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In nowadays “literacy educators have a responsibility to effectively integrate these new technologies into the curriculum, preparing students for the literacy future they deserve.” --New Literacies and 21 Century Technologies. As a literacy educator, the teachers have the responsibility to integrate technology with traditional literacy learning. The new literacy is also being considered as a set of skills of the global literacy. The teaching tool ITC can make literacy curriculum more effectively. The ITC make students easier to collaborate read, share, and create content with peers. A new literacy integrates digital and media on student learning. Students use the laptop in the classroom, making research, taking note on their laptop. Students learn the literacy by application, software, and web support, it helps students study process more efficient.

·        Which ideas from the video reflect what the ELA teachers you interviewed are currently doing to integrate technology with their literacy instruction? ·          Answer: ICT tools (information and communication technologies) ICTs can use to identify question locate information to evaluate information to answer questions, synthesize information to answer questions and communicate the answers to others. ·        How can you help change their instructional practices to include the use of technology and the Internet in their literacy and content-area curriculum? Answer: Technology can integrate into the traditional literacies’ instruction, Students can get resource, data and all the information that they need on the internet. The literacy integrated with technology also can evaluate the internet resource, and help students get better communication online by text, email etc. ...

Miss Marconi use the software called MAXTRA in her ESL class. Students have to use language to discuss their independent reading books and recommend them to their peers and they’re also becoming increasingly familiar with technology which will help them across all content areas. MAXTRA ia s low stake, when the kids recording their maxtra they are able to stop and rerecord if they need to make e script and go back and change things.   The teacher can make common on students works and improve students writing. Kids can make presentation independently. Students can record their voice and combine with the pictures and make research through the internet to create their own presentation. Miss Marconi use MAXTRA app practice on students reading writing, listening and speaking.   Students can work independent or discussion with their peers. Students work independent are practice on reading and writing literacy skills of research, think logical and make argument on what th...

Reading: The goal of reading is comprehension and the text complexity apply to reading comprehension. The students need to develop their ability to read from easy to complex. The students need to making an increasing number of connections among the idea and text. The standard expects students to have the ability to find evidence from the text and more sensitive to inconsistencies, ambiguities and poor reasoning in texts. Writing: Reading and writing are relative. The students expect to have ability of planning, revise, edit and publish. The writing standard cultivates students' ability to write properly in argument, informative/ explanatory text and narratives. The writing skills are important to research and find evident from literary and informative text. Some of schools use blogger, voki to enhance students writing and learnership for the purpose of publication. Speaking and listening: It includes flexible communication and collaboration. Teachers need to focus on...