The Ten Best Ideas I

Know To Begin Your New

Literacies Journey

Donald J. Leu
University of Connecticut
 Step 1: Learn From
Exceptional Online Teachers
At Your Grade Level.
• Google syntax to use:
– X grade classroom homepage
Step 2. View online videos of
new literacies in the
classroom.
• View the WGBH program on new literacies in
grades 3-5 by following links at:
http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/teachreadi
• Videos of the major instructional models for
integrating the Internet into your classroom:
http://ctell.uconn.edu/canter/canter_video.cfm?
Step 3. Use Starfall.com for
early reading development
Step 4. Use Read Write Think
at All Levels
STEP 5: Use ePals and
Discover the Potential of Internet
Project
 STEP 6: Use Internet
Workshop as An Instructional
Model
 Internet Workshop
• Locate a central site(s) and set a
bookmark.
• Assign an activity requiring students to
use the site(s).
• Conduct a workshop session to share
information.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/
http://MonarchWatch.org/
http://www.earthdaybags.org/
Step 7: Include The Reading
Comprehension Skills of
Searching for Information and
Critical Evaluation
 Challenge:
Which site will take you to an
Egyptologist, with no additional
clicks?
Learning Objective:
Evaluating search results
What clues do the words after the link
give me?
Are the results in any special order?
Who sponsors the site?
What’s missing from this list?
How do you know and Why does it matter?
Why Is Critical Evaluation So
Important?
And for secondary teachers, how
can we determine if Mr. Lee is
REALLY preggers?
STEP 8: Help the last become
first.

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Step 9. Explore The Potential
of Wikipedia For Your Class
STEP 10: Keep A Patient Heart.
 What Is The Most Important
Lesson to Share From Our
Work on the New Literacies of
Reading Comprehension?
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Thank you!