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The first step is learning how to locate information online. We will look at one website now, and in the follow-up sessions we will consider what good readers do when they locate, evaluate and synthesize information. For now, let's go look at a website called MartinLutherKing.org. > Below is a list of tools we may cover this week that will support and/or assist students with their online reading comprehension. All tools are linked to a website that provides additional information. Please take a few minutes this evening to look at the tools and let us know tomorrow your top four. Based on your input we will choose which ones to teach. The attached document looks at the new Massachusetts Curriculum Framework in English Language Arts and Literacy. This documents provides a look at how you might link Online Reading Comprehension to the new Framework for Grade Three, Grades 6 - 8, and Grades 11 -12. If you are interested in downloading a copy of the new Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy, or for Mathematics click here. > > > === Introduction to UDL === > So what is UDL? UDL stand for Universal Design for Learning. It comes out of universal design in architecture. > Universal Design for Learning Slide Show > media type="youtube" key="bDvKnY0g6e4" height="349" width="425" > Let's take a minute to see what UDL might feel like for each of us. Click here to start the activity. > ** Additional Resources ** > UDL Guidelines >  CAST, the Center for the Applied Special Technology is an excellent resource for Universal Design for Learning (UDL).They offer two UDL Online modules. The first module is an introduction to UDL. The second module is Applying the UDL Framework to Lesson Development. To access these modules click HERE. They also offer a wide variety of learning tools. One tool is CAST Science Writer. This tool supports middle and high school students in writing lab and class reports and provides a range of supports. The UDL Book Builder allows you "to create, share, publish and read digital books that engage and support diverse learners according to their individual needs, interests, and skills." A complete list of all their tools is located on the Learning Tools page. >  UDL Toolkit (a wiki) **What do Good Readers Do?**
 * Accessing Digitized Text: Readability and Natural Reader
 * Diigo Education
 * Glogster Education
 * Mind Mapping: Spiderscribe, LucidChart , Bubbl.us
 * Storybird
 * Visual Ranking
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Visualizing Text: WordSift & Wordle

I know how to use different search engines. I know how to use internal search engines. I know how to edit and revise keywords. I know simple search strategies for making my searches more specific. I know advanced features of search engines and how to use them.

**Activity: Looking at Students** What search skills do you see evident?

What search skills are missing? media type="youtube" key="asGNeWmEhSk" height="349" width="425" This is the link http://youtu.be/asGNeWmEhSk media type="youtube" key="zX6gBQPlYEI" height="349" width="425" This is the link http://youtu.be/zX6gBQPlYEI Watch the other too!

Activity: A Google A Day Wonderopolis **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Additional Resources ** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;">Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles"

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> [|November Learning] - This document was produced by November Learning and provides resources about information literacy. Some of the items discussed include how to read a URL, learning the history of a website, looking at the links and effective search techniques. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> Using the Link Tool (page 17 of the above document)