Literacy Online: New Tools for Struggling Readers and Writers
In recent years, while the computer has gone from a schoolhouse novelty to an invaluable teaching tool, Julie Wood has researched how twenty-first century technologies can help all students achieve full literacy. In Literacy Online, she demonstrates how strategically employing your classroom's computer can help you find new solutions to a perennial challenge faced by every elementary teacher: engaging and encouraging struggling students while developing their reading and writing skills.
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In recent years, while the computer has gone from a schoolhouse novelty to an invaluable teaching tool, Julie Wood has researched how twenty-first century technologies can help all students achieve full literacy. In Literacy Online, she demonstrates how strategically employing your classroom's computer can help you find new solutions to a perennial challenge faced by every elementary teacher: engaging and encouraging struggling students while developing their reading and writing skills.All you need to do is get students to the keyboard, then Literacy Online's practical suggestions for using computers will develop underachieving students' literacy skills in a project-based environment rich with meaning. Wood demonstrates how digital-based lessons encourage growth in seven key literacy characteristics: word recognition fluency comprehension vocabulary reading and writing across the curriculum process Writing motivation. Literacy Online shares concrete ideas for teaching and planning in support struggling students as well as guidelines for evaluating the helpfulness of websites and software. In addition, a companion website (http://www.heinemann.com/literacyonline) features reproducible brainstorming sheets and links to successful model programs across the country where the literacy abilities of students have improved dramatically thanks to the integration of technology.Best of all, Literacy Online is written for any teacher. Technophobes will begin helping emerging readers overcome their difficulties on Monday morning with easy-to-use tips that capitalize on basic skills like word processing, browsing the Internet, and communicating by email, while technophiles will find innovative options to improve students' reading and writing sooner by extending into web design, the use of a variety of computer gadgetry, and even speech recognition software.
ForewordIntroduction : literacy writ large using new tools1Pt. 1Literacy in the digital age8The magic of kids and computers9"Punctuated equilibrium"11Leveling the playing field for your students12Special needs call for special tools13Multiple intelligences theory can guide your use of new technologies13New technologies can be coaxed to help develop literacy skills15What do kids really need to know to succeed?18Taking a step back to critique the teaching profession19"The odds are so against it"20Youth culture22But can computers really make you smarter?24From past to present24A Russian philosopher and the zone of proximal development25Implications for your teaching26Pt. 2Seven ways to use new media to improve reading and writing instruction29Essential literacy practice 1 : word recognition30Essential literacy practice 2 : fluency37Essential literacy practice 3 : comprehension45Essential literacy practice 4 : vocabulary52Essential literacy practice 5 : reading and writing across the curriculum60Essential literacy practice 6 : writing67Essential literacy practice 7 : motivating reluctant readers and writers76Pt. 3Lessons from the reading lab for teachers and students87The teaching fellows90Behind the scenes at the lab91Jeanne Chall's legacy93Twenty-first century literacies and struggling readers and writers95The computer minilab96Publishing student work98Videotaping lab sessions102Lessons from the lab103Establishing an individual voice as a writer114More eye-openers131A final note132Pt. 4Becoming an (even more) innovative literacy professional137Reflecting on your past, present, and future137Getting started138Finding a buddy, in your district or in cyberspace138Stay on top of new developments in literacy and technology139"Make a new plan. Stan ..."140Showcasing student learning142Funding your vision142Be patient143Be brave143Let's continue the conversation144Brainstorming : changing your teaching forever145Sample brainstorm148
