Dr. Carrie Jones, Ph.D.
North Carolina Virtual School
June 14, 2011
Introductions
 Who you are and what you hope to get from the
session…
 Experience with WTL Strategies?
Why WTL?
 Differentiation
 Novelty, Variety
 Improve Communication Skills
 Higher Level Thinking
 21st Century Skill
Best Practices With WTL
 Active Involvement
 Activate prior knowledge
 Social Collaboration
 Student Interest
 Variety of Texts
 Helps to Develop Oral,
Written, Research,
Visual Communication
Skills
Oral Language Communication
Skills
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Explain…
Describe…
Convince…
Summarize…
 Explain what happens when you divide a negative
number by another negative number.
 Describe three benefits of exercise.
 Convince me that technology is beneficial (or
detrimental) for society.
Research Communication Skills
 Predict… (what would happen if an asteroid hit the
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earth)
Discover… (which countries speak Portuguese and
why)
Question… (KWHL)
Determine… (which major cities are near coastlines,
using Google Earth)
Investigate… (changing the slope of an equation)
Visual Communication Skills
 Flow charts
 Charts/Tables
 Maps
 Story Boards
 Crossword Puzzles
How Can I
Incorporate This in
My Online Course?
Differentiation-Products
 Diary
 Debate
 Editorial
 Seminar
 How-to Manual
 Newsletter
 Pamphlet
 Song/Rap
 Poem
 Interview
 Analogies
 Essays
 Alphabet Summary
 Resume
 Cornell Notes
 Speech
Discussion Board Stems
 What does the author mean by…
 Do you agree with….why?
 What are the implications of…?
 What if ___ happened instead of ____?
 How do the ideas in the text relate to today?
 Why is this important?
Analysis of an Issue/Problem
 Purpose/Goal
 Point of View
 Assumptions
 Concepts/Ideas
 Implications/Consequences
 Inferences
 Evidence/Data
Raft
 Role, Audience, Format, Topic
 Gregor Mendel – Other Monks-Petition-Argument
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against turning garden into parking lot
Square Root-Whole Number-Love Letter-Explain
Relationship
Moon-Earth-Press Release-Upcoming Solar Eclipse
Huck Finn-Jim-Telephone Conversation-What I
Learned During the Trip
Mozart-Employer-Job Interview-Qualifications as a
Composer
Writing Bingo
Recipe
Thank You
Note
Invitation
E-mail request Letter to a pen
for
pal, friend, or
information
relative
Skit or Scene
Interview
Newspaper
Article
Short Story
Your Choice
Grocery or
shopping list
Schedule for
your work
Advertisement Cartoon Story
Poem
Instructions
Greeting Card
Letter to your
teacher
Journal for a
week
Design for a
web page
Book Think
Aloud
Proposal to
Improve
Something
Letter to the
Editor
Directions to
Rules for a
one place from Game
another
Ethical Decision Making Framework
 Ethical Question
 Relevant Facts
 Questions that Remain
 Stakeholders
 Values/Concerns of each stakeholder
 Possible Solutions
 Decision and Justification
 Actions
Learning Log
 Self-Assessment
 Personal Reaction
 Questions, Observations, Insights
 Describing Specific Incidents and Impressions
I-Search Paper
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Personal Account of their research paper
Facts, Opinions, Theories, Analyses
What did I want to know?
Why am I writing this paper?
What did I do to obtain the information?
What did I learn?
What did I think, or feel, about what I learned?
What frustrations or difficulties did I have in my
search for information?
 What questions remain?
Peer Editing
 What did you like best about the paper?
 What did you like least?
 Summarize the author’s message
 What do you want to know more about?
 What parts went on too long?
 Did the beginning and ending work for you?
 Were the ideas connected with transitions?
Y-Pie
What I still
need to do or
change
To Improve I
could…
What I liked
about the draft
Other Ideas
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Current Events
Personal Experience
Scenarios
Problem-Based Learning
Graphic Organizers (Venn Diagrams, Anticipation
Guides, Story Impressions, Frayer Model, T-Charts)
Literature Circles
3-2-1’s
Reflection/Goal Setting
Plus/Delta About Your Course
Frayer Model
Characteristics Of…
Non-Characteristics Of..
Vocabulary Word
Examples Of…
Non-Examples Of…
T-Charts
Picture
Explain How The
Coordinate System
in Algebra is Similar
to Using Latitude
and Longitude in
Earth Science
Explanation
Anticipation Guides
Before
Reading (T/F)
Statements
1. The state
capital of
Idaho is Boise
2. Michigan is
surrounded by
all 5 Great
Lakes.
3. Everyone in
North Carolina
is a Tarheels
Fan
After Reading
(T/F)
Story Impression
Man
Ocean
Late Evening
Summer
Alone
 What do you think the
painting is about?
Resources/Web 2.0 Tools
 Newseum: (800+ newspapers)
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http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp
Wordle, Tagxedo
Glogster, Prezi, Animoto, ToonDoo, Wallwisher
Wikis, Blogs, Discussions, Synchronous Tools for
Debates/Seminars
Writing Tools: (Excellent Listing)
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Writing+Tools
Web 2.0 Tools: http://www.go2web20.net/
Questions, Comments?