TPACK = teacher knowledge resulting from synergy of three knowledge domains (technology, pedagogy, and content)
TPACK and English/Language Arts (see Figure 9.1, p.279)
NCTE/IRA Standards for English.Language Arts (see Table 9.1, p.278)
Adapting for Special Needs (p.281)
- For Literature
- Electronic Texts can be adjusted by font and type size for students with impaired vision, copied and pasted into a talking word processor (Co:Writer) or text-to-speech program (ReadPlease) for students to listen to as the computer reads it, or copied and pasted into a language translation tool (Babel Fish) for students whose first language is not English
- Infomotions (www.infomotions.com)
- Bibliomania (www.bibliomania.com)
- Electronic Text Center (lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/finding_digital.html)
- Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org)
- The Plays of William Shakespeare (www.theplays.org)
- Study Aids provide advanced organizers for literature, such as summaries of plots and character descriptions, to support students who struggle to understand key concepts
- Spark Notes (www.sparknotes.com)
- NovelGuide (www.novelguide.com)
- Free Book Notes (www.freebooknotes.com)
- Pink Monkey (www.pinkmonkey.com)
- For Writing
- USB Handheld Digital Dictation Devices allow students who struggle with the physical process of handwriting, which interferes with development of their written expression skills, to dictate information to a handheld device and then upload the file to to a computer
- Transcription Services allow students to submit information through telephone dictation to be transcribed and returned via email within 20 minutes to 24 hour for .0125 cents per word
- iDictate (www.idictate.com)
Top Ten Strategies for Technology on English/Language Arts (p.284)
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