1. My 15 Best Ideas for Teaching
New Literacies and Common
Core State Standards
Donald J. Leu
Neag Endowed Chair in Literacy and Technology
Neag School of Education
University of Connecticut
donald.leu@uconn.edu
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Defines how we read online when we
conduct informal and formal research to
learn and develop new knowledge.
Identify the problem/question
Locate
Evaluate
Castek, 2008; Coiro & Dobler, 2007;
Synthesize
Henry, 2007; Leu, Castek, Hartman,
Communicate
Coiro, Henry, Kulikowich, & Lyver, 2005;
Leu, O’Byrne, Zawilinski, McVerry,
& Everett-Cacopardo, 2009; Leu, Kinzer,
Coiro, Castek, & Henry, 2013
3. What Can I Do In My Classroom
to Prepare Students for CCSS
With Digital Technologies?
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4. 1. Understand that it is the
teacher, not the technology, that
makes a difference in
classrooms.
8. 5. Use ePals, or another free,
student safe email package
9. 6. Teach the reading comprehension
skills of locating information
Search problem of the
day
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/lessons.html
13. 10. Require References That
Include an Explanation of Why
The Source Was Reliable
Patricia Polacco. www.patriciapolacco.com
This is the author’s own site so, if she is
telling the truth, it must be reliable.
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15. 12. Try Out Ideas from Internet
Reciprocal Teaching
Phase I: Teacher-led Instruction in
Basic Online Skills
Phase II: Problem-based Learning of
New Literacies Skills
Phase III: Internet Inquiry
17. A Three-Phase Model To Teach Online
Reading Comprehension in 1-1
Classrooms: Internet Reciprocal Teaching
18. IRT: Phase I
Teacher-led Basic Skills
Teacher-led demonstrations of basic
Internet use skills and cooperative learning
strategies
Explicit modeling by teacher
Largely whole class instruction
Mini-lessons as transition to Phase II
19. IRT: Phase II
Collaborative modeling
of online reading strategies
Students presented with information
problems to solve.
Work in small groups to solve those
problems.
Exchange strategies as they do so.
Debrief at the end of the lesson.
Initially: Locate and Critical evaluation
Later: Synthesis and Communicate.
21. IRT: Phase III
Inquiry
Initially,
within the class.
Then, with others around the world.
Internet Morning Message of the Day
International Online Collaborations
23. 14. Use a Blog in Your
Classroom
HOT blogging: A framework for blogging to promote higher order
thinking
Lisa Zawilinski
The Reading Teacher, 62 (8), 650-661
http://holyfamilycatholicschool.com/survey/Article_Wikis_
and_Blogs_Zawilinski_2009_HOTBlogging%20to
%20promote%20higherorderthinking.pdf
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24. 15. Remember:
Keep a patient heart and help
others on their journeys.
Keep a patient heart and help
others on their journeys.