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Title: Preparing Educators for the Millennium Generation


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Preparing Educators for the Millennium Generation
  • Dr. Jean M. Casey

Professor - Reading/Early Childhood/Technology
California State University, Long Beach
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Writing my own storyColleen
  • The New Literacy begins at age three

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Writers Readersages 7 and 3
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Todays Focus
  • How PBS Ready to Learn, that has produced Sesame
    Street, Reading Rainbow and programs to interest
    and light the fire of knowledge for preschool
    youngsters, can now go the next step and empower
    them as writers and readers.
  • How collaboration between educators and media is
    our next most important challenge.
  • Language Processing makes Language Experience
    work What I can say, I can write. What I can
    write, I can read! (Van Allen, Casey)

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Important Facts
  • The child has an absorbent mind ages birth to
    seven (Montessori). Learns second language,
    music, math, computers much more easily at that
    age.
  • Small muscle coordination is developmental and
    sometimes doesnt occur until 7 or 8 years of
    age.
  • A pencil is a tool that needs small muscle
    coordination to use. It is easier for a young
    child to hit the a key on the computer than to
    write an a. A computer is a sophisticated
    pencil, a writing tool that works well for young
    writers.

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Teacher Education and Technology
  • Descriptive Study of the Reading Program in ABC
    School District - Cerritos, California (Casey)
  • 21 Schools-qualitative and quantitative study of
    the reading program in all classrooms
  • Teachers enthusiasm, love of learning and
    expectations for students.
  • Simi Star Project - Research on early literacy
    and technology (Casey)
  • 6 School Districts-26 classrooms-1000 writing
    portfolios
  • Students with daily access to computers for
    language processing all became readers and
    writers.

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Research Support
  • Simi Star Conclusions
  • Teachers idea, administrator support.
  • Students in the WTR classroom averaged two
    writing levels higher and exceptionally high
    reading attitude compared to control.
  • Sixth grade follow-up study-Students won the
    county writing contests/their own website/all
    were proficient writers and readers.

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Education Testing Service Evaluation of WTR
  • 10,000 Kindergarten and Grade 1 students at 21
    sites (R. Murphy and L. Appel)
  • Writing to Read (WTR) Three year study most
    extensive research on computers and early
    literacy
  • Children in WTR write better than comparison
    groups
  • In Reading, Kindergarten WTR students have a
    significant advantage over comparison students.

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NCLB and Technology
  • NCLB requires teachers to integrate technology
    into ongoing instruction and make technology a
    part of the learning process.
  • The value of technology is knowing how to use it
    to learn, the goal is for every student to be
    technologically literate before entering
    secondary education. (NCLB 2003)

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The Beginning - Failing at Five
  • Codey (Age 5, Kdg.) was placed in the low group
    in his class.
  • When asked to write, he avoided the task, because
    he couldnt do well with a pencil.
  • The computer made a difference for him.
  • He went from low group to author in one session.

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Codeys Literacy Success
  • The computer empowered him to write.
  • The computer proved to him that he was not dumb.
  • The computer gave him a tool to type in any word
    he saw and then hear it spoken to him.
  • It was his ticket to the Literacy Club

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Los Angeles Unified School District Waterford
and WTR
  • Waterford Early Reading Program in 244 schools
  • Waterford used by about 150,000 students at 1,600
    schools in 40 states.
  • It puts the learner in control of his learning,
    processing his own language experience stories.
  • It has the outstanding music, graphics, sound
    educational materials for comprehensible input.
  • Its based on a good understanding of reading
    development. (G.Reid Lyon, NIH)

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Estimate Brandons Level of Maturity
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Brandon, Age 6, Gr. 1
Brandon 12-13-95 It is raning hrd twoda. I lik
the ran bekaz I lik gateng wet. I lik plaing in
the ran.
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Anthonys Story (2 versions)
Version 1 Pencil and paper
Version 2 - Computer
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Mini web, Multilingual, Maxi Learning Project
  • Dr. Rachel Cohen - University of Paris, France
  • Dr. Gloria Medrano - University of Zaragoza,
    Spain
  • A network which links children aged 3 to 8 from
    10 countries using 4 languages.
  • Research shows that using technology at an early
    age, before children become candidates for
    school failure, can indeed make a significant
    difference.

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Davids Story (Age 6, diagnosed A.D.H.D.)
  • 9-18 dinusors lift 200 yers a goe They had
    fites. Evey day they had fites. One day a
    dinusor was eating gras. And a dinosaur got in a
    fites. The bigis dinnsor wan. it was nite time.
    it was snowing for a week.the dinsaurs dide.

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More from David
  • gorchwoshtin live he was the first presit.He
    was born in ' 16-48.He was 1 yers old. He was
    nise he noow lots of thing. he had fan win he was
    2 yers old he had tlooes. Noul he is 3 yers old
    he was omoste in pescol. noul he is 5 yers old he
    is in cinagarn.noul he is 6 yers old he is in
    fiest gard.

