computers and literacy

"In The Google Infused Classroom, EdTech experts Holly Clark and Tanya Avrith provide a guidebook to help you use technology to engage your learners and amplify the learning experience in your classroom and beyond. The authors walk you through the process of designing instruction that allows students to show their thinking, demonstrate their learning, and share their work (and voices!) with authentic audiences."--Cover.

"Do you have Chromebooks in the classroom? Then this book is for you! Conquer remote learning and digital leaning experiences like a pro! Whether Chromebooks are a new addition to your school, or you have recently gone 1:1 in the classroom, or been using them for years and you want to make the most of technology for your learners. The Chromebook Infused Classroom is a resource you will want to refer to again and again. You will learn how to: Amplify student voice in the classroom Create opportunities to promote a global perspective and cultural empathy Use technology to assess understanding and craft personalized learning experiences Help students develop critical skills for success in school, work, and life" -- Amazon.com.

"Focusing on the teacher-student connection, [the author] guides you to: effectively prioritize what matters most during remote, online instruction; schedule your day and your students' to maximize teaching and learning; streamline curricular units and roll them out digitally; record short lessons that students will learn from; confer, working with small groups, and drive learning through independent practice; partner with the adults in a student's home to support your work with their child. Features more than 55 step-by-step teaching strategies and videos, this book helps new teachers, teachers new to technology, or anyone who wants to better understand the essence of effective online instruction. Along the way, it addresses crucial topics including assessment and progress monitoring, student engagement and accountability, using anchor charts and visuals, getting books into students' hands, teaching subject-area content, and avoiding teacher burnout.

Contains thirty-two essays, reflective and practical, on the changes technology has brought to literacy education, discussing such topics as writing for on-line audiences, making meaning of technologies, ethical and policy issues, community on the Internet, and hypermedia authoring as critical literacy.

Shows teachers how to weave technology throughout the curriculum to get students to be enthusiastic about writing, and includes selecting digital tools, differentiating instruction to meet individual needs, and more.

This comprehensive resource covers everything student journalists need to know in a rapidly changing media landscape. Approachable and non-intimidating, this book features important concepts and examples from current school publications from around the country. Foremost, it teaches skills such as the fundamentals of good writing and the basics of newspaper layout and design. Also addressed, however, are topics that journalists are only now facing such as the responsibilities of citizen journalists, managing a news website, and digital security for reporters in the electronic age. This textbook is on the cutting edge in teaching students how to navigate this evolving field.

Examines the reasons why technology should be used to support literacy learning in kindergarten through eighth grade, with information on how to begin using technology in the classroom; presents ideas for using technology to support a variety of literacy goals; and looks at how teachers are integrating technology into the literacy curriculum.

Presents a model of literacy designed to address the needs of students in an uncertain twenty-first century future, offering advice on how to adapt classrooms, teaching practices, and curriculums.