Technology and Literacy Resources
Resources for Redefining Literacy
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Article that discusses the changing definition of literacy and how the Internet and other forms of technology are changing our understanding of the meaning of literacy |
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Article that discusses the need for a new vision of literacy and how this new vision can be incorporated into educational resources for students and teachers |
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“A Philosophy of Technology: Literacy in the Information Age” |
Article that discusses how the new technologies can be best used to benefit our students how will the new technologies will affect students and their future |
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“Toward a Theory of New Literacies Emerging From the Internet and Communication Technology” |
Article that discusses various aspects of the new technologies and their effect on the new understanding of literacy |
Guidelines for Using Technology With Students
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“Our Children’s Future: Change the Focus of Literacy and Literacy Instruction” |
The technologies of literacy are rapidly changing; ways we teach must change to integrate the Internet and other new technologies |
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Wonderful Australian based website for teachers that addresses many issues involved in using technology, especially the Internet, in the classroom |
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Collection of forms to be used by students using the Internet |
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List of resources about literacy and the Internet; several articles by Donald J. Leu |
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“Internet Project: Preparing Students for New Literacies in a Global Village” |
Article by Donald J. Leu that continues the discussion about the change in focus of reading and writing instruction to include new literacies of Internet technologies; presents several telecollaborative Internet projects |
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“The Miss Rumphius Effect: Envisionments for Literacy and Learning That Transforms the Internet” |
Article that discusses the ways in which teachers and students are changing the nature of the Internet by constructing new curriculum that reflects needs of the classroom and changing the nature of classroom literacy |
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Article that discusses how technology can best be used in early childhood classroom |
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List of lessons that integrate technology and literacy; arranged by grade level |
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Online journal published by International Reading Association; wonderful articles discussing technology and literacy; contains link to Electronic Classroom |
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Wonderful resource for information about technology and literacy; a must see |
Internet Safety Resources
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From Internet Insights for Teachers; addresses safety issues involved in using the Internet with students |
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Website dedicated to promoting Internet safety for students; geared mostly to child/parent issues but also worthwhile information for teachers |
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From Internet Insights for Teachers’ lists 5 sample safety rules for students who are using the Internet; could be posted in computer area as reminder for students |
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From Insights for Teachers; list of general rules for using the Internet in the classroom |
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Website on Internet safety for children hosted by National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; address benefits of Internet for children; addresses the risks of children using Internet; mostly for parents but contains good information for teachers also |
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Information from University of Oklahoma Police Dept. about Internet safety for students; from parental point of view |
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Safety tips for students at school and at home from FBI |
Literacy Websites for Teachers
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One of best online resources for teachers; too many resources to list; just go look and see what you can find |
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Literacy resources for California teachers |
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Large collection of graphic organizers which can be used in the language arts curriculum; could be used with SmartBoard for whole group instruction |
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Collection of offline reading/ language arts whole class games |
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Discussion of many benefits of using technology in the early childhood classroom; discusses word processing, electronic books, multimedia applications and Internet |
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Early Childhood Technology Literacy Project: Montgomery County Public Schools |
Wonderful website with many resources related to technology and literacy in the early childhood classroom; lesson plans, student work examples; collection of links; resources; downloads |
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Excellent information about summer reading programs; links to online and interactive reading sites for students |
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Marco Polo website provides standards based Internet content and professional development for K-12 teachers throughout US; read . write . think portion of website provides access to high quality resources in reading and language arts instruction; includes lessons, standards, web resources and student materials |
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Many resources for teaching writing skills; worksheets to print out; tips for different kinds of writing; links to places that accept student work for publication |
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ThinkPort is a website created for Maryland teachers and students; there are hundreds of student activities, lesson plans and projects linked to Maryland State Content Standards; online field trips; section for creating teacher or class webpages which can then be hosted by ThinkPort |
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Many resources related to teaching reading and language arts; check out special section on summer reading |
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Hotlist of websites containing language arts lesson plans; spelling lesson plans |
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Program that promotes reading at home and at school; students read books from approved Accelerated Reading list and then take an associated ten question test to earn points toward milestone incentives; stories are read offline but tests are taken online |
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(Dr. Joyce Hinkson) |
Extensive list of language arts related websites collected by educator in California; good mix of resources from alphabet activities for young students to lesson modules for high school students; information to prepare students for National Spelling Bee |
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Journal of Literacy and Technology: |
Report of investigation of electronic storybooks and their use in primary school classrooms |
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Reading challenge program in which students are challenged to read 1,000 pages within a specified period of time |
Literacy Websites for Students
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Website sponsored by PBS; award winning website; online stories that lead to related games |
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Collection of online games related to stories from Between the Lions program on PBS |
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Website similar to Accelerated Reader program; students read story and take related quiz; students can earn prizes for reading accomplishments |
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Small collection of simple online vocabulary games for early childhood students |
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Collection of interactive online stories and games based on Clifford the Big Red Dog storybook character; children can revisit the stories to create a new story with each visit; learning objectives stated at beginning of website; activities correlate to nation language arts standards |
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Website primarily for first grade students but can also be used for kindergarten and second grade; many simple online stories to read; holiday themed stories and phonics based stories |
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Simple collection of online stories for children to read; stories for younger students and older students |
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Four alphabet lesson/games for younger students; games progress in difficulty; lesson 4 should be attempted only after doing other 3 lessons |
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Many simple activities to help young children practice language arts skills; Alphabet games; writer’s workshop; word games; beginning phonics games; Excellent website for young children |
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Part of Chateau Meddybemps; game for practicing letters of the alphabet |
