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[[http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/|Technology Integration]] - Huge site of resources on how to integrate technology into the classroom
[[http://www.internet4classrooms.com/assistance.htm|Internet 4 Classrooms]] - Huge site with tutorials, lessons, interactive activities for grades K-12 and for any subject
[[http://www.internet4classrooms.com/k12links.htm|Internet 4 Classrooms]] - Links for K-12 Teachers (skill building, classroom organization, differentiated instruction, integrating technology and more!)
[[http://www.globalclassroom.org/ecell00/javamath.html|Global Classrooms]] - Created by Patti Weeg it has tons of things for teachers and students
[[http://www.iq.poquoson.org/|Interactive Quizzes]] - The site has interactive quizzes for grades 3-5, & 8 in Reading & Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, & Technology
[[http://kittyk70.tripod.com/interactivesites.htm|Interactive Websites]] - tons of websites and links for all content areas
[[http://icc.k12.ar.us/Izard%20County%20Elementary%20Library/I%20Games%20G3.htm|Interactive Games]] - many different games for Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies
[[http://www.iq.poquoson.org/index.html|Interactive Quizzes]] - Reading, Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies quizzes for grades 3-8
[[http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/|Online Basic Skill Games]] - Huge directory of Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, and Interactive Websites
[[http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/technology_planning/csip/visual_learning.html#tools|Visual Learning]] - This site has ready made graphic organizers and technology resources to use in your daily instruction
[[http://www.mikids.com/teacher.html|Teacher Resources]] - huge site with many different resources for teachers
[[http://www.k12station.com/k12link_library.html|K12Station]] - Library of K-12 Educational links
[[http://www.factmonster.com/games.html|Fact Monster]]- games and quizzes
[[http://www.juliethompson.com/SMART.html|K-3 SMART board sites]]- list of tons of activities for different subject areas

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Technology Research and References:**</span>

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[http://menzel.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/Infusing%20Technology%20into%20Reading%20Instruction.ppt|Infusing Technology into Reading Instruction.ppt]]</span>
This is my Professional Development presentation I made for the Regional Professional Development Schools Conference (RPDS) that addresses reasons to infuse technology, defines new literacies, and describes how to use Turingpoint in reading instruction

[[http://menzel.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/Technology%20References.doc|Technology References.doc]] - My references I used for research papers & other projects on how to infuse technology into your classroom
[[http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~djleu/third.html|Teaching with the Internet]] - complete book that links to many great websites - written by Donald J. Leu & Deborah D. Leu
[[http://cnets.iste.org/students/s_book.html|Connecting Curriculum with and Technology]] - National Educational Standards for Students - complete book with pdf files and links
[[http://www.lite.iwarp.com/reg102004.htm#comp|New Literacies on the Internet]] - lessons, ideas, projects, research and tons of links on how to infuse new literacies in reading
[[http://www.toread.com/|Language Arts and Reading Research]] - huge website of research and resources to help improve reading and language arts.
[[http://robertkozma.com/images/kozma_jrte.pdf|Technology and Classroom Practices]]: An International Study - By Robert B. Kozma (research article)

**Articles for Educators:**
[[http://www.newliteracies.uconn.edu/lahenry/LHenry_RTarticle.pdf|Searching for an answer]]: //The critical role of new literacies while reading on the internet// by Laurie A. Henry
[[http://www.reading.org/downloads/positions/ps1048_technology.pdf|Infusing Literacy and Technology]] - article from International Reading Association (2001) entitled, //Integrating literacy and technology into the curriculum//
[[http://www.edutopia.org/index.php|Edutopia]] - Website that has articles and videos that show best practices of how to infuse technology into your classroom

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**Below are some reading skills and strategies that teachers can use with their students so they can use technology more proficiently** **when they are searching the internet.**
**[[image:search.gif width="49" height="39"]] __6 strategies for searching the internet:__** Eagleton & Guinee (2002) [[image:search.gif width="53" height="33"]]
*Activating a student's prior knowledge will make their search more successful and meaningful
|| 1. Be specific - try to narrow your focus || 4. Be distinct - don't repeat your focus ||
|| 2. Be exact - use only words/phrases you want to find || 5. Be succinct - try to eliminate unnecessary words ||
|| 3. Be direct - only search one focus at a time || 6. Be concise - carefully & thoughtfully select keywords ||
* Locating information in your search is extremely important. All your other decisions and functions rely on the search process.
* Know what type of search engine you are using. Some search engines use text matching while others are organized by categories.
* Ways they search: text matching and frequency of a word appearing on a page and also search how the pages are linked together.
* The more a word appears and the more pages it is linked to then the higher ranked that website becomes.
* A lot of the times the sites that are ranked higher are the results of fees that are paid to the search engine to rank their site high (Sponsors).

**[[image:book.gif]] __Reading Strategies for Reading on the Internet:__** Laurie A. Henry (2006) [[image:book.gif]]

|| 1. Analyze data - reading to find the most relevant information about your focus || 4. Context clues - understanding key terms and meanings in the text ||
|| 2. Skim and Scan - browsing the text for main ideas and key words/phrases || 5. Text Structure - understanding text features and unfamiliar text structures of online texts is important for comprehension ||
|| 3. Making inferences - deciding if this information suits your focus || 6. Read Critically and Synthesize Information - being able to evaluate the information for its authenticity and relevancy ||

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