edit writing Students can quickly share drafts with the teacher who in turn can offer more timely feedback Changes to writing can be easily tracked by both the student and teacher |
Students will write drafts prior to writing. Students will revise and edit drafts to strengthen their writing. |
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Language Skills: Build writing, grammar, and proofreading skills through practice |
More engaging for students than worksheets or paper-based grammar practice Immediate feedback on grammar |
Students will improve their writing and grammar skills. Students will demonstrate command of sentence structure. |
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Writing Skills: Use tools to brainstorm story ideas |
More engaging for students by providing pathways for multiple learning styles Students can include images in their brainstorm (on most platforms) Allows students to easily make changes or revisit their ideas |
Students will brainstorm and record a variety of descriptive story ideas prior to writing |
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Writing Skills: Generate writing prompts for students |
Helps develop a repository of writing prompts that spark student creativity Adds variety to writing lessons, engaging students |
Student writing will be more creative and descriptive. Students will be able to write on a variety of topics. |
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Reading Skills: Provide differentiated reading opportunities for students |
Creates a more inclusive learning environment for students Students will see more success with reading passaged that challenge them, but that are not too difficult for them to read |
Students will read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently Students will read closely to determine what text says and make logical inferences from it Students will analyze the structure of texts |
Resources
ISTE Standards for Teachers
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
(a) Promote student re ection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning and creative processes. (b) Model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face- to-face and virtual environments.
2. Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
(a) Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
(b) Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning and assessing their own progress. (c) Customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies and abilities using digital tools and resources. (d) Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
(b) Address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner- centered strategies and providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources.
(a) Promote student re ection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning and creative processes. (b) Model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face- to-face and virtual environments.
2. Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
(a) Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
(b) Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning and assessing their own progress. (c) Customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies and abilities using digital tools and resources. (d) Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
(b) Address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner- centered strategies and providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources.