Kelly Fonner Workshop

I am attending Kelly Fonner's workshop entitled "Technology Toolkit for Reading", which is a part A of a two day workshop that will conclude with Scott Marfilius on October 12th. I was really impressed that the presentation began with a differentiation between assistive and instructional technology. This tends to be an overlooked area in many other presentations that I have attended. Quoting from the presentation:

"Assistive assists students to complete tasks. The student requires its use because it [the task] can't be accomplished any other way. Instructional technology assists students in acquiring information. Is used for a period of time to acquire of reinforce a certain skill."

Great presentation that took participants across areas of reading skills and pairing interventions (including technology) that can instruct and assist students.

Resource Links Provided:

• http://www.wfu.edu/education/fourblocks/ - The Four Blocks Website
  
• Teachers Guide to the Four Block - http://www.amazon.com/Teachers-Guide-Four-Blocks-Multimethod/dp/0887244947
  
• Children with Disabilties: Reading and Writing the Four Blocks Way - http://www.carsondellosa.com/cd2/Products/ProductView.aspx?id=104235&gpoid=409&poid=704&oid=745
• Classrooms that Work - http://www.amazon.com/Classrooms-That-Work-They-Write/dp/0321013395
  
• Communicate in Print - http://www.widgit.com/products/communicate/index.htm#print
• WordMaker - http://www.donjohnston.com/products/word_maker/index.html
• An Ode to Spell Checkers - http://funnies.paco.to/pcPoem.html
• Read On - http://www.readonsoftware.com/?gclid=CJTMmu-FwY4CFQsoUAodMiZ71Q
• See It Right - http://www.seeitright.com/
• Really Good Stuff - http://www.reallygoodstuff.com/
• Augmentative Resources - http://www.augresources.com/
  
• Reading A-Z - http://www.readinga-z.com/
  
• Starfall - http://www.starfall.com/
• Tandem Reading - http://www.resourceroom.net/Products/tandem.asp
• Story Line - http://www.storylineonline.net/
  

Added by me (because a colleague told me to do it...lol)

• TATN Reading Supports - http://www.texasat.net/docs/Reading%20Tech%20links10-17-06%20FINAL.pdf
• NCTI - Tech Matrix in Reading - http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/matrix/default.asp

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