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Central District is focusing on Literacy Strategies  this year.  The following IT resources are presented to compliment past PD workshops and staff IT resources.

 Explore these links from the IRA 

IRA International Reading Association - main web page  
Standards for the E L A  Adolescent Literacy 
Reading Comprehension  Reading Assessment
Technology  technology links 
International Literacy Day  Read Write and Think (new)

The International Reading Association Releases New Position Statement- 
“Integrating Literacy and Technology in the Curriculum
December 12, 2001.  Download the full text in PDF format at Download.

 More IT Resources 

English Teaching- Practice and Critique from Australia, this online resource from the University of Waikoato has a monthly ezine that started in November, 2002. Click on the link to read the Current Issue.

CNN Student News - read the news and discuss on line.  Look at he educators guides at the bottom of the page and plan lessons on current online news stories and searching for information.  You may wish to cross link to the Central Web page on the Global Media Village to access world links.

Bloom's Taxonomy Revised  by Lorin Anderson in the 1990's changes the nouns to a verb that describes the active learning in literacy.  Look at the charts on the web page for a review of the changes.

Bloom's Original Anderson's Revised
Knowledge Remembering
Comprehension Understanding
Application Applying
Analysis Analyzing
Synthesis Evaluating
Evaluation Creating

ESL

ESL on Teacher Planet  - this contains areas for Lessons, worksheets and resources.  it also has the Archive of Previously Featured Sites

Teacher Planet Theme Resources

ESL  The Educator's Reference Desk - ESL Lesson Plans 

"Hangman" for ESL 

General Worksheets for Teachers

Everything ESL

Created January 14, 2003, revision date June 09, 2005

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