EDUC7343c

1. CREATING A TEXT AND IMAGE BASED LEARNING OBJECT
EDUC 7343C – Creating Digital Media
Jeanna R. Wagner
Student ID #A00359401
Dr. John Muehl
December 27, 2015

2. Creating a Vocabulary List Using Read&Write For
Google:
Your Guide For Assisting Students
Objectives:
• Assist teachers and instructional assistants who are working with students
using Read&Write for Google
• Demonstrate the steps necessary to create a vocabulary list using
Read&Write for Google
• Break down the output created by using the vocabulary list feature of
Read&Write for Google

3. Why Create a Vocabulary List?
• “Research on the acquisition of new word meanings reveals that
problems in learning word meanings are closely linked to reading
comprehension skills” (Nitzkin, 2014, p. 27)
• Helping students gain familiarity with novel vocabulary assists in
later reading comprehension (Mitchell, 2013, 202)

4. Pull down the Read&Write for
Google toolbar by clicking the
puzzle piece found on the address
bar. Now you have all of the
Read&Write tools at your disposal!
Creating a Vocabulary List – Find your Read&Write for Google
Toolbar

5. • Students select
words that they wish
to explore further
• Choose highlighter
on R&W toolbar
• Selected words will
now be shaded with
highlighted color
Creating a Vocabulary List – Select vocabulary words, then choose a
highlighter

6. • Creating the
vocabulary list
• Choose vocabulary
button
• Google Docs works in
the background
• The vocabulary list is
created on a new
document in a new
tab
Creating a Vocabulary List – Use the vocabulary button to generate
vocabulary list
Vocabulary button

7. Creating a Vocabulary List – Navigate to your newly created vocabulary list
• Your vocabulary
list is created in
a new tab,
directly to the
right of your
current tab.
• The vocabulary
list is also now a
separate Google
Doc in the
Google Drive

8. Peruse the Vocabulary List
• Components of the completed vocabulary list
• Word – vocabulary word highlighted by student
• Meaning – definition of highlighted word
• Symbol – picture definition of highlighted word

9. Rate Your Experience
Please follow this link to take a short quiz about your experience with this learning object:
https://docs.google.com/a/waldenu.edu/forms/d/1YXinm4s1Hr3neuM0u0DtKLZip3MHuXz
9NYRu80oQ6-8/viewform?usp=send_form

10. References
Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2011). e-Learning and the science of instruction: Proven guidelines for consumers and
designers of multimedia learning (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons.
Mayer, R. E., & Moreno, R. (2003). Nine ways to reduce cognitive load in multimedia learning. Educational
Psychologist, 38(1), 43–52.
Mitchell, A. & Brady, S. (Oct 2013). The effect of vocabulary knowledge on novel word identification. Annals of
Dyslexia, v63 n(3).
Nitzkin, A., Katzir, T., & Shulkind, S. (Jan 2014). Improving Reading Comprehension One Word at a Time. Middle
School Journal, v45 n(3).
Vaughan, T. (2014). Multimedia: Making it work (9th ed.). New York, NY: Osborne/McGraw-Hill.