I don’t know where to begin. On February 22-24, 2009, I went to the Virginia Society For Technology In Education (VSTE) Conference 2009 which was held at the Virginia Beach Conference Center. I partcipated in some awesome sessions. Below is a list of sessions that I attended.
SECOND LIFE AVATAR INTERVIEW
A LANDLUBBER’S GET STARTED IN SECOND LIFE
READY, SET, INTEGRATE!
READ:OUTLOUD UNIVERSAL-UTILIZING YOUR RESOURCES
ARE YOU READY TO SUBMIT AN ELECTRONIC VGLA
GEOCACHING IN EDUCATION-HIGH TECH TREASURE HUNT
REPRESENT! USING VISUALS TO SUPPORT LITERACY
UNVIRSLE DISEGN FOR LREANING: THE PHAONMEAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID!
PARLEZ-VOUS TECHNOLOGY? ENHANCING SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION WITH TECHNOLOGY
FREE SOCIAL NETWORKING TOOLS TO INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
I ON THE VAAP & ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
CHEW THE P.H.A.T: POLICIES AND HOW-TO’S IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL READ: REACHING EVERY CHILD IN THE DIGITAL AGE THROUGH CUSTOMIZED LITERACY EXPERIENCES WITH CAST BOOK BUILDER
I will be presenting a session called: Technology Integration Made Easy Using MS Word.
Participants will learn to use cloze activities for building vocabulary, teaching about context clues and focusing on comprehension.
Participants will be introuduced to how cloze activities are created by using Microsoft Word.
Hand-outs and other resources:
How to Prepare Texts for a Cloze Procedure
Directions for Creating Cloze Activities Using Microsoft Word
Examples of Cloze Activities:
Comprehension of Narrative Text
Create Your Own Cloze Activity: