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// "It is IMPERATIVE that everyone will effectively integrate technology into daily classroom instruction." -Jack Singley, former IISD superintendent // ======

Agenda 1
For our first interactive meeting, we will brainstorm ideas for the following agenda items. Please keep in mind that we are trying to integrate technology into the curriculum and improve technology use in the classroom.

Purpose: Literacy online Objective: Use technology to teach reading strategies Grade Level: 2 Facilitator's Name: Colleen, Katie Community Members: Maritza, Melanie, Pamela, Holley Activities: For vocabulary, students make create their own cards using quizlet.com; students read leveled books on Raz Kids or pearsonsuccessnet.com; students check their fluency using Audacity; students choose an appropriate activity on ReadWriteThink or fodey to show comprehension of text


I believe we have many technology resources available at Good for use with Reading. Raz Kids is a great way for students to read on-line or have books read to them if they are struggling. I love Raz Kids because you are able to give students in your class access to different books based on their levels. We also have Tumblebooks, which also reads to the students. This is just a great way for students to hear more stories and get more literacy in their everyday life. Those that love stories and love to read will be life long learners. We also have the program Audacity, headphones, microphones and MP3 players to give the students a chance to listen to their own fluency while reading. There are also many books online you can place on the MP3 player to listen to. As far as ideas on what to do with a 2nd grade class with literacy and integrating technology……I can think of many ideas based on what you might be studying with your TEKS. I would start at the website ReadWriteThink… [] -Pamela

I also used this newspaper website with a class last year. Very cool! [] - Pamela

We also have the Scott Foresman Science and Social Studies leveled readers on [|www.pearsonsuccessnet.com]. I really like ReadWriteThink.org I use it a lot! Another website I use frequently is [|www.internet4classrooms.com]. I found it when I was teaching in Tennessee, it lists great interactive websites that correlate with their state standards (which you can use to match to our own TEKS). -Katie

Another great website that has all subject areas organized by content is [|www.dovewhisper.com]. The kids can choose the activities according to their own data and performance for additional practice.-Holley