Workshops

=Introduction= toc A big piece of Education 314 and 316 is deciding what you want to learn and then learning it. Here are some workshops for you to try.

=Literacy Workshops=

Ballad Project
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Ballad+Projects This is a creative writing project based on songs of a specific type. This project can help students to learn about narrative structure as well as helping them to write a type of poetry.

Baseball Cards
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Baseball+Cards Creating "baseball" or other type of trading cards offers students an opportunity to write creatively in a very inviting genre. This supports informational writing.

Blues
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Blues This form of music supports a relatively easy way of writing poetry using a topic that everyone can relate to (stuff to complain about).

Bully Writing
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Bully+Writing Steve Schack at Livingstone Ave. school developed this writing project. It involves narrative, perspective-taking, letters, and poetry, all on a topic that concerns so many people.

Carnival Poetry
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Carnival+Poetry Carnival/Mardi Gras is a time for breaking the rules of society, so naturally carnival poetry has only one rule--all poetic rules have to be broken. The interesting thing is that when students break rules, they are actually demonstrating that they know rules.

Children of the Code
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Children+of+the+Code This workshop guides you in exploring a website about reading struggles in English, where they come from, and their potential lifelong effect on people.

Classroom Drama
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Classroom+Drama This improvisational form of drama allows teachers to set up situations for authentic reading and writing.

Teacher's need to become comfortable, //very comfortable//, making instructional decisions that refelct Common Core and/or Content Standards. Take a look at the ELA Common core and the example of "I Can" translations from the Pickerington School District. Pick 8 or so grade specific expectations in the Stardards and try translating those standards into expressions that you, your students, and their families could both "get" and learn to do.
 * English Language Arts Commmon Core**

Envelope Puppets
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Envelope+Puppets This type of puppet is cheap and can be made spontaneously using the simplest of materials (envelopes and crayons or markers).

Environmental Print
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Environmental+Print Here is a commonly-found scaffold for early reading skills.

Feedback for Students
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Feedback+for+Students How to respond to students' writings in supportive, constructive ways.

Fill in the Blank Poetry
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Fill+in+the+Blank+Writing Not comfortable teaching or writing poetry? Try your hand at a couple of these.

=Technology Workshops= (many of which have a strong focus on literacy)

Bloom's Taxonomy and Digital Media
http://ohioetc.wikispaces.com/Workshop+Bloom%27s+Taxonomy+and+Digital+Media This workshop reviews Bloom's taxonomy and also includes a literacy-based lesson based on Bloom's taxonomy and the judicious use of digital technology.

Digital Dictionaries
http://ohioetc.wikispaces.com/Workshop+Digital+Dictionaries There are some amazing dictionaries. This workshop encourages you to study a few words of your choice using these resources.

Digital Publishing Resources
http://ohioetc.wikispaces.com/Workshop+Digital+Publishing+Resources This workshop covers many different types of resources for sharing one's writing with others.

Cool Things in 15 Minutes
http://ohioetc.wikispaces.com/Workshop+on+Cool+Things+in+15+Minutes This workshop was originally designed as an introduction to technology for reluctant people, since it has a collection of amazing stuff a person can do with very little technological experience. It is also a resource for teachers wanting to find new tools for students to use for learning and creativity.

Presentation Possibilities
http://ohioetc.wikispaces.com/Workshop+on+Presentation+Possibilities+for+Students Get beyond that tired power point and also make sure that information is accessible for as many people as possible with this workshop.

Crossing the Semiotic Divide
http://ohioetc.wikispaces.com/Workshop+Crossing+the+Semiotic+Divide This is a sequel to the Presentation Possibilities workshop.

Quick Answers and Problem Solving
http://ohioetc.wikispaces.com/Workshop+Quick+Answers+and+Problem+Solving Ways to use technology to solve problems.

=Something Else, Indeed=

Addressing the Needs of All Students
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Addressing+the+Needs+of+All+Students This has a huge amount of information on everything from universal design for learning to managing multiple reading levels in a classroom.

Assessment Without Tears
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Assessment+Without+Tears How to troubleshoot both reading and writing--a new way of thinking about this.

Grant Writing
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Grant+Writing How to write a grant so you can get extra funding for your classroom. Try finding a potential grant to write, using the information found here.

Imaginative Education
http://literacymethods.wikispaces.com/Imaginative+Education This is a way of creating highly engaging lessons that meet state standards.