From Flipped to Foundational: Integrating Technology in the ELA

Classroom

Kathryn LuttonCentral High School, Knox County

TCTE ConferenceSeptember 27, 2013

Common CORE ELA Shifts

• Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction

• Reading, writing and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational

• Regular practice with complex text and its academic language

The ELA Classroom: A Place for Technology Use“Students employ technology thoughtfully to enhance their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language use. They tailor their searches online to acquire useful information efficiently, and they integrate what they learn using technology with what they learn offline. They are familiar with the strengths and limitations of various technological tools and mediums and can select and use those best suited to their communication goals.”

--CCSS Website:

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/introduction/students-who-are-college-and-career-ready-in-reading-writing-speaking-listening-language

Foundational Close Reading Format• Text/excerpt is provided.• Close reading questions are provided with

space to answer them.• Dissemination Formats

– Annotating passage before questions– Annotating passage while answering questions– Teacher models answering a question– Teacher facilitates discussion using the questions

as a backdrop– Students answer questions in groups– Students answer questions in class or for

homework with little guidance

Tech Strategy #1: Flipped Classroom• Bergman & Sams,

Flip your Classrooms: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day

• Personalized learning model

• Deep-level Processing

Flipped Tools• Pdf converter

– Tools at the top to highlight, circle, and draw as you speak

– Grapes Sample• Screencasting

software– Camtasia– Sophia (free!)

• Whiteboard tutorials

Show Me

Explain Everything

Tablet Apps

Tech Strategy #2: Learning PlatformSophia Edmodo

Web 2.0 Tool Web 2.0 Tool & Tablet App

Tech Strategy #3: Visual Response to LiteratureiMovie Comic Life

Computer & Tablet App Web 2.0 Tool & Tablet App

Tech Strategy #4: Graphic OrganizersPopplet Prezi

Web 2.0 Tool & Tablet App Web 2.0 Tool & Tablet App

Tech Strategy #5: Online Discussion Boards

• Tailored especially for the ELA curriculum

• Free texts available• Books can be

purchased through Google books

• Close reading tasks can be assigned using CCSS standards as the anchor

Subtext

Tablet App

Tech Strategy #6: Organizing Your Web-based Curriculum

Live Binders• Learning Management

Systems– Edmodo– Blackboard– Canvas– Nearpod– Moodle

• Not to be confused with Course Management Systems, like Discovery Ed or Odyssey

• Access Key: lutton_grapesWeb 2.0 Tool & Tablet App

Incorporating Great Apps!