Inspire+Reading

Workshop Objectives:

 * Consider the instructional implications of research on the cognitive processes of reading
 * Describe and apply the "Super Seven Reading Comprehension Strategies"
 * Explore potential uses of technology to support engagement with texts
 * Imagine what passionate pedagogy to inspire reading might look like in your classroom

Workshop Prezi & Handout:
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 * http://prezi.com/r0oe7t3_ugy2/passionate-pedagogy-to-inspire-reading/

Schedule
9:00 - 9:10 - Welcome and introductions 9:10 - 10:00 - What cognitive processes are involved in reading? What are the implications for instruction? 10:10 - 11:00 - Super Seven Reading Comprehension Strategies 11:00 - 11:10 - Break 11:10 - 12:00 - Tech Tools to Support Reading; Passionate Pedagogy discussion 12:00 - 1:00 - Application and collaboration time
 * [[file:reading comprehension2.ppt]]

For Struggling Readers:
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 * http://www.palomar.edu/reading/r110hybrid/Module%201/mod1.1ReadingProcess.htm - Online modules to teach basic reading strategies and improve independent reading skills
 * http://www.sedl.org/pubs/reading16/12.html - List of strategies for struggling readers

Comprehension Strategies

 * http://www.wwsu.org/uploads/reading_to_learn_04.pdf - Reading to Learn: A Classroom Guide to Reading Strategy Instruction
 * http://www.choiceliteracy.com/articles-detail-view.php?id=85 - LIst of Seven Reading Strategies
 * http://pcep.pccs.k12.mi.us/sites/pcep.pccs.k12.mi.us/files/The_Super_7_Reading_Comprehension_Strategies.pdf - Handout of the "Super 7"
 * http://prezi.com/kii_9myulixy/the-super-seven-reading-strategies/ - Prezi introduction to the Super 7
 * http://www.adlit.org/strategy_library/ - Strategies
 * http://www.readwritethink.org/search/?resource_type=18&grade=20 - Read/Write/Think Printouts
 * http://www.cps.k12.in.us/Page/1311 - Helpful list of links
 * http://literacyadviser.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/the-seven-reading-strategies.pdf - Comprehension Strategies with elaborated explanations and questions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RiP-ijdxqEc - Teaching Content Is Teaching Reading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDq9o9j3-CU- Erin Gruwell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap5Yvots2y4 - Dead Poets Society - rip it out
 * Workshop Videos**

Tech Tools
60 Second Recap - [] Animoto - [] Foto Flexer - [] Padlet – [] Project Gutenberg Audiobooks - [] Prezi - [] Xtranormal - [] Snappy Words - [] Stock.Xchng - [] Word Clouds - [] or []
 * Use for pre-reading and as a model for student-created 60 second recaps
 * User friendly tool to create videos with music
 * Free photo-editing to use for visualizing activities and other artistic representations of text
 * Brainstorming wall; can be used to post quotes, questions, summaries, etc. Here is a sample: []
 * Free audiobooks of many classics!
 * Online, interactive presentation tool with built-in templates to guide strategic thinking
 * Students can create animated movies summarizing texts, making predictions or connections.
 * Visual dictionary that depicts definitions, synonyms, and collocations; use for vocabulary building
 * A large collection of searchable, legal images. Use for visualizing, pre-reading, summarizing, character maps, etc.
 * Use to discuss vocabulary, uncover main ideas (especially in informational texts)