Main Topics

Introduction Basic Assumptions Literacy Rich Environment Managing the Classroom Environment Technology Integration Interactive Commercial Software Adaptations/Customization Assessment of Literacy Skills Performance Indicators Emergent Literacy Site Map

Performance Indicators

Performance Indicators

Users Note: Performance Indicators are intended to be used by trainers, university professors, and others using these online workshops as part of inservice for early childhood staff to assess their participants' understanding and application of the workshop content. Some of these Indicators could be incorporated into online discussions.

1. Evaluate the literacy environment in two classrooms. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each classroom environment from a literacy perspective.

2. Design a classroom with a literacy rich environment.

• What are the essential components?
• What is included in each center to promote literacy?
• What are the children's contributions to the environment?

3. Describe teacher strategies that could be used to promote emergent literacy.

4. Describe how reading materials could be adapted for a preschool child who has difficulty turning the pages of a book.

5. Design a curriculum activity that integrates technology into the classroom to promote emergent literacy.

6. Incorporate the use of an adaptive device into a literacy activity and describe how it would be used.

7. Discuss techniques which can be used to assess young children's emergent literacy skills.

8. Discuss how technology can be used to support portfolio assessment.

9. Create a HyperStudio stack based on a children's book or classroom experiences.

10. Plan a family literacy workshop and describe activities and information which would be used.

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