Author Archives: Sue

Drive to Read Program in Amman, Jordan

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Sue

I’ve started a working with the Drive To Read (DTR) program organized by AED in conjunction with USAid, Ministry of Culture and the Greater Amman Municipality.  DTR uses a mobile book library as its base when it sets up in … Continue reading →

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Virtual Read Alouds – #WRAD & “Read With Me”

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Sue

They were virtual read-alouds done over the internet using my Elluminate vroom Continue reading →

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Virtual Literacy Initiative – Connections Wanted

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Sue

Now I want to take the idea forward, in a more formal way. I’m curious about the logistics necessary to provide an online intervention solution in a typical classroom as well as breadth of possibilities for assisting students. Continue reading →

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Diigo Roundup (weekly)

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Sue

How to Make an Interactive Lesson Using Youtube « Knewton Blog tags: youtube interactive digitalstorytelling iLearn Technology » Blog Archive » Corkboard: Classroom Collaboration tags: collaborate stickynote FoldingStory | The Group Storytelling Game tags: collaboration storytelling foldingstory DigitalStorytelling ELA

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Diigo Roundup (weekly)

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Sue

“The Sandwich Swap” by Her Majesty Queen Rania | tags: lbp Story Power in Presentations | Neuromarketing tags: storytelling Visual Literacy: Teaching Film in the English Classroom – Associated Content from Yahoo! – associatedcontent.com tags: medialiteracy moviereview

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Diigo Roundup (weekly)

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Sue

Revisit tags: Twitter visualization tool conference Discovery Education: Web 2.0 Tools tags: web2.0 webapps Rush, Little Baby – The Boston Globe tags: medialiteracy ece primary 10 Podcasts for Teachers and Kids | Scholastic.com tags: podcasts studentpodcast

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Low Cost – High Impact Technologies for Education

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Sue

For sometime now, I’ve been following two projects (OMPT & FrontlineSMS) that have the potential to impact large numbers of resource challenged classrooms in the world. These are the types of projects I like to share when I’m working on International Educational Technology Contracts so if you know of others, please share in the comments! Continue reading →

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Diigo Roundup (weekly)

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Sue

Free Audio Book – Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter tags: audio ebook audiobooks librovox HootCourse Blog – Official blog for HootCourse and #hoot101 tags: blog hootcourse School AUP 2.0 | Main / HomePage browse tags: aup … Continue reading →

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Virtual Literacy Intervention

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Sue

Knowing that school reform should be based on strong research, I am interested in pursuing this idea further. Contact me if you would like to participate in a study of a virtual literacy support programme in your school or you have information from your own experiences in the fray. Continue reading →

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