1. Enhancing your
Reading Class
with Technology
Make Reading come to life in
your classroom!
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2. It isn’t just reading…
• It’s researching
• It’s responding
• It’s connecting
• It’s collaborating
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3. Write a “Script”
• Audience changes everything!
• Write a script and use images to
support your ideas
• Create
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4. Tellagami App
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5. Create a Book Trailer
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6. Write a Response
or
Journal Entry
• Canvas discussions/blogs
• CBB App (multimedia response)
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7. Respond on Canvas
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8. CBB App
Multimedia Presentation eBooks:
Combine journaling, images, videos
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9. There’s a Big World
Out There
• Use technology to connect with
authors and experts!
– Skype
– Twitter
– Facebook
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10. Author Study
• Students chose a favorite author
• Researched the author and read several
books by that author
• Created a video with Tellagami App
• Created a book trailer with iMovie App
• Wrote a letter to their author
• Created a wiki page on Canvas to
house their videos and information
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11. Author Study
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12. Voting
• Secret “ballot” using Socrative.com
• Socrative automatically tabulated
votes, but I didn’t report the results
until the following day
• Excitement builds!!!
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13. Author Study
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14. Author Study
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15. Author Study
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16. Author Study
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17. Author Study
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18. Connect
• Students received emails and tweets
from their favorite authors
• We skyped with several authors – all
FREE
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19. Try Something New
• Let your Students create! Not
everything needs to be written in
paragraphs.
• Don’t be afraid to use social media to
contact experts.
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