Digital Literacy

The Northern California Writing Project is pleased to offer a professional development program focused on using contemporary technologies to improve students’ literacy skills. Technologies for communication are expanding at exponential rates, changing the possibilities not only of how students can learn, but also how they can represent their learning to teachers, classmates, parents, and the world. The Digital Literacy inservice program, which can be structured to fit the needs of a school, district, or region, focuses on ways teachers can leverage current and emerging technologies to enhance student engagement with learning across grade levels and disciplines. The NCWP has been the primary inservice partner for Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) grants with Marysville Joint Unified School District and Thermalito Union School District.

Program Elements

  • Examination of current teaching practices for opportunities to enhance with technology
  • Introduction to a variety of technologies for communication and learning
    • Collaborative Composing Tools
      • Wikis
      • Google Docs
      • Blogs
      • Podcasts
      • Multimodal Composition & Design
    • Research and Inquiry
      • Online resources: finding, tracking, and evaluating
  • Assessment tools and techniques that recognize student achievement in non-traditional assignments
  • Strategies for increasing reading and writing performance through technology-rich inquiry

Program design and dates are tailored to needs of each school/district.

Email ncwp@csuchico.edu for more information, or to schedule a planning meeting with NCWP leaders.

December 16 2009 04:49 pm

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