Using Technology to Support Struggling Elementary Readers

Using Technology to Support StrugglingElementary Readers

March 22, 2009

Kimberly Lightle, Ohio State UniversityLois McLean and Rick Tessman, McLean Media

Students need literacy support outside of reading and language arts!

Content area reading

Use of informational text

Explicit strategy instruction and modeling

Activate prior knowledge

Build knowledge of key concepts

Engage and motivate students

Support fluency and comprehension

Differentiate instruction

Clarify content and facilitate visualization of concepts

Demonstrate understanding

Practice comprehension strategies

BEFORE DURING AFTER

Technology can help support students…

an online magazine for k-5 teachers

Funded by the National Science Foundation

Incorporates polar science and literacy into the elementary science curriculum

Content knowledge, lesson plans, bookshelf, researcher profiles, misconceptions, and more!

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an online magazine for k-5 teachers

NSDL project site http://www.contentclips.com

Free collection and simple tool to organize clips from different sites into dynamic presentations

Register to save what you find and assemble

Clips focus on life science. Tool is open-ended.

Use multimedia resources build knowledge of vocabulary, concepts, and connections among

them

What is Content Clips?

the Content Clips recipe

FIND publishedclips in the Clips Collection

ADD personal clips from other sites

MIX and organize clips to make sets

and activities

SERVE clips, sets, and activities

FIND CLIPS - images

FIND CLIPS - video

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FIND CLIPS - e-books

Tip:limit searchto “e-book”

FIND SETS - topic-based

http://www.contentclips.com/ipy/fwd/ipy_080_set_aur_6002.html

ADDMake your own clips to add to your personal collection

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/2740124604_09167b5ee6.jpg

add your own clip link

MIX

Mix published and personal objectsto create sets and activities

Arctic Mammal Set

MIX

View in list or in this presentation view

MIX

MIX - create an activity

Search results or Set Contents

Items added to activity

SERVEAssign to Clip Zone

Need to replace screenprint (left) with one showing new Clip Zone tab

Activate and assess prior knowledge

Build vocabulary

Address diverse needs

Use images, audio, and video to engage and motivate

Using Content Clips for pre-reading

Mystery Sounds (BLACK)

Can you match the animal to the mystery sound?

Mystery Sounds

Mystery Sounds

Mystery Sounds

Mystery Sounds

Mystery Sounds

Mystery Sounds

Mammal Sort

http://www.contentclips.com/ipy/fwd/ipy_0901_act_1_81.html

Link on Arctic Mammal ezine issue “misconceptions” page

Content Clips in classroom video

Content Clips in classroom video

Reflects issue’s science content

Available at three grade levels: K-1, 2-3, and 4-5

Available in three formats: text-only, illustrated book, and e-book

Literacy templates designed for use with the articles

Informational Text

Grades K-1 e-book

Grades 2-3 e-book

Grades 4-5 e-book

Help students visualize concepts.

Could also be used before reading to build background knowledge.

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

Video Clips

Integrated ScienceandLiteracyActivities

Help developthe sciencecontentknowledgefrom thetext.

Literacy Strategy

Focus on listening comprehension

Teacher usesarticle as a read aloud, assesses understanding through use of templates.

Use Content Clips to create your own interactive post-reading activities

Identify similarities and differences

Sequencing and retelling

Note-taking

http://www.contentclips.com

Thank You!

Kimberly Lightle: lightle.16@osu.eduJessica Fries-Gaither: fries-gaither.1@osu.edu

Lois McLean and Rick Tessman: nsdl@storyline.com