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c. Troubleshoot systems and applications
d. Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies
I feel that incorporating Web 2.0 tools into this author study will improve my teaching (Question #6). Having the screencast available for students throughout their reading gives them a new level of independence as learners. Instead of circulating the room answering questions about how to complete the strategy forms, I can direct students to the screencast instead. This frees me and the classroom teacher up to work with those students who are really having trouble understanding a book's content, instead of those having trouble remembering the teacher's directions!
I also feel that using Web 2.0 tools in this unit will enhance student learning (Question #7). Creating my first glog, I learned so much about ways students can now communicate information. I really enjoyed thinking up different methods of presenting the requirements: Did I want to write out important information about William Steig's life, or link my viewers to a website containing his biography? Did I simply want to list his interesting vocabulary in Brave Irene, or present these words using a recording tool that let others hear these words and their meanings? The options are endless using technology, and I think these exciting options will not only increase students' motivation and learning, but the pride they take in their work as well.

The following resources will be helpful for students creating their glogs:
Biographical information on William Steig
More biographical information on William Steig
Even more biographical information on William Steig
Character trait list
Online dictionary

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
The NETS standards I used to guide my lesson planning are (Question #5):
1. CreativityCreativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes
b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression
2. CommunicationCommunication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers,experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media
b. Communicate information and ideas effectivelyto multiple audiences using a variety of mediaand formats
3. ResearchResearch and Information
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
a. Plan strategies to guide inquiry
b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media
c. Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks
6. TechnologyTechnology Operations and
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.
a. Understand and use technology systems

The glog has the same requirements as the poster:InIn my new the present.
The glog has the same requirements as the poster:
some biographical information on William Steig
x---a short summary (without giving the ending away) that "sells" the bookaa short summary the book
x---a character trait describing the main character using text evidencea
a character trait text evidence
x---interesting vocabulary featured in the bookinteresting
interesting vocabulary featured the book
x---appealing visualsappealing
appealing visuals
Below I have provided a sample glog that I made for William Steig's Brave Irene.
Sample glog for Brave Irene
c. Troubleshoot systems and applications
d. Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies

screencast, I use Brave Irene to model for

b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media
c. Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks
6. Technology Operations and Concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.
a. Understand and use technology systems
b. Select and use applications effectively and productively
c. Troubleshoot systems and applications
d. Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies

The NETS standards I used to guide my lesson planning are (Question #5):
1. Creativity and Innovation
thinking, construct
knowledge, knowledge, and develop products and
processes processes using technology. new ideas,
products, products, or processes of personal
or or group expression
2. Communication and Collaboration
environments to
communicate communicate and work collaboratively, including
at at a distance, learning and
contribute contribute to the publish with peers,
experts,peers,experts, or others of digital
environments environments and media and ideas effectively
toeffectivelyto multiple audiences variety of media
andmediaand formats
3. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
a. Plan strategies to guide inquiry
b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media
c. Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
The NETS standards I used to guide my lesson planning are (Question #5):
1. Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct
knowledge, and develop innovative products and
processes using technology.
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas,
products, or processes
b. Create original works as a means of personal
or group expression
2. Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to
communicate and work collaboratively, including
at a distance, to support individual learning and
contribute to the learning of others.
a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers,
experts, or others employing a variety of digital
environments and media
b. Communicate information and ideas effectively
to multiple audiences using a variety of media
and formats

InThe glog has the same requirements as the poster:In my new the present.
The glog has the same requirements as the poster:
some biographical information on William Steig
x---a short summary (without giving the ending away) that "sells" the booka short summary (without giving the ending away) that "sells" the book
Below I have provided a sample glog that I made for William Steig's Brave Irene.
Sample glog for Brave Irene
The Common Core standards I used to guide my lesson planning are (Question #5):
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
The NETS standards I