Presentation at Illinois Reading Council regarding how we use technology in our classroom. Specifically focused on technology in the reading and writing workshop.

1. Becoming Literate in the
Language of Technology:
What Works in Our
Classrooms
Clay Dunker, Katherine Sokolowski, Wendy Stokowski
Monticello School District

2. Find our presentation
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or
http://www.slideshare.net/katsok/

3. Twitter (Conference hashtag - #IRC13)
● Follow us:
->@katsok
->@stokowskiwe

4. WORDLE or TAGXEDO
● vocabulary words - synonyms, antonyms,
related words
● find main idea of a large text
● compare main ideas/themes of related texts
● create character trait poster for character in
a book they're reading

6. State of the Union Address

7. GOP Response

9. REFLECTOR APP

10. Conferences
Evernote (free and premium)

11. Accessories
Livescribe Pen
Magic Wand

13. STRIP GENERATOR

14. STRIP GENERATOR
● account vs no account
○ saving vs taking a screenshot/printing to PDF
● comics on landing page
○ kids not necessarily target audience
○ I use tizmos.com to help
● YouTube tutorial
○ skip first 10 seconds

15. Wonderopolis
Great to use for
reading.
Use Readability

16. GOOGLE
Apps For Education
Appser For Google
Docs App for iPad

17. GOOGLE DOCS (applications)
● peer editing/proofreading
● have a text that you share with students
My○best advice: Play around in text features and
they leave comments on certain Google Docs
knowthey highlight text excerpts that can want the kids
○ what it can do. Any way you be used as
evidence in their writing
to manipulate the text, there is probably a way to
● have a document that you share with
do it with Google Docs.
students containing two texts
○ use the same color to highlight similarities between
the texts

18. Pages App
Can I use it in my classroom?
Whether it’s used by students
creating documents, or teachers
reviewing them, Pages is perfect.

19. Biblionasium - Goodreads for
kids

20. Edmodo

21. AUDIOBOO
http://audioboo.fm/
● Website or Application
● Create podcasts
● Very simple to use
● Great to connect with QR codes

22. Audioboo Activities
● Oral Review of Books
● Oral reading of their writing
● Tour of school through the eyes of students
● Podcasts for any topic

23. QR CODE GENERATORS
www.qrstuff.com

24. Skype

25. Skype visits resource
Check out Kate Messner's blog for a list of
authors that are willing to Skype -
http://www.katemessner.com/authors-who-
skype-with-classes-book-clubs-for-free/

26. SonicPics App
Another Tool For
Digital
Story Telling
GIVE A VOICE TO YOUR PICTURES!!

27. App for
iPad

28. AURASMA
● augmented reality app
● seems to have been created for interactive
advertising, but has educational applications
● can be created two ways
○ teacher created using the online studio
■ can be viewed on any iOS device that is
subscribed to that channel
○ teacher or student created using the iOS device
■ can be viewed only on the iOS device it was
created on

29. AURASMA
Great possibilities to make reading a more
interactive experience.
● building background knowledge
● making and sharing predictions
● questioning
● turn the book into a read aloud
● lots of possibilities in other content areas, as
well