Thursday, September 11, 2008

Teachers, check out LEaRN!

LEaRN is a must see! You cannot do without LEaRN.

LEaRN is a web-based video resource created through a grant from Just Read, Florida! to the North East Florida Educational Consortium (NEFEC). LEaRN is a technology-based system of support for Florida teachers, reading coaches and principals as they implement best practices in reading instruction. Designed to immediately answer questions teacher pose about the best instructional practices in teaching reading, LEaRN provides:

  • Scientifically-based reading research on the five essential components of reading as identified in the National Reading Panel Report;
  • Reading instructional strategies based on research;
    Assessment approaches that are aligned with reading research;
  • Video examples and lesson plans depicting research-based teaching strategies in real classrooms;
  • Video of experts’ commentary on research-based teaching strategies; and
  • An accessible reference system of research based practices available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

You must sign up to use LEaRN. Click on the link to your right under teachers and set up your account right away!

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