This post is to:

• provide attendees of my NCTIES presentation, “Using Technology to Personalize Literacy Instruction” with resources in one place

• share the resources of this presentation with TSV readers and  PLNs unable to attend but would value the information

Session Essential Questions:

• What technology tools are available to support readers at various levels?
• How can these tools support students as they work to meet CCSS ELA/Literacy standards?
• How can they simplify and enhance a teacher’s ability to differentiate literacy instruction for classes that have a wide range of reading abilities?

Session Learning Goals:    (The teachers will be able to…)

• use technology to assess the level of a text
• embed questions, discussion, and video right into the text
• enable students to create their own digital book

A screencast of the tools I featured is available here:    Vol.#62: Every Teacher a Literacy Teacher Via Technology

My own rubric for using Newsela quizzed & leveled articles as Article of the Week can be downloaded for free from TpT by clicking here.

Literacy Tools Featured:

• Subtext
• Actively Learn
• Intervention Central – Maze Passage Generator
• Newsela
• HemingwayApp
• Storybird

Other tools mentioned:

• Class Charts
• Common Curriculum
• For All Rubrics
• IFTTT (If This Then That)
• Last Pass