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Supporting Literacy Development in Lower Elementary Classes
(Elementary)

Overview

In this course, participants will explore how technology can support emerging literacy development in kindergarten through second grade. Participants will investigate tools that can help build phonemic awareness and word recognition. Participants will also explore strategies for integrating reading and writing with meaningful project-based activities, and learn about software tools for publishing student work and creating class books. Participants will develop ideas for a technology-enhanced lesson plan, and collect a number of resources for immediate classroom use.

Goals and Products

This course will enable participants to

Develop a technology-enhanced lesson plan that addresses national and local curriculum standards.
Learn how technology can support emergent, beginning, and transition readers.
Learn how technology can support the writing process.
Develop a personal collection of web-based resources for curricular use.
Develop strategies for the ongoing assessment of students' literacy development.

Format and Requirements

This course is divided into six one-week sessions which each include readings, an activity and an online discussion among course participants. The time for completing each session is estimated to be two to four hours.

The outline for the course is as follows:

Session One	Introduction
Session Two	Using the Internet to Build Emergent Reading Skills
Session Three	Building the Literacy Skills of All Learners with Software and Assistive Technologies
Session Four	Planning for Technology Integration in your Literacy Program
Session Five	Publishing Student Work
Session Six	Assessment Strategies

Prerequisites

This is an introductory course for teachers, technology specialists, curriculum specialists, professional development specialists or other school personnel. Participants are expected to have regular access to computers, and proficiency with e-mail and current web browsers.

Content and Technology Standards

This course, Using New Technologies to Support Literacy Development in Primary Level Classrooms, will help participants meet the ISTE Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for All Teachers, especially Standards II, III, V and VI.

In addition, this course will help teachers to enable their students to meet the following English Language Arts Standards as defined by the NCTE, The National Council of Teachers of English, especially Standards 8, 11 and 12.