This document discusses how technology can support the Common Core standards. It provides several quotes highlighting how the Common Core emphasizes students' ability to conduct research and analyze a variety of print and digital texts. Another quote notes that career and college ready students can use technology thoughtfully to enhance their communication skills. The document recommends several free and paid apps and websites such as Quizlet, VocabAhead, and Flocabulary that teachers can use to help students develop vocabulary. It also provides examples of lesson plans and student projects using different technologies.

1. Using
Technology
to Support
Common Core
Joquetta Johnson
Professional Study Day for
BCPS Library Media Specialist
Jan 21, 2014

2. Presentation and additional
resources
can be found:
http://tinyurl.com/livebinderbytethecore

3. “To be ready for college,
workforce training, and
life in a technological
society, students need
the ability to conduct
original research in order
to answer questions or
solve problems, and to
analyze and create a high
volume and extensive
range of print and nonprint texts in media
forms old and new.”
http://www.sde.com/technology/core.asp

4. "Students who are
college and career
ready employ
technology
thoughtfully to
enhance their reading,
writing, speaking,
listening, and language
use. They are familiar
with the strengths and
limitations of various
technological tools
and mediums and can
select and use those
best suited to their
communication goals.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevendepolo/2466967508/
http://www.sde.com/technology/core.asp

5. It’s about
looking at the
tools and
applications to
see which one
will help you
accomplish
teaching and
learning of 21st
century skills
and literacies.

6. Image source: http://dosya.beyn.org/yazilar/soru-isareti-zar.jpg

7. Words are the currency of communication. A robust
vocabulary improves all areas of communication —
listening, speaking, reading and writing.
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/understanding-vocabulary

9. F- Free
$ -Fee
F/$ - Free & Paid Features
A- App Store
D- Android

10. Quizlet
F$

12. VocabAhead
F$

13. http://www.newsela.com

14. Flocabulary
F/$

15. Students will use
VocabGrabber and
Visual Thesaurus in
order to analyze
literary elements in
The Raven.
Recommended from Common Core to
support text of complexity for grades 9-10
Lexile Score of 1105 Grade Level 9.2

16. VisualThesaurus
F /$

17. VocabGrabber
F

18. F$

21. F

22. Lesson ideas
Student Interactives
F

23. Student produced work using cellphones and collage app

25. http://edutech4teachers.edublogs.org/2012/03/18/paper-slide-videos/

26. Student Reflection
http://youtu.be/gIJs9uxia4o

28. Team S.H.Y.
brainstorming, sharing,
and drafting
ideas for their story
using a story map from
www.readwritethink.org.

29. Story Map

30. Script

31. http://youtu.be/XKvbMosx7xE

32. Student Reflection

33. www.spellingbee.com
Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcharlton/2143083305/

34. New technologies [and] the Internet has accelerated the
speed at which connections between speaking, listening,
reading, and writing can be made, requiring that students be
ready to use these modalities nearly simultaneously.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5172/5428715420_219d0656fd_o.jpg

35. Presentation and additional
resources
can be found:
http://tinyurl.com/livebinderbytethecore

36. http://www.21learning.net

38. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/12364944/

39. Joquetta “The Digital Diva” Johnson
Library Media Specialist
Pikesville High School
Baltimore County Public Schools
Baltimore, MD USA
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