Deck 12: Literacy and Technology in a Balanced Classroom

Question 1

How can students best be taught about critical viewing of videos and other media?

A) Teachers should always identify a purpose for viewing
B) Students can be encouraged to identify stereotypes, lack of multiple perspectives, and gaps in information, just as they do to literature.
C) Teachers can offer a "think aloud" about how they are interpreting the content of the media piece and share their personal connections to it.
D) All of the above.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Young students can use photographs and photography to do which of the following?

A) Research topics on the Internet.
B) Increase text comprehension.
C) Enhance written informational pieces.
D) Increase computer keyboard skills.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is the major advantage to using word processing and desktop publishing in literacy instruction?

A) Such supports make print instantly legible and professional looking.
B) Such programs teach needed keyboard skills.
C) Such programs reduce the need for time-intensive writer's workshops.
D) Such programs eliminate the need for peer editing of successive drafts.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a needed strategy for online reading as compared with the reading of traditional print, such as books?

A) Fluent oral reading
B) Prior knowledge of website structures
C) Familiarity with how to use interactive charts, maps, and diagrams
D) Ability to choose how long to spend among various reading pathways

Question 5

What are the similarities between reading a traditional text and acquiring information online?

A) Both are highly motivational to most young students.
B) Both require the constructing of meaning and critical reading and thinking.
C) Neither require consideration of the sources of information.
D) Neither require fluent reading.

Question 6

What would be the best reason a teacher might use wikis, blogs, and other electronic communications to promote literacy development?

A) They are simple to set up using free software.
B) They are accessible to anyone anywhere in the world.
C) They motivate students to use literacy skills for authentic purposes.
D) All of the above.

Question 7

E-books offer teachers which of the following capabilities?

A) Teachers can easily evaluate the quality of their students' reading fluency.
B) Teachers can differentiate instruction and provide a wider range of opportunity for students to interact with many texts.
C) E-books can enhance critical comprehension in a way in which traditional texts cannot.
D) Teachers can be assured that all students will be highly motivated to read e-books.

Question 8

Which is the best statement concerning the potential of technology to enhance instruction in a comprehensive literacy program?

A) Technology applications are superior because they motivate students and provide more opportunities for critical and creative thinking.
B) Technology applications help children acquire new vocabulary by communicating with others online.
C) Technology use is highly effective when it supports the literacy goals the teacher has already established.
D) Technology is most compatible with conventional literacy goals, district benchmarks, and state and national standards for literacy.

Question 9

Interactive whiteboards can best be used in the literacy classroom in which of the following ways?

A) With the morning message
B) For digital story telling
C) To view interactive websites
D) All of the above

Question 10

How might adding word processing software to a writer's workshop improve students' writing?

A) Students' spelling skills will decline because of the spell check feature.
B) Students will effortlessly learn keyboarding skills.
C) Students will tend to write more prolifically and enthusiastically.
D) Students will begin to show a marked preference for informational text.

Question 11

__________ is the current generation's defining technology for literacy.

Question 12

Teachers can help students develop critical thinking and media literacy skills by asking them to keep __________about favorite videos, movies, and programs.

Question 13

The ______ _________ describes the gap in access to technology between middle class and low-income families. This gap can be partly addressed by providing opportunities for effective technology use in the schools.

Question 14

To enhance written pieces about what students find interesting in the world around them, __________ can be used.

Question 15

Because written work is made less painstaking, __________motivates students to write longer, more detailed pieces.

Question 16

Multimodal projects such as __________combine text, graphics, audio, video, as well as hyperlinks.

Question 17

A __________ is an activity designed to help students locate information online.

Question 18

E-mail messages, message board discussions, wikis, blogs, and social networking sites are all examples of __________.

Question 19

Many __________offer students the ability to self-select the amount of assistance they feel they need in order to read a book successfully.

Question 20

How might technology help literacy instruction for nine English learnersin a third-grade class? Describe several specific uses of technology that would support their literacy development.

Question 21

According to the textbook, technology is changing the definition of what literacy is and how it can be developed in young students. Discuss how literacy instruction has been affected by the rise of technology in classrooms, comparing it to the way you remember being taught to read and write.

Question 22

Discuss the pros and cons of technology use and your plans for using it effectively in your future classroom.

Question 23

Technology can enhance English learners' receptive (listening, viewing, and reading) and productive literacy skills (speaking and writing). Choose a specific grade level and outline a plan for how you would implement technology to enhance your EL students' receptive and productive literacy skills. Include plans for accessing content-area materials in your students' first languages, if possible.

Question 24

A fifth-grade teacher complains that you are allowing your second-graders to complete their writing workshop on the computer using word-processing software. She insists that the students' penmanship will suffer, and she will be left to remediate this when they enter her class in a few years. Prepare a response to her, defending your choice to use word-processing software for the writing program.