Bridging Technology and Literacy
Digital Graphic Organizer
Why?
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Digital graphic organizer tools offer ways for students to represent their thoughts or ideas using different fonts, colors, images, and even audio to consider what a text means or to write their own text.
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The beauty of digital graphic organizer tools is they can be used by students who are learning to read and write and those that are reading and writing to learn, spanning the spectrum of K-6 literacy learning.
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Common Core State Standards also promote anchor learning objectives that may be easily and readily be targeted through the incorporation of digital graphic organizer tools.
What?
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Most graphic organizer tools have many functions and options, they allow the user to determine the purpose and format of what is created with the tool.
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Numerous digital graphic organizer tools exist to assist students and to make seamless connections between digital and traditional literacy skills.
How?
Using Digital Graphic Organizer in the Classoom
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Creating Summaries and Retellings
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Reading Comprehension Strategies
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Vocabulary Learning
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Organizing Writing
More information please refer to Chapter 6 of the Book
Resources?
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Create summaries and retellings
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Create diagrams of cause and effect relationships
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Brainstorm information
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Collect related information on a topic
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Create timelines
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Create charts representing the main ideas of a text and providing supporting details
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Create diagrams of vocabulary terms
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Create outlines for writing
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Share charts and diagrams
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Embed diagrams and timelines into a blog or website
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Create summaries and retellings
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Create diagrams of cause and effect relationships
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Brainstorm information
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Collect related information on a topic
-
Create timelines
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Create charts representing the main ideas of a text and providing supporting details
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Create diagrams of vocabulary terms
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Create outlines for writing
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Share charts and diagrams
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Embed diagrams and timelines into a blog or website