Online+Reading+Comprehension

**Don Leu, Julie Coiro, Jill Castek, and Greg McVerry**
Leu, D. J., Jr., Coiro, J., Castek, J., Hartman, D. K., Henry, L. A., & Reinking, D. (2008).Research on instruction and assessment of the new literacies of online reading comprehension]]. In C. C. Block, S. Parris, and P. Afflerbach, (Eds.), //Comprehension instruction: Research-based best practices (pp. 321-346)//. New York: Guilford Press.
 * //To make the most of our time together, please read the following chapter prior to our session, think about your own classroom scenarios, and come prepared to ask questions://**

//**Handouts:**// Download [|TICA Basic Skills.pdf]

//**The Structure of The Session**//

**I. Introduction and Overview of Online Reading Comprehension** [40 mins]
 * **Overview:** Research on Instruction and Assessment in the New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension
 * **Challenge 1:** Reading Search Engine Results (Location)
 * **Challenge 2:** Reading Across Multiple Perspectives (Critical Evaluation and Synthesis)

**II. Internet Reciprocal Teaching (IRT)** [35 mins] >> >
 * Overview of Three Phases of IRT: (1) Teacher Led Instruction; (2) Collaborative Modeling; (3) Online Inquiry
 * Two Levels of Information Challenges for You
 * //** Part A: Find the height of Mt. Fuji; Find a different answer; Which answer do you consider accurate and why? **//
 * // **Part B: How do different authors portray the Japanese Internment Camp Experience to readers? ** //
 * // Choose a partner, select a resource from the list, download the Perspective Activity Sheet [[file:Perspective Activity.doc]] answer the questions, and share with your group. //
 * 1942: [|Lt. G.J. DeWitt Final Report]
 * 1999: [|Children of the Camps Documentary]
 * 2008: [|Thinkquest: Japanese Internment Camps and Their Effects]
 * 1998: [|Military Justification: Internment of Ethnic Japanese in WW2]
 * 2001: [|A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution]
 * Sample ideas for implementing this kind of an activity into your classroom:
 * Refer to [|Webspiration File] to see the finished product (you need to join and be invited to use the links)
 * Use the Sample Discussion Guide [[file:Negotiating Multiple Perspectives.doc]] for students to complete in small groups
 * Discussion and Reflection


 * III. Scaffolding the Online Inquiry Process ** [35 mins]
 * Types of Inquiry Based Online Collaborative Projects
 * Resources to Support Local and Global Inquiry

IV. Wrap-up, Discussion & Questions [10 mins]

 * Promising Practices for Supporting Online Reading Comprehension Development


 * Additional Readings to Explore:**
 * Beach, R. & Doerr-Stevens, C. (2009). [|Reading Online Persuasive Texts to Write Online Persuasive Texts: Secondary and College Students’ Reading Practices in Online Role-play Activities.] Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the International Reading Association, Minneapolis, MN.
 * Boling, E., Castek, J., Zawilinski, L., Barton, K. & Nierlich, T. (2008). Collaborative literacy: Blogs and Internet projects. //Reading Teacher,// 61, 504-506. [[file:BlogsAndInternetProjects.pdf]]
 * Coiro, J. (2005). [|Making sense of online text]. //Educational Leadership, 63//, 30-35.
 * Coiro, J. (2009). [|Rethinking online reading assessment].. //Educational Leadership, 66,// 59-63.
 * Coiro, J. (2009). [|Instructional Strategies for Critically Evaluating Online Information]. Online workshop and handouts to support aspects of critical evaluation including evaluating relevancy, accuracy, reliability, and perspective.
 * Leu, D. J., O'Byrne, W. I., Zawilinski, L., McVerry, J. G., & Everett-Cocapardo, H. (2009). [|Expanding the new literacies conversation]. //Educational Researcher ,// 38, 264-269.
 * McVerry, J. G., Zawilinskis, L., & O'Byrne, W.I. (2009). [|Internet Reciprocal Teaching: Navigating the C’s of change.] //Educational Leadership, 67//(1)//.//


 * Examples of Innovative Teachers Integrating the Internet**
 * Miss Rumphius Award Winners
 * VoiceThread4Education
 * [|Susan Silverman's Webfolio] (no longer updated, but TONS of Internet Project models and ideas)
 * [|Marci McGowan's First Grade]
 * [|Literacy Instruction with Digital Media and Technologies in a Fourth Grade Classroom] - Diane Barone and Todd Wright (2008) - previously published in The Reading Teacher.

An activity idea for Synthesis: