From managing the technology to tips for transporting video files, this resource offers practical advice and strategies for video use.
This site is designed for parents and teachers who are helping Spanish-speaking children learn to read in English. Find activities to help children learn about sounds, letters, and words. Use tips and materials to help children develop skills in reading. (Available in English and Spanish.) This site is filled with useful information, strategies, activities, and resources for all teachers of ELLs, whether you are an ESL teacher or a content area teacher with one or two English learners in your class. Although many of the activities have been designed for children in PreK-3, most can be adapted for children in upper elementary, middle school, and high school.
FreeReading is an open source instructional program that helps educators teach early literacy. Because it is open source, it represents the collective wisdom of a wide community of teachers and researchers. FreeReading contains Comprehension Activities, a page of activities to address important comprehension skills and strategies.
Computer crashes are often the result of viruses, worms or Trojans as unfortunately some internet users want to cause havoc or vandalize your computer. This unit provides a guide to the downsides of living with the Net. Advice on how to deal with these dangers is provided and security issues like spyware and adware are explained. The unit also deals with protecting children online, and provides links to various helpful websites which deal with the problems raised.
Many students, especially students with limited English language skills, have difficulties determining the difference between narrative and expository texts. This unit will use vignettes written by Peace Corps Volunteers serving in Lesotho and Madagascar to compare these types of texts. As final products, students will write both a narrative essay and an expository essay. This unit was piloted with high school second language learners.
Sixth-grade students are relatively successful with online reading assignments, but previewing and providing them with strategies for online reading improve their comprehension.
The student practices their reading skills and vocabulary in relation to various types of shops. He/she learns to structure information by comparing two texts with each other.
The student practices their reading and writing skills by describing a pet. At the end of this lesson he/she will be able to write a "missing pet poster" for a lost pet and will make use of the newly learned vocabulary.
Techniques for providing children with the literacy-rich environment that is crucial to both reading and writing success.
"Web Search Strategies" introduces the best ways to use search engines to find information on the web. The video uses real-world examples that illustrate ways to reduce useless results
In this video from ThinkTV Dayton, three successful Ohio authors tell you about their writing process.
