NCRA+Group+2


 * A. Conducting A PBI**
 * Compelling Question:**
 * How do you use digital tools to help scaffold struggling readers to synthesize claims and evidences?**

do you need to take into consideration? (phonics, phonemic awareness, word study, comprehension, fluency) || Answer Comprehension, reason to read, ||
 * Guiding Questions:**
 * 1. What characteristic of your struggling readers
 * 2. How would you build background knowledge? || Fields trips, skype, our experiences shared with the students, ||
 * 3. How would you differentiate text(s)? || podcasts, leveled texts based on in class level, "annotated podcasts" ||
 * 4. How would you scaffold activities? || Books talks, "Annotated podcasts" ||
 * 5. Tool #1 (affordances and application) || Quip.com or Tackk.comuse for absent students and for students to refer back to ||
 * 6. Tool #2 (affordances and application) || Overdrive Free with library card AUDIO BOOKS! ||
 * 7. Tool #3 (affordances and application) || smore.com, evernote, noodletooles. ||

B. Add your 3 tools to the Padlet on the homepage.

C. Create your PBI hack here. Use a video or meme. A hack is an easy or clever way to accomplish a task. Watch this [|video] to see examples of classroom hacks. You can create a video describing your hacks or create Memes to represent your hacks and make a Prezi, Voicethread, etc.

Meme Generator Voicethread Prezi

Here are Possible Resources for Digital Tools:
 * Collaborative Document Creation
 * Google Spreadsheet
 * Collaborative document creation using Google Docs tutorial
 * Quip
 * Stormboard:  Brainstorm, organize, prioritize and act on the best ideas, in the same room or around the world, on a realtime sticky note whiteboard.
 * Interactive Graphics
 * Popplet : Used as a mind-map, Popplet helps students think and learn visually. Students can capture facts, thoughts, and images and learn to create relationships between them.
 * Bubbl.us : Easily create colorful mind maps to print or share with others
 * VennDiagram : Interactive venn diagram from ReadWriteThink.org
 * TimeToast :  allows students to build interactive timelines in minutes.
 *  Tiki-Toki: create interactive timelines
 *  [|Dipty] : a free digital timeline website where users can integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps.
 * Microsoft Office SmartArt Graphics
 * Tutorial for PPT
 * Tutorial for Word

Here are Possible Resources for Hacks:
 * Claims and Evidences Graphic Organizer
 * A+B=AB image