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 * Embedding Digital Literacies and The Common Core Standards Into Your Middle School Humanities Curricula **

Facilitator: Julie Coiro, PhD, University of Rhode Island March 26, 2012


 * Today, our agenda will be as follows: **
 * Introductions and Questions (posted on [|our wikispace discussion board])
 * Reflections: What do my students know about how to learn with the Internet and what do I know about how to teach these skills to my students?
 * What are new literacies? What are the new literacies of online reading comprehension?
 * What are the key components of the Common Core State Standards
 * How do online digital inquiry tasks in Language Arts and History map onto the Common Core State Standards?
 * What specific activities might be useful for embedding digital reading skills into my curriculum?
 * Questioning: B/D/A Questioning Chart; Q-Matrix Chart
 * Locating/Evaluating Relevancy: Reading Search Engine Results and Previewing Websites
 * Evaluating Accuracy: Verifying and Refuting Author Claims
 * Evaluating Reliability: Investigating Author Credentials and Applying Multiple Checkpoints
 * Evaluating Perspective: Detecting Bias and Negotiating Multiple Perspectives
 * Synthesizing Information and Composing An Original Ideas


 * Resources**

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 * **Powerpoint Slide Show from Today** - [[file:Slides from Today.pdf]]
 * **Teacher's Activity Guide for Teaching Online Reading Comprehension** (Coiro, 2012) [[file:CoiroTeacherhandoutsED2012.doc]]
 * **What does think-aloud instruction in online reading look and sound like?** Read more in Julie's article "[|Talking About Reading As Thinking: Modeling the Hidden Complexities of Online Reading Comprehension"] and explore the article's [|companion website]
 * **TICA PROJECT: Taxonomy of Online Reading Skills and Internet Reciprocal Teaching:** Leu, J. D. Coiro, J., Castek, J., Hartman, D., Henry, L. A., & Reinking, D. (2008). Research on instruction and assessment in the new literacies of online reading comprehension. In Cathy Collins Block, Sherri Parris, & Peter Afflerbach (Eds.). Comprehension instruction: Research-based best practices. New York: Guildford Press.
 * **ORCA PROJECT:** Coiro, J. & Kennedy, C. (2011). //The online reading comprehension assessment (ORCA) project: Preparing students for common core standards and 21st century literacies.// White paper based on work supported by the United States Department of Education under Award No. R305G050154 and R305A090608.

>> Download pdf [|PARCC MCF for ELA Literacy_Fall 2011 Release (rev).pdf]
 * **Additional Online Inquiry Curriculum Supports**
 * [|Kentucky Virtual Library Kids Research Portal] - an interesting virtual tour through the research process
 * [|21st Century Information Fluency Project] - tool, tutorials, lesson kits, and more to support educators and their students in their ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically.
 * [|Literacy with ICT]: A Developmental Continuum from Manitoba, Canada
 * **Common Core State Standards**
 * **[|Common Core State Standards]** in English/Language Arts and Mathematics -approved June 2, 2010
 * **[|Model Content Frameworks for the Common Core Standards]**- Grade level interpretations of the standards - drafted and released November 2011.
 * [|Implementing Common Core Standards]: Use the [|Literacy Design Collaborative] and [|Math Design Collaborative] templates to design
 * [|Achieve OER Online Evaluation Tool] (use to evaluate digital resources for students and their alignment to CCSS)- [|The Rubric]
 * [|Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons]: A growing collection of open-source materials available for teachers (linked to OER Online Evaluation Tool so will soon be aligned to CCSS)
 * **Edutopia Parent's Guide to 21st Century Learning** (9 interactive project ideas for students in Grades K-12 and their parents) [[file:edutopia-parents-guide-21st-century-learning.pdf]]
 * [|The Horizon Project and Horizon Report:] Check out [|2011 report!]
 * **Digital Tools:**
 * [|Google Docs]
 * [|Diigo] (online annotation tool)