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Outcomes for David
  • Without a classroom computer and a knowledgeable
    teacherDavid would probably have spent the next
    six years in a special categoryon Ritalin.
  • Without a classroom computer and a knowledgeable
    teacherDavid would probably have been lost in
    our one size fits all educational system.
  • With a classroom computer and a knowledgeable
    teacherDavid became an early member of the
    literacy club and, in the 7th grade, he designed
    the Web Page for his class.

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The LakeChapter 1 by LibbyAge 5
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The LakeChapter 2 by LibbyAge 5
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The LakeChapter 3 by LibbyAge 5
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The LakeChapter 4 by LibbyAge 5
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The LakeChapter 5 by LibbyAge 5
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Outcomes for Libby?
  • Without a knowledgeable teacherLibby will
    probably hate being forced to read decodable
    books and, as a result, will be bored with
    school.
  • Without a knowledgeable teacherwho understands
    about phonemic spelling as a first stage, Libby
    will probably stop writing her novels.
  • There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the
    difference between mediocrity and
    accomplishment. (Norman Vincent Peale)

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Mat sat on a fat cat just wont hack it. It
failed with SWRL in 1970. It will fail again.
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Importance of Early Experiences
  • Children who lack access to books, who are not
    read to in the home, start school with a
    significant disadvantage.
  • On-target students typically start kindergarten
    with 3000 hours of pre-literacy activities in the
    home. At-risk students start with just 50-250
    hours of the same activities. (Adams, 1990)
  • Without effective intervention, this deficit
    continues to increase yearly.

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Benefits of Computer Access for Young Children
  • Empowerment and control of learning - accepts
    computer as a lifelong learning tool
  • Interactive, visual positive feedback
  • An experience that can support the development of
    learning, logical thinking and ability to solve
    and analyze problems

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Software to Review
  • Dr. Peets Talk Writer
  • Waterford Early Reading Program (Pearson)
  • OpenBooksLearning
  • Writing to Read 2000
  • Write Outloud (Don Johnston)
  • KidWorks Deluxe or KidPix
  • Clicker 4

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Jessicas Story (WTR Age 5)
  • The Vois Inside You
  • One day Jenny seid to her mom I want to do
    jimnastiks Her mom seid OK why dont you try out
    for the Olimpiks? Jennys techer was tuf. it was
    the day of the Olimpiks. Jenny was scard when it
    came to her tern. Then she herd a vois it seid
    you can do it. Jenny ran to the beem.
  • She did a back flip the vois cep saing you can do
    it. Then it came agen you can do it. She one
    the Olimpks

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Classroom Integration
  • Six networked computers/Internet
    connections/Teachers Computer
  • Computers integrated in writing process all day
    long
  • 88 Classroom writing ideas in Creating the Early
    Literacy Classroom (Casey)

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Pre-school Teachers
  • Model reading, writing and daily use of computer,
    understand how to inspire and encourage children
  • Understand about providing writing and reading
    experiences for at-risk students
  • Understand the needs of on-target students as
    well as those leading the way and living in a
    technology household

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Power of PBS Communication
  • Ready to Learn resources for Parents and Teachers
    need to be a part of home-school communication at
    every school and in all teacher training
  • Generations of learners, because of programs like
    Schoolhouse Rock, can recite the Preamble of our
    Constitution. Now we need new programs like this
    that highlight how young children can use the
    technology as a tool to write, read and learn.
  • PBS should show children, parents and teachers
    the value of computer technology in literacy
    development.

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Leadership
  • PBS Ready to Learn - The next step Children as
    Authors
  • Collaboration between university and K-12
    educators, parents and media to give voice and
    literacy to all preschool children
  • Human beings learn through interest and need to
    know. They need role models that inspire them and
    tools that empower them to become literate.

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Inspiring Friends to Use the Computer
  • Federal mandates like Good Start, Grow Smart have
    demonstrated great success with 3 and 4 year olds
    literacy.
  • Preschool is a gift for a lifetime.

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Literacy Success for All Learners
  • Anthony (Age 10, Gr. 5), Poor eye-hand
    coordination
  • Brandon (Age 6, Gr. 1), Poor eye-hand
    coordination
  • Codey (Age 5, Kdg), Teacher labeled him a
    low-low
  • David (Age 6, Gr. 1), Diagnosed A.D.H.D.
  • Jessica (Age 5, Kdg), Motivational Writer
  • Libby (Age 5, Kdg), Gifted, GATE

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Remember
  • One hundred years from now it will not matter
    what kind of car you drove or the sort of house
    you lived in.
  • But the world may be different because you were
    important in the life of a child.
  • Education is not the filling of a pail, but the
    lighting of a fire. (W. B. Yeats)

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Dr. John Henry Martin
  • The computer can give the learner the worlds
    most beautiful feeling, the Greek Eureka I got
    it, I know it, I can see it, I can understand it!
    Thats a transforming feeling to be awakened
    from dormancy, from sadness to strength, to
    dignity. I can write, I can read!

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Where to get more information
  • Early Literacy The Empowerment of Technology by
    Jean M. Casey, Ph.D. (Revised Edition 2000) ISBN
    1-56308-458-9
  • Creating the Early Literacy Classroom by
    Jean M. Casey, Ph.D. (2000) ISBN 1-56308-712-X
  • jeancasey_at_aol.com
  • www.csulb.edu/jmcasey
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