This document outlines plans for a professional development session on implementing literacy and technology standards in Bladen County Schools. The session will: 1) Familiarize participants with Common Core literacy standards and North Carolina's technology standards. 2) Have participants collaborate with colleagues on integrating disciplinary literacy and digital literacy into their classrooms. 3) Provide resources and activities for participants to assess their current practices and set goals for the future.

1. Implementing the Common Core
State Standards for Literacy and the
N.C. Essential Standards for
Information & Technology
Bladen County Schools
August 22, 2012

2. DRAFT
Access to training materials:
http://rt3region4.ncdpi.wikispaces.net
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3. DRAFT
Norms
• Ask questions
• Engage fully
• Integrate new information
• Open your mind to diverse views
• Utilize what you learn

4. Graffiti Wall Activity DRAFT
http://tinyurl.com/lcslinoit
1. What words or short phrases describe what
you want students to accomplish by the time
they complete your grade/course? Green
2. What comes to mind when you think about
literacy in your classroom? Blue
3. What comes to mind when you think about
technology in your classroom? Pink

5. DRAFT
Graffiti Wall Resources
• Read, Write, Think Interactive Literary Graffiti
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/graffiti-
wall-discussing-responding-208.html?tab=1#tabs
• Facing History’s Graffiti Board
http://www.facinghistory.org/resources/strategies/graffiti-boards

6. DRAFT
Meeting Outcomes
By the end of this session, participants will.…
• Be familiar with Common Core 6-12 Literacy
Standards
• Be familiar with N.C. Information & Technology
Essential Standards
• Collaborate with discipline colleagues on ways to
integrate disciplinary & digital literacies into their
classrooms.

7. DRAFT
What does it mean to be
College & Career Ready?

8. DRAFT

9. •“
http://www.utopiatheory.com/elephant-in-the-room/

10. STARTING THE CONVERSATION WITH THE
ELEPHANT
K-5 focus:
learning to read & write
6-12 focus:
reading & writing to learn

11. DRAFT
Literacy defined…
"… literacy is essential for success in almost every area
of life. Literacy is far more than the ability to read and
write basic text. Rather, literacy is the ability to read,
speak, listen, and think in order to learn,
communicate, and making meaning of increasingly
complex print and online texts. Literacy and content
learning are deeply intertwined" (Taking the Lead on
Adolescent Literacy Action Steps for Schoolwide
Success by Judith Irvin, Julie Meltzer, Nancy Dean,
Martha Jan Mickler, page 2

12. DRAFT
Literacy & IT Standards Jigsaw
Activity
• At your tables, assign each member an assignment
from the next 2 slides.
• Take 5 minutes to read your assigned section and be
prepared to briefly explain it to your tablemates.
• Teach your tablemates (The Self-Assessment
document on the wiki is useful for taking notes.)
• Complete the 4-Square Graphic Organizer as a group.

13. Literacy Standards Jigsaw
Literacy Reading Literacy Writing
Standards Standards
• Assignments • Assignments
– Key Ideas & Details – Text Types & Purposes
– Craft & Structure – Production & Distribution of
Writing
– Integration of Knowledge &
Ideas – Research to Build &
Present Knowledge

14. DRAFT
IT Standards Jigsaw
• Assignments
– Sources of Information
– Technology as a Tool
– Research Process
– Safety and Ethical Concerns

15. BREAK

16. DRAFT
Literacy Standards for Reading

17. DRAFT
Literacy Standards for Writing

18. DRAFT

19. DRAFT
Create your own Word Cloud
• www.wordle.net
• www.tagxedo.com
• www.tagul.com
• How might you use word clouds with your
students?

20. Self-Assessment
Present Future
1. I’ve never heard of this. • Look through
2. I’ve heard about this, but CCSS/NCES for
just haven’t tried it. examples that align with
3. I’ve tried this once or
the literacy standards and
twice. make personal notes.
4. I’ve tried this several • Identify 1-3 areas for
times. growth.
5. This is an integral part of
my classroom

21. DRAFT
Collaborative
Brainstorming/Planning
• With a partner, look at the lesson plans you’ve brought .
Record your responses at www.tinyurl.com/lcs612literacy
– Identify ways in which you currently implement the Literacy & IT
standards
– Brainstorm ways in which you can integrate Literacy & IT
standards
– Set a goal for integrating these standards into at least one
lesson/unit before the end of this year.

22. DRAFT
DPI Resources coming soon…
• Disciplinary Literacy Module
• Digital Literacy Module
• 2012 Summer Institute
• Regional PD Sessions

23. DRAFT
Other Tech Resources
• Verizon Thinkfinity - http://www.thinkfinity.org (especially
the following ReadWriteThink interactives: Essay Map,
Persuasion Map, Notetaker, Webbing Tool, Doodle
Splash)
• Intel Engage -
http://engage.intel.com/community/teachersengage/
Bruce Ketcham facilitates a WCS community on Intel
• Web 2.0 tools listed on regional wiki

24. DRAFT
Books
• Content Matters: A Disciplinary Literacy Approach to Improving
Student Learning edited by Stephanie. M. McConachie & Anthony
R. Petrosky
• Disciplinary Literacy: Redefining Deep Understanding and
Leadership for 21st-Century Demands by Thomasina Piercy &
William Piercy
• Literacy is Not Enough: 21st Century Fluencies for the Digital Age
by Lee Crockett, Ian Jukes & Andrew Churches
• Digital Citizenship in Schools by Mike Ribble
• Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World edited
by Heidi Hayes Jacobs

25. DRAFT
Final Reflection
• http://tinyurl.com/lcs612literacyreflection
• Responses will be shared with school and
district leaders to provide follow-up
support.