Table of Contents
About ISTE iii
About the Author iv
Foreword x
Preface xii
Introduction 1
Types of Readers 3
Achieving a Personalized Learning Experience Through Technology 7
About ISTE Standards 8
1 Activate Prior Knowledge: Priming the Cognitive Pump 11
Tech Tools to Enhance Learning 13
Teacher Talk: PenPal Schools-Enriching the Collaborative Learning Experience 15
2 Phonological Awareness: Sounds Good to Me! 19
Tech Tools to Enhance Learning 22
Teacher Talk: Phonemic Awareness 23
3 Rhyming as a Predictor: A Visit from Mother Goose 27
Tech Tools to Enhance Learning 29
Teacher Talk: Rhyming and Augmented Reality 30
4 Predictable-Patterned Reading: I learned to Read Today! 33
Tech Tools to Enhance Learning 36
Teacher Talk: Exploring Predictable-Patterned Reading with Apps 36
5 Using Music as an Instructional Tool: Learning in Tune 41
Tech Tools to Enhance Learning 43
Teacher Talk: Sing Me a Song (with Phonics in Mind) 44
6 Choral Reading: Say No to Round Robin 51
Tech Tools to Enhance Learning 53
Teacher Talk: Choral Reading in Action 55
7 Writing Workshop: Write to Read 59
Journaling with Dictation and Invented Spelling 60
Writing Workshops 63
Tech Tools to Enhance Learning 65
Teacher Talk: Revise-a-Palooza: Rock the Writing Workshop in a Whole New Way 67
Teacher Talk: Creating Excellent Communicators Through Blogging 69
8 Graphic Organizers: Visualizing and Organizing 75
Tech Tools to Enhance Learning 77
Teacher Talk: Graphic Organizers for the ELA Classroom 78
9 Dramatic Learning: Reader's Theater 85
Tech Tools to Enhance Learning 88
Teacher Talk: Fairytales, Folktales, and Fables, Oh My! Using the Classic Moral Tale for Exciting Reader's Theater Projects 89
10 Questioning: Formal Inquiry 93
Tech Tools to Enhance Learning 96
Teacher Talk: The Magic of Graphic Novels 97
11 Literature Circles: Collaborative Learning 103
Tech Tools to Enhance Learning 106
Teacher Talk: Literature Circle Pen Pals 107
Teacher Talk: Video Posting 108
12 Read Alouds: Forever Reading 113
Tech Tools to Enhance Learning 115
Teacher Talk: Enhancing and Supporting Read Alouds Through TeachingBooks.net 115
Conclusion 118
ISTE Standards for Educators 119
ISTE Standards for Students 122
References 126
Index 128
