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started by Jamie Washington on 15 Jun 11
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    Balanced Literacy in the Primary Classroom

    http://literacycoachingservices.edu.glogster.com/guided-reading-overview/

    This site introduces the participants to the basic principles of guided reading. This site is designed to help teachers integrate guided reading into their literacy block. The multimedia artifacts on this site are short videos demonstrating how to set up a reading notebook, and how to organize guided reading in the classroom. This site using dual coding, using both audio and visual cues to engage the learner (Mayer, 2009). With this site the multimedia aspects do not take away from what is being presented. The bright colors and different fonts add visual appeal without overpowering the message.

    http://literacyidentity.wikispaces.com/Literacy+Block
    This wiki covers the elements of a literacy block. It provides several multimedia examples of activities that students can independently complete during the literacy block. The simplicity of this wiki lends itself to the amount of content being covered on the wiki. This wiki is text based and does not incorporate any of Mayer's principles of dual coding, cognitive theory, or limited capacity theory (Mayer, 2009). This wiki would be used as a reference site for students to explore on their own time. The content covered on this wiki will be covered in other sites and through the course content.

    http://www.fcrr.org/Curriculum/studentCenterActivities.shtm
    This site provides a link the instructional DVD that would be used in conjunction with this professional development session. The material covered in the DVD correspond to the text that will be used throughout this professional development. This aligns with Mayer's limited capacity theory, the students will take the information either from the text or from the DVD, whichever resource they learn best from (Mayer, 2009). This site also offers several resources for teachers to use in their classroom in their balanced literacy block.

    Reference
    Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.

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