Description of www.readwritethink.org

Readwritethink is a website providing web tools published by the National Council for Teahers of English (NCTE) and sponsored by the International Reading Association (IRA) and Thinkfinity Verizion Foundation. Focused on K-12 Literacy in the 21st Century, this web tool is a "one stop" resoure for educators and parents alike. Teachers can find lesson plans, student interactives, podcasts, and calendar activities. For professional development there are strategy guides, expert advisors, web seminars and online professional development. Teachers can also network with other teachers, contribute to the site, and receive RSS. Best of all Readwritethink isn't just for teachers. Parents can access activities, projects, games, tips, how-tos, and more. This web tool is user friendly, free (except for some profession development features) and requires a minimum of additional system requirements.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Evaluation Criteria 7: Teacher Control

To what extent can the teacher scaffold student activity using this web tool? 5 Stars

Depending on the grade level and age of the learner a teacher may need to scaffold the students experience with some of the interactive tools. Teachers can easily provide a link on a computer desktop, in a file that will take a student directly to the activity. Older students can learn to quickly and easily locate activities with or without teacher guidance. It really is a very user friendly system designed with the educator in mind. Learning activities have been review, level, and categorized by teachers and experts in the field. Activities and lessons can be used by teachers to easily bridge learning from one activity to the next.
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