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=Rhode Island State House Meeting, May 6, 2013= Dr. Julie Coiro, Associate Professor, University of Rhode Island [|Website] | email: jcoiro@mail.uri.edu | [|Publications]

Preparing Teachers for a Digital Age:Promising Practices and Next Steps
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What do today's teachers need to know about technology?

 * Technology Basics
 * Tools for Learning
 * Tools for Teaching
 * Tools for Reflection, Collaboration, and Networking
 * **Effective Practices for Designing Curriculum and Pedagogy (the "when, if, and how" of technology use)
 * American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Committee on Innovation and Technology (2008)

How is the University of Rhode Island preparing teachers for a digital age?

 * URI 101: Helping URI Freshmen Manage Their Knowledge To Enhance Success Using State-of-the-Art Tools and Strategies (Dr. Jay Fogleman)
 * Foundations of Education: Writing and Publishing in a Blended Learning Environment to Develop Students’ Scholarly Digital Ethos (Dr. Jay Fogleman, Dr. Mona Neidbala)
 * EDC 423: Using Technology to Foster Literacy and Inquiry-Based Learning in Elementary School Classrooms (Dr. Julie Coiro and Dr. Terry Deeney)
 * EDC 448: Using Technology to Engage Adolescents and Build Critical Reading Skills in Content Area Courses (Dr. Julie Coiro and Dr. Diane Kern)
 * Student Teachers’ Use of iPads for Planning, Teaching & Reflection (Dr. Jay Fogleman, Dr. Kees DeGroot, Dr. Diane Kern, Dr. David Byrd)
 * Using Web 2.0 to Understand Preservice Science Teachers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs (Dr. Jay Fogleman and Dr. David Byrd)
 * [|URI Master's in Reading Program]
 * [|URI Master's In Special Education Program]
 * [|Curriculum Materials Library]
 * [|URI School of Education]
 * URI Summer Institute in Digital Literacies (July 14-19, 2013) [|Innovative Teaching and Learning with Digital Tools, Texts, and Technologies] (Download the syllabus: [[file:Syllabus DigLit Institute FINAL 5-20-13B.docx]])

What's promising around the state?

 * $20 Million Technology Infrastructure Capital Bond
 * RIDE Wireless Classroom Initiative
 * Learning First Alliance/Rhode Island: [|1st Annual Conference: Empowering Practice Through Technology]
 * Elementary Schools: Gara Field, [|Pleasant View Elementary School's Blended Learning Initiative]
 * Secondary Schools: Katrina Kennett, Thoughtful Approaches to Teaching with iPads
 * Higher Education: Holly Walsh and Sharon Lee, RIDE

Next Steps: Five Ways Forward
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 * Celebrate Teachers and Advertise Widely
 * Support teachers with regular, high quality PD opportunities (see [|NCREL's recommendations])
 * Build/Strengthen partnerships to design, implement, and assess efficacy of digital practices for teaching and learning
 * Initiate Statewide Study Groups to examine, disseminate, and implement models working in other states/countries
 * [|K-12 ICT Developmental Literacy Continuum, Manitoba, CA]
 * [|North Carolina Dept. of Public Instruction Digital Teaching and Learning Initiative][[file:IMPACTrev1.31.08.pdf]]
 * [|University of Buffalo's Graduate Certificate in Educational Technology and New Literacies]
 * Rethink curriculum as authentic inquiry-based experiences to engage K-16 students with the digital literacies of today’s workforce - [|learn more about The Online Research and Reading Comprehension Assessment (ORCA) Project]
 * Read the white paper: Coiro, J. & Kennedy, C. (2011). The online reading comprehension assessment (ORCA) project: Preparing students for common core standards and 21st century literacies. White paper based on work supported by the United States Department of Education under Award No. R305G050154 and R305A090608. [[file:CCSS ORCA Alignment June 2011.pdf]]


 * OTHER RELATED RESOURCES**
 * HEFSE. (2009). Effective Practice in a Digital Age: A guide to technology enhanced learning and teaching [[file:effectivepracticedigitalage.pdf]]
 * (2013). Redefining Teacher Education In a Digital Age [[file:2013 Redefining Teacher Education in Digital Age Summitt Report.pdf]]