Free Webinars
GETTING STARTED WITH WRITEREADER
13th April 2021 4 pm ET/10 pm CET (30 min.)
Sharing points
- How to get started with WriteReader
- How to set up class and students
- Google Classroom integration
- Basic book creation features
- How to provide feedback & other premium features
PAST: DEVELOPING EMERGENT WRITERS
3rd March 2021 4 pm ET/10 pm CET (45 min.)
Sharing points
- Discover ways to engage and excite emergent writers in writing tasks with Writereader.
- Use Writereader to scaffold and differentiate writing tasks.
- Multimodal features of Writereader guide and support emergent writers in the creation of personalized digital books
- Explore ways Writereader promotes the integration of content areas and literacy skills within writing tasks found in a variety of learning environments.
Bio Katie Gardner
Katie is an Elementary English as a Second Language Teacher in Salisbury, North Carolina. She is an Apple Distinguished Educator Class of 2017 and a National Board Certified Teacher in English as a New Language. She has a passion for creating blended learning lessons to engage early learners and support second language acquisition. Katie has been a featured presenter or workshop leader at National early learning, technology, and ESL conferences
Bio Traci Piltz
Traci is an award-winning educator, with nearly 20 years of experience teaching young learners. She holds an M.Ed. degree in early childhood reading & literacy, and has spent the past 6 years of her career as a technology integration specialist.
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PAST: CREATING MATH STORIES WITH ELEMENTARY STUDENTS
17th February 2021 4 pm ET/10 pm CET (45 min.)
Sharing points
Get inspired on how to engage your students in creating math stories:
- Utilize the math image collection to create math stories
- Create math storybook templates
- Utilize adult writing and feedback features to provide support and feedback on student books
Bio
Traci Piltz is an award-winning educator, with nearly 20 years of experience teaching young learners. She holds an M.Ed. degree in early childhood reading and literacy, and has spent the past 6 years of her career as a technology integration specialist.
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PAST: DEVELOPING ALL LANGUAGE DOMAINS WITH WRITEREADER
13th January 2021 4 pm ET/10 pm CET (45 min.)
Sharing points
Confirming Existence – Choosing Compelling Text
- Tips for choosing text that validates and confirms students’ backgrounds and cultures.
Scaffolding Reading – Intentional Support to Read the Text
- A variety of strategies to make text comprehensible and fun (input).
Scaffolding Writing – Meet students Where they are
- Meet students at their writing level but provide strategies to encourage a higher level of writing (output).
Publishing – Get Students Excited an Authentic Audience
- Intentionally showing students the audience they can inspire and teach with their published book using WriteReader.
Bio
Astrid Emily Francis is an English as a Second Language teacher at Concord High School in Concord, North Carolina. She serves students in 9th-12th grade with various English proficiency levels. Previously, Emily was an ESL teacher, at W.M. Irvin Elementary School, Concord, North Carolina. Emily’s experience as an English Language Learner inspired her to become an ESL teacher and affords her a deep understanding of the challenges her students must overcome to find success. Emily earned a BA in Spanish, and a MAT in ESL from UNC-Charlotte. She serves as a professional development facilitator, motivational speaker, and Keynote. Emily is a Team member of Confianza LLC and forms part of the Executive Board of Carolina TESOL.
Recording of webinar