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Overview
Reluctant readers gain confidence with these five proven technology activities and digital projects, some offered at no charge from ePals, Smithsonian Institution and others. Well have time to share other resources during the session, so think about what YOU recommend to others. Explore these resources further on your own and adapt them to your classroom.
1. Weekly free email with nonfiction content from Smithsonian via ePals
Weekly emails Two reading levels:
gr. 4-8 (4.1 readability) or gr. 9-12 (6.1 readability)
Sent to you or directly to your students, if they are using ePals SchoolMail Smithsonian staff generate text, links to Smithsonian activities and sites Students can write/post reactions and comments on moderated site
www.epals.com 800,000 teachers 200 countries 29 million users Policy managed Teacher supervised
School: EMEIF "Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto Wu" Town: Santa Branca State: Sao Paolo Country: Brazil
Collaboration across the Digital Divide: New York Middle School Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of global connections that transcend socioeconomic status, culture and place.
Collaborating with Their California ePals from a Gr. 12 Basic English Class
These teachers have worked together for eight years.some projects are just a few weeks or months!
Response from girl in Italy: Why did you get a puppy? You said you wanted a dog.
4. Project-Based Learning
Free to use, adapt Developed jointly with National Geographic Also feature great teacher-created projects International School in Pudong, S. Korea
UN Day Grade 4, Mrs. Smith ESOL class in S. Korea
Collaborative Projects
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How to Start
Sign up students for free SchoolMail and weekly Smithsonian email extras Ask students to read online in Journalism Center, digital magazines Encourage students to read/write in online forums, in Journalism Center
Teacher-created projects
The Lady or the Tiger NY + Sweden, gr. 8 Road Safety, multiple classes in project designed by Israeli ESL middle school teacher Gr. 1-2 students in Colorado with ESL students, gr. 1-2, in Beirut, Lebanon
The Lady or the Tiger by Frank R. Stockton (18341902) 00:15:45 Use audio to listen to Source: Gutenberg e-text #396 story while reading it [mp3@64kbps - 7.5MB] [mp3@128kbps - 15.1MB] Public domain text and [ogg vorbis - 11.3MB] audio Read by: Alice
Vestal and Swedish students read The Lady or the Tiger and wrote their own endings (Swedish student)
Cheryl won Microsoft Innovative Educator USA 2010 for this project; went to PIL world finals in S. Africa and Prague
Cheryl Arnett and Rawya Shatila Sunset Elementary School and Makassed Khalil Shehab School Digital Stories: A Celebration of Learning and Culture See Cheryl and Rawya's project description and video See student work
Print + Digital Magazines for ages 6-9 From ePals Carus Publishing
6. Bonus: Studentcreated
Culturepedia
Please share your ideas for working with reluctant readers and technology!
Rita Oates, PhD ritaoates@aol.com www.ritaoates.com Twitter: @ritaoates
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