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From the ORC Collection
More Resources for Integration of Technology
Below is a list of instructional and professional development resources from the
ORC collection related to this issue's theme, Integration of Technology. The instructional
resources integrate technology into literacy learning, and the professional resources
feature ideas for integrating technology into literacy learning.
In addition, for this issue, we would like to direct your attention to the catalystOhio
Resources (COR)— a collection of technology-integrated lessons, online applications,
videos, articles, and structured activities that can be used by teacher educators
and professional development providers to help teachers learn to effectively integrate
electronic technologies into classroom instruction. You can access COR at
http://www.ohiorc.org/cor.
Instructional Resources
| Jo Cool or Jo Fool Teacher's Guide: An Online Game about Savvy Surfing |   | ORC# 1234 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/special_initiatives/games/... | | RESOURCE TYPE: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grades 6 - 10 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: This teacher's guide uses engaging activities to teach students about safe and savvy Internet surfing. A variety of scenarios, which represents specific issues and challenges that children face when they surf the World Wide Web, are used as springboards to promote critical thinking about online privacy, online marketing, responsible Internet use, and authenticating online resources and Internet safety.... | | CAREER FIELDS: General Career Skills | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, COR, Standards First | | MORE... |
| Choose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Writing Experience | | ORC# 2774 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=128 | | RESOURCE TYPE: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grades 6 - 8 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: After reading and discussing various stories, students work in small groups to plan and write their own adventure story. Divided into literature circles or book groups, students begin by analyzing the literary elements of adventure stories.... | | CAREER FIELDS: Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Information Technology, General Career Skills | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, OhioWINS, Standards First | | MORE... |
| Revolutionary Viewpoints | | ORC# 3348 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.cyberbee.com/viewpoints/ | | RESOURCE TYPE: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grade 8 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: Historical documents are rich resources that enable us to look at the past while learning about how we see ourselves and how we see others. April Morning by Howard Fast is the novel from which this unit is developed.... | | CAREER FIELDS: Information Technology, Marketing | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, OhioWINS, Standards First | | MORE... |
| Building Vietnam War Scavenger Hunts through Web-Based Inquiry | | ORC# 4798 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=821 | | RESOURCE TYPE: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grades 9 - 12 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: In this lesson, students work in small groups to research aspects of the Vietnam War. Students adopt the perspective of members of a group involved in the war (e.g., soldier, nurse, doctor, photojournalist, TV reporter) and conduct Internet research to explore how that particular group was affected.... | | CAREER FIELDS: General Career Skills | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, Standards First | | MORE... |
Professional Resources
| Wired Students, Disconnected Learners | | ORC# 8027 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.ohiorc.org/adlit/in_perspective_content.aspx?parentID... | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grade 6 - Postsecondary | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: The April 2006 featured article is written by David L. Bruce, an assistant professor at Kent State in Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies.... | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, OhioWINS | | MORE... |
| Adolescent Literacy In Perspective, April 2006, Literacy, Popular Culture, and Technology | | ORC# 7982 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.ohiorc.org/adlit/in_perspective.aspx?id=242&status=0 | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grade 6 - Postsecondary | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: The April 2006 issue of AdLIT's In Perspective focuses on literacy, popular culture, and technology. The entire issue can be downloaded, and regular columns include the following: (1) featured article; (2) classroom vignettes; (3) student voices; (4) a look at the Ohio Graduation Test; (5) for your bookshelf; and (6) resources from the ORC collection.... | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, OhioWINS | | MORE... |
| Using Computers to Enrich Content | | ORC# 8029 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.ohiorc.org/adlit/in_perspective_content.aspx?parentID... | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grade 6 - Postsecondary | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: This classroom vignette details the essentials for integrating technology. Mary Crabtree, technology resource coordinator at Buckeye Local Schools in Medina, Ohio, begins by sharing that "integation of technology .... | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, OhioWINS | | MORE... |
| Reading and Writing in a Technology-Rich World | | ORC# 8028 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.ohiorc.org/adlit/in_perspective_content.aspx?parentID... | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grade 6 - Postsecondary | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: "Podcasting, RSS, blogs, IM, hyperlinks, Myspace.com--if you are not at least familiar with these terms, you have already been swept aside by the current carrying most young adults through their daily dose of 21st-century communications." So begins a compelling look at multiple literacies as Marge Ford, English language arts teacher and library/media specialist, examines what new literacies involve, how students figure into these new literacies, and how teachers and librarians can help students develop a critical eye as they navigate these new literacies. Audio and video clips are linked from within the article while a list of resources and references are included later.... | | PROJECTS: AdLIT | | MORE... |
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