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Fun site for students; stories that reinforce parts of speech ; popular website |
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Part of Fun Brain website; game for identifying parts of speech; contains a Beginner game with nouns and verbs and an Advanced game with all parts of speech |
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(Sentence Diagramming) |
Wonderful websites illustrating the process of diagramming sentences; examples listed by degree of difficulty |
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Wonderful website with powerpoint presentation about diagramming sentences; would be good for whole group instruction with projection device; there are other powerpoints in this set; terrific resource |
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Terrific lesson plan for practicing parts of speech using colored markers or pens to illustrate different parts of speech; not a computer project as presented but could be done with teacher template of sentences and formatting tools for colors |
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Discussions of variety of writing topics for students; could be used with projection device for whole group instruction or on laptop or desktop computers for individual instruction; really wonderful resource for language arts instruction; be sure to check this one out |
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Collection of PowerPoint presentations several of which are concerned with language arts topics (diagramming sentences, parts of speech, analogies, vocabulary) |
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Online literature guides which can be used for English class discussion of novels |
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Wonderful website created by retired Canadian school librarian for children who love to read; children are invited to share reviews of books they have enjoyed with other children who love to read; individual book reviews only please |
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Wonderful series of online writing workshops in which a variety of writing genres are presented by popular children’s authors and others; workshop topics include biography, research paper, persuasive writing, oral history, speechwriting, poetry, news writing, myths, folktales and fairy tales , mystery writing, fractured fairy tales, descriptive writing and book reviews; would be a wonderful addition to language arts curriculum |
Selecting and Evaluating Language Arts Software and Websites
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Extensive collection of software reviews; wonderful resource for reviewing educational software before making purchases for the classroom |
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Discussion of process of selecting software for the early childhood classroom; heavy on theory in contrast to the practical; does not give examples of software the author would consider appropriate for early childhood students |
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Contains questions to ask when selecting educational software for the classroom; very practical advice for classroom teacher considering new software for the classroom |
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Part of Education World website; evaluations of variety of educational software by classroom teachers; practical guide to selecting software; wonderful resource |
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Part of NETC website; excellent guide for selecting educational software for early childhood curriculum; good insights; does not contain review of specific software |
Resources for Publishing Children's Work Online
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Website for children’s magazine Stone Soup; information about submitting student work for publication; selected stories are published in hardcopy Stone Soup magazine not online |
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Good website for publishing student work online; letters to children in NYC after 9-11 are especially touching |
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Really good site for publishing student work online; bit of a problem with some of the requirements such as requiring a student’s address, would have students use school address instead of home address; site contains a certificate to print out |
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The stated aim of the club is to encourage children to enjoy writing as a creative process; students can submit book reviews and film reviews; students can contribute to online newspaper; contains tips for student writers |
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Very good website for publishing student book reviews; reviews can be written by individual students or as a class project; reviewers can be as young as kindergartens; opportunity to email responses to authors of book reviews; may be good project for the library curriculum |
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Website for students to publish projects or reports online; students follow step by step directions for posting work, adding graphics, citations Be aware that completed work is only displayed online for one month and then is removed |
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Annual writing competition sponsored by Scholastic; students work in teams to write and publish a book; winning books are published by Scholastic and distributed at Scholastic Book Fairs throughout the country |
Corresponding With
Other Students Online/
Language Arts Telecommunications Projects
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Wonderful resource for telecommunications projects; hiltes list serve provides daily emails about telecommunications projects available |
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Large collection of telecollaborative Internet projects many with literacy connection; there is so much here that it is overwhelming at first; requires a careful study to find everything here |
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Telecollaborative project in which students exchange snail mail and/or email postcards with students world wide; very popular project |
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Opportunities for classes to sing up for penpal exchanges with students in other states in United States; possibility of penpals in other countries |
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Website for primary and secondary classes looking for penpals in partner schools; seems a bit more formal project than others |
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Opportunities for email penpals and connecting students with mentors in “real world” of work |
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Wonderful technologically contained travel buddy project; fun project for K-3 classes |
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Pen pal exchange program designed for K-4 classes |
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Popular telecollaborative project for primary students; based on story Flat Stanley; students exchange paper Flat Stanley with other schools; information exchanged between classes |
Literacy/Language
Arts WebQuests and Projects Hotlists
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Collection of literacy based webquest projects |
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Collection of language arts based webquest projects; variety of grade levels represented |
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Large collection of language arts based webquest projects for children in grades 3-5 |
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Large collection of language arts based webquest projects for children in grades 6-8 |
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Large collection of language arts based webquest projects for children in grades K-2 |
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Saskatooon School Division Teacher Resources –Language Arts WebQuests |
Large collection of language arts based webquest projects arranged by grade level |
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Collection of webquests that deal with a language arts theme |
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Collection of middle school webquests that deal with a language arts theme |
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Collection of webquests with language arts theme |
Literacy / Language Arts WebQuests and Projects ( specific WebQuests )
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Lesson plan for kindergarten/first grade students that includes simple Internet research with practice of alphabet; originally used a s a summer school project for a 2 week session |
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Webquest in which students search selected websites and compile annotated bibliography of five recommended titles for classmates within selected genre; includes a powerpoint presentation |
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Internet project in which primary students read a book with a winter theme and then write a class poem about winter or the theme of the book; poems are shared on project website |
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Webquest created by 3rd graders with activities related to the study of the country of China |
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Webquest in which middle school students research a favorite children’s author and then design literature “baseball cards” containing information about the author which are then shared with students visiting the school library |
* created for final project
Technology and Literacy: Making the Connection
Goucher College Spring 2004
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