A Beginners Guide for Using The Washington Post eReplica Edition in the Classroom

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A Beginners Guide for Using The Washington
Post e-Replica Editionin the Classroom

• http//thewashingtonpost.newspaperdirect.com/epape
  r/viewer.aspx
• July 27, 2009

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What is The Washington Poste-Replica?

• e-Replica is an exact digital copy of the print
  edition of the daily and Sunday Washington Post

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e-Replica provides readers with comprehensive
SmartNavigation, built on cutting-edge
technology.
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SmartNavigation also provides readers with a
traditional 2-page newspaper view, table of
contents, article jumps (linking article
sections) and easy to read text views.
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Available to paid subscribers worldwide, we are
pleased to be able to offer it to local teachers
at no cost through the generosity of our
subscribers who donate their vacation credit.
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By signing up for e-Replica through The
Washington Posts Newspaper in Education
Department, teachers and students get free access
to that days newspaper as well as to the
previous 90 days of back issues.
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On the form provided, teachers are encouraged
to use their professional e-mail address rather
than their personal e-mail address as the
students will use this same information to sign
in
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Teachers must also indicate approximately how
many students they see on an average day, as well
as their largest class size. This second number
will determine the maximum simultaneous sessions
the subscription will allow
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Once teachers have submitted the signed order
form, they receive an e-mail from
thewashingtonpost_at_newspaperdirect.com which will
include a link to the e-Replica website
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This e-mail will also contain the teachers
password. Teachers may begin using e-Replica by
clicking Sign In in the upper right hand corner
and entering their e-mail and password in the
appropriate fields
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Every day, at approximately 230 AM, teachers
receive an e-mail letting them know that that
days edition of e-Replica is available.
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Included with each subscription is a free
download of Press Reader available under the
Help and Support page
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Press Reader allows the reader to download
e-Replica to a laptop or mobile device and read
it offline.
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No need to worry about lack of space for teachers
who want to store back issues.
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e-Replica can be read in a one page or two page
view
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The Page View, along with several other options,
may be selected using the toolbar at the bottom
of the screen. A thumbnail view of each page is
available on the right.
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Navigate e-Replica a page at a time
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Or select the Table of Contents at the top right
to jump right to the desired article, page, or
section.
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e-Replica provides the reader with two distinct
formats for reading a particular article
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Newspaper View accessed by clicking on the body
of the article
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Text View accessed by clicking on the articles
headline
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Text View opens the article in its own text box
with several tools at the top under the article
headline
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Including a tool for bookmarking articles for
later use
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Before saving the article to My Bookmarks, the
reader can add comments as a reminder as to why
he or she is saving this particular article.
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By selecting My Services then My Bookmarks in
the upper right hand corner, the reader can view
and manage all saved articles.
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Text View also has a tool for sharing the article
via e-mail, through Twitter, or on a social
networking site like Facebook.
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Teachers can also share articles on a personal or
classroom blog by clicking the Share icon in a
Text View box.
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Articles can also be printed in a variety of
different formats.
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By clicking on the headphone icon, in the Text
View box, the reader can have the article read
out loud, a great tool for remedial readers or
ESL students.
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Teachers can select My Monitors under My
Services in the upper right hand corner to have
e-Replica search the newspaper every day for
certain words or phrases.
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e-Replica will then send the teacher an e-mail
any day that that word or phrase appears in the
newspaper.
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Teachers can use SMART board or Promethean board
technology to not only display and highlight
articles
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But also to display and highlight any map, chart,
graph, or cartoon from any of the last 90 days
editions of The Washington Post
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By clicking on the appropriate icon on the bottom
toolbar, readers can see a thumbnail of all the
pictures in the current issue which can be
printed out or displayed.
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Clicking on the question mark icon in the upper
right hand takes the reader to the Help and
Support page
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Which contains an overview of the many features
of e-Replica, including a list of FAQs, and how
to contact Newspaper Direct for Customer Support.
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In addition to bookmarking the e-Replica site,
teachers will also want to bookmark The
Washington Posts NIE website
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www.washpost.com/nie
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Click on Lesson Plans to view monthly,
standards based lesson plans covering a wide
variety of topics and skill levels
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Of particular interest is the April 2009 Lesson
Atwitter Over Social Networking, its Uses and
Abuses
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In fact, the January through May 2009 Lesson
Plans each highlight in a more in depth way a few
of e-Replicas most teacher-friendly features.
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Participating teachers may also want to follow
the e-Mediate Learning blog at
www.e-mediatelearning.com
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Here teachers can find regular updates on current
Washington Post articles which connect with their
curriculum, and share ideas with other educators.
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Here are some other sites that are useful with
e-Replica. Some also contain free lesson plans

• youthleadership.net
• Answers.com
• American Memory Project www.memory.loc.gov
• Library of Congress www.loc.gov
• Partnership for 21st Century Skills
  www.21stcenturyskills.org
• www.newspaperarchive.com
• The Newseum www.newseum.org
• Newspaper Association of America Foundation
  www.naafoundation.org
• http//www.parade.com/paradeclassroom/index.htm
• http//www.vpa.net/nie.htm

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For more information or to order The Washington
Post e-Replica Edition for Your Classroom,
contact

• Margaret Kaplow, Manager
• [phone]KAPLOWM_at_washpost.comChristopher
  Janson, Educational Services Representative(202)
  334-5690JANSONCL_at_washpost.com