Digital Tools and Techniques for Literacy Instruction

Karen Chichester and Michelle Vanston

Technology has changed our classrooms. Schools have gone Google. Students are bringing their own devices to class. Chromebooks and iPads abound. So, how we can incorporate these into our literacy instruction? Join an elementary teacher and a secondary school teacher for three days of hands-on use of technology from June 17-19.

In this workshop, we will immerse ourselves in digital technology and examine best practices for their use in the classroom. We will use student artifacts, our source texts and online resources to guide our discussion, experimentation, and collaboration. By the end of our third day, participants will have new resources for classroom use, a better understanding of technology best practices, and have revamped one lesson or unit of study to include technology.

For source material, we will use

• Create, Compose, Connect! by Jeremy Hyler and Troy Hicks 
• Crafting Digital Writing: Composing Texts Across Media and Genres by Troy Hicks
• Selected online texts.

Facilitators: Karen Chichester and Michelle Vanston, EMWP Teacher Consultants.