CAST+Strategy+Tutor+Assignment

**__Educ 208 CAST Strategy Tutor Project – Final due on April 15__** CAST Strategy Tutor (@http://cst.cast.org) is a multimedia program that provides diverse learners with customizable mentoring and support as they conduct Internet research and read websites. In addition to customizable embedded scaffolds and supports, the program offers teachers rich resources to plan lessons, set supports for individual students (including scriptable animated on-screen coaches), and monitor student progress. A free online tool to support students and teachers doing reading and research on the Internet, ages 10and up. Strategy Tutor helps students read, research, collect and understand information better andmore efficiently. For teachers, Strategy Tutor provides a way to easily create web-based lessonsembedded with research-based, highly effective learning strategy and vocabulary supports.Developed with generous support from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Copyright 2003-2008,CASTA free online tool to support students and teachers doing reading and research on the Internet, ages 10and up. Strategy Tutor helps students read, research, collect and understand information better andmore efficiently. For teachers, Strategy Tutor provides a way to easily create web-based lessonsembedded with research-based, highly effective learning strategy and vocabulary supports.Developed with generous support from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Copyright 2003-2008,CASTA free online tool to support students and teachers doing reading and research on the Internet, ages 10and up. Strategy Tutor helps students read, research, collect and understand information better andmore efficiently. For teachers, Strategy Tutor provides a way to easily create web-based lessonsembedded with research-based, highly effective learning strategy and vocabulary supports.Developed with generous support from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Copyright 2003-2008,CAST.

 **1. Getting Started:** You may complete this project independently or with a partner – your choice!

You will be creating a lesson using the **CAST Strategy Tutor** at []. You must first register and create an account. Then you must install the Strategy Tutor at []. **//It is designed to work with Mozilla Firefox so you will have to use that Browser for this assignment.//**

Please make use of helpful information at FAQs []

a. Read about Strategy Tutor at [] · Take the [|Student Research Project Tour] · Watch the [|Feature Demos]
 * 2. Beginning your Project**

b. Read more about the strategies taught and practiced in this teaching tool at []. Prisca will also give you two handouts that go into even more detail about designing lessons to teach and practice use of these strategies as well as hints for your use of multimedia coaches. (handouts from Resources Page of this website)

c. Read at least three lessons from the Model Lessons link to get an idea of how teacher are utilizing this tool to support their students’ research on the Internet. Take notes and see how these teachers utilized the tools in Strategy Reader to support their students’ work with materials on the internet.


 * 3. Developing your lesson**

a. Developing your content idea – this lesson may be aimed at any grade level and topic you want to develop!

b. You MUST be having students practice use reading strategies as they interact with the materials on the Internet – so you must explicitly choose strategy(ies) that you will teach your students to use in completing the activities for this lesson at []

c. You should have students working with at least three websites

d. You should have some product students will turn in for evaluation – it can be their worklog or some other product.

Resources:

[|Learning the Comprehension Strategies at http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=172]