Effective Ways to Use Technology When Teaching Literacy to Young Learners

Effective Ways to Use Technology When
Teaching Literacy to Young Learners
Presented by
Gayle Berthiaume

literacytech.weebly.com
My “handout”

1. Time
The Six Ts of Effective Elementary
Literacy Instruction
Richard Allington

2. Texts
Richard Allington

3. Teach
Demo
ModelStrategies
Prompts
Richard Allington

4. Talk
Explain
Details Comprehension
Model
Richard Allington

5. Tasks
Choice
Richard Allington

6. Test
Richard Allington

The Seventh T of Effective Elementary
Gayle Berthiaume
7. Technology

Notes
• Type spelling words
• Word patterns
• Build words
Camera and Photos
• Illustrations
• Read the room
• Video - fluency of reading
Built in Apps
Contacts
• Vocabulary
• Definitions
• Sentence to practice

Messages or Mail
•Send comments
•Send favorite book
•Send questions
FaceTime
•Read to Grandparent
•Read to another class
•Book talks with another class
Clock
•Timer
•Stopwatch
Built in Apps

Create Texts
to show understanding

“Type a quote here.”
–Johnny Appleseed
Storyboard
Name:
Group Members:
Scene 1 (Beginning) Scene 2 (Middle) Scene 3 (End)
Words Words Words
Camera or illustration Camera or illustration Camera or illustration

Illustration or
Photo Apps
Glow Coloring Glitter Doodle
Doodle Buddy Art Set
Camera
Drawing Pad

B Bogo
Lives in: Balls
Eats: bears, bees, bananas,
Brown and barns
F Fit
Lives in: Flames
Eats: fireballs, friends, fighters
french fries, fried fish

The llamas were big.
They are fluffy. They are
related to the camel. When
They are angry their ears go
back and they spit.
One of our favorite parts of the
farm were the baby kittens in the
Llama’s pen. They were too little
for us to hold.

There were many apples.
The ones on the ground
were called “windfalls”.
The End

The Story Spine
Once upon a time . . .
Every day . . .
But one day . . .
Because of that . . .
Until finally . . .
Ever since then . . .
The moral of this story is. .
.

Once upon a time . . .
there was a cute cat
who liked to catch
mice.

Every day . . .
the cat caught
mice.

But one day . . .
the mice did not
show up.

the cat was hungry.

the cat got sick.

Until ﬁnally . . .
one mouse showed
up and helped the
cat get better.

Ever since then . . .
the cat only eats
fish.

Sharing
Staple
3-ring binder
Plastic binding
Rings
Keyrings
Curtain hooks
iBook, ePub
email
Dropbox
website
Print Digital

Using GarageBand to
Increase Fluency

Storytelling Apps
Puppet Pals Sock PuppetsFelt Board Chatterpix Kids
Explain Everything ™Tellegami Morfo iMovie

Explain Everything ™
Ground Owl

How to make friends
How to find your bus
How to go through the lunch line
How to open a locker
What if I lose something?
Primary Concerns

Mental Note Pages
Comic LifeDraw and Tell HD Book Creator
Writing Apps
Educreations

Bats fly at night. They eat TONS of
insects. They really like mosquitoes.
People should like bats because they hate
mosquitoes.
By Mitch
Pages

Listening (and more) Apps
Toy Story Bike Ride Danny The Dragon
Meets Jimmy
Don't Let the Pigeon
Run This App!
Collins’ Big Cat:
It Was a Cold, Dark
Night Story Creator
Bats!

Reading Skills Apps
Bluster! Duck Duck Moose
Reading HD
Endless Reader Endless Alphabet Reading Raven
Learn with Homer

Create a Book Rubric
Name:
Group members:
Assignment: Create a book using technology.
Comments:
All words are spelled
correctly. All
sentences have
capital letters at the
beginning and
punctuation at the
end.
Some words are not
spelled correctly.
Some sentences do
not have capital
letters at the
beginning and
punctuation at the
end.
Many words are not
spelled correctly.
Many sentences do
not have capital
letters at the
beginning and
punctuation at the
end.
Mechanics
Photos are edited
and communicate
ideas well.
Some photos are
edited. Most photos
communicate the
story idea.
Photos are not
edited. Some
photos do not
belong in the story.
Editing
Works well with
others. Shares in
decisions and
responsibilities.
Helps others to do
their best.
Works well with
others, but has
difficulty sharing
decisions and
responsibilities.
Cannot work with
others in most
situations.
Cooperative
Group Work
The camera shots
are fairly steady.
All camera shots are
focused.
The camera is not
held steady.
Camera skill
(if used)
Includes complete
information and
encourages readers
to learn more.
Includes enough
information to give
readers
understanding of the
topic.
Includes little
essential information.
Topic/ content
Storyboard is well
planned.
Storyboard is
needing some
clarification.
Some planning is
shown on the
storyboard.
Storyboard
SecureDevelopingBeginning

Wordle
Passionate about technology and educating others, Gayle Berthiaume has provided
training and presentations to other educators and businesses nationwide.
Gayle offers consulting services on various professional development topics and
technology integration. As a teacher for 35 years with a Masters degree in Curriculum
and Instruction, Gayle has many practical ideas to share with others. As a professional
photographer, Gayle also offers advice and training in digital photography.

“Mrs. Berthiaume! I can READ
the books we wrote!”
Sam H.

literacytech.weebly.com
gayle@suddenlyitclicks.com

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