1) Technology That Supports Fluency: I visited "Visual Thesaurus". This site closely resembles the Wordle concept whereby a student can enter a word and the program will generate a web of synonyms. This site is a timely one for me personally due to the fact that I have started a new trimester as of today and I am utilizing a new method of handling vocabulary usage with my students. One of the five pieces of information that the students need to enter is a synonym for the assigned word for the week. I can't wait to share this site with my students and have them offer some feedback to me regarding their usage of it.
2) Technology That Supports Vocabulary: I visited the "Humanities" link, the Beaverton referenced title, and poetry. Currently, I have a 10th grade American literature class that I am teaching and the curriculum requires that during one part of the trimester I examine Robert Frost with the students. One of my primary concerns ALWAYS is that all my students can access much of the material that we cover in class. I can now link this to my web site and have the students complete a task independently between class meetings.
3) Technology That Supports Text Comprehension: I visited the Inspiration web site - this is actually a software program that I have the highest regard for!!! One of the books that I share with my students is "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman. I use this book in a 10th grade lower level ELA class where the need for visual enticement and successful interaction with the material at hand is of utmost priority. I generate a number of graphic organizers for each of the book's segments to generate interpretation of the book's key concepts/themes.
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I like the Visual Thesaurus.
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