Technology+Literacy+Resources

=INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES [] =  
 * MHMS Tech Wiki: an Educational Technology **
 * Professional Development Wiki **

**Professional Development Wiki**: http://thedaringlibrarian.wikispaces.com/
[|Gwyneth Anne Bronwynne Jones] WikiMistress aka [|The Daring Librarian] WOW! We were nominated BEST Educational Wiki for the International Edublogs Award! =Table of Contents= What's Cool & NEW! • Howard County Computer Replacement Plan General Tech Tips & Web 2.0 Integration Pages • Prof Dev Spring 09: BEST of MICCA, County Prof Dev Day & More! At-A-Glance Comic Tutorials Library Media Tips, Tricks, & Resources: Cultural Literacy • Virtual Tour of Murray Hill Middle School Discovery Steaming & Teacher Tube Tech Trouble Shooting & How To Tips The Podcasting & Wiki Beginner Pages: TeacherEase Marks: TV Production: Have you seen our Media Blog? Other Important Wikis and Tech HCPSS Web Pages Free Wikispaces for Teachers Want to Join this Wiki? So, what is steampunk?

Content Resources: Lesson Plans and More

 * ====**FreeReading** is a free, high-quality, open-source reading program addressing literacy development for grades K-3. Leveraging the collective wisdom of researchers, teachers, reading coaches, and other education and industry professionals, FreeReading provides a high-quality, cost-effective alternative to static materials. By establishing a foundation of hundreds of research-based lessons and materials that users can download and use for free, FreeReading has created the framework for intervention programs supporting K-6 literacy. The collective wisdom within FreeReading is invaluable and can be more beneficial than any one reading program. Schools and teachers everywhere can use the complete, 40-week, [|research-based intervention program] for K-1 students, or use the [|library of lessons] to supplement existing curriculum in phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. The [|research base] for FreeReading includes the 2000 National Reading Panel research concerning the five Big ideas in Beginning Reading (Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension). Review the [|FAQ] for additional information.====




 * [|Picture Cards]


 * [|Decodable passages]


 * [|Word List Generator]

> **//Check out this site for great educational material -suggested Websites and lesson plans - in literature/language arts, art/culture, social studies/history and foreign language.//** > //**The National Archives’ Digital Classroom offers a multitude of resources for the use of primary sources in the classroom. With access to copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States, teachers can develop their own activities and lesson plans that make historical periods come alive for their students or choose from dozens of resources that have already been developed and are featured here.**// > //**This free online application is designed to help students in grades 5-12 write an online persuasive essay. Teachers assign an essay and choose options for the students to use. These options include: • Analysis of example essays • An essay planning tool • An essay writing space • Student spelling feedback • Source and bibliography information • Records of how many times a student used the available options**// //**__Two tech sites that have useful information__**// · “The Best…” Lists Related To Social Studies — 2010 (Not just for Social Studies): [] · [|Tagxedo] turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text. []
 * [|A FreeReading Toolkit]**Edsitement**[[image:http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/img/external.gif width="11" height="11" caption="this link goes to an external site"]]
 * **The National Archives' Digital Classroom**[[image:http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/img/external.gif width="11" height="11" caption="this link goes to an external site"]]
 * [|What Is This]-
 * [[image:http://www.free-reading.net/htmlets/homepage/ls-th.jpg caption="Letter Sound" link="http://www.free-reading.net/index.php?title=Letter_Sound_Activities"]][|Letter Sound][[image:http://www.free-reading.net/htmlets/homepage/audio-th.jpg width="57" height="62" caption="Chipmunk Vocabulary Rap" link="http://www.free-reading.net/index.php?title=Chipmunk_Rap"]][|Chipmunk Vocabulary Rap]
 * [[image:http://www.free-reading.net/htmlets/homepage/introduce-th.jpg width="79" height="70" caption="Introduce th" link="http://www.free-reading.net/index.php?title=Free-Reading_Videos#Introduce_th"]][|Introduce th][[image:http://www.free-reading.net/htmlets/homepage/egg-carton-game-th.jpg width="79" height="70" caption="Egg Carton Game" link="http://www.free-reading.net/index.php?title=Free-Reading_Videos#Letter_sound_accuracy.2C_egg_carton_game"]][|Egg Carton Game]



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This is a nice Flash powered tool which allows the user to create a variety of graphs online.

Graph Types
The Graphs are the good basics
 * Bar
 * Line
 * Area
 * Pie
 * XY

Process
Once you select the graph type, the flash object has a series tabs you use to navigate through the stages of developing your graph. The steps are logical and make for a useful progress:
 * Design - appearance of the graph 2D/3D
 * Data - enter your data here
 * Labels for axis, title and data series
 * Preview
 * Save


 * [[image:edorigami:createagraph.jpg caption="This is the create-a-graph object showing tab based navigation"]] ||
 * This is the create-a-graph object showing tab based navigation ||

Download formats

 * [[image:edorigami:createagraph_download.jpg caption="Create-a-graph allows you to download the graph or chart in a variety of formats"]] ||
 * Create-a-graph allows you to download the graph or chart in a variety of formats ||

You can also email the graph or chart to yourself.