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Implementing WICOR®: Reading

WICOR^® is AVID’s proven learning support structure, which emphasizes writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, and reading to prepare students for college and career success. This collection explores reading strategies as well as technology that can be used to power up the reading process.

#386 – The Importance of Inquiry in Learning, with Trevor MacKenzie New!

Trevor MacKenzie, an author, educator, and inquiry consultant, explains the powerful role of curiosity and inquiry in learning.

Unpacking Education 50 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

#384 – Integrating WICOR®, with Kera Diller New!

AVID Site Coordinator Kera Diller shares strategies for implementing AVID’s WICOR methodology—which incorporates Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading—in K–12 classrooms.

Unpacking Education 37 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Universal Design for Learning: Representation

Consider digital tools to help meet CAST’s Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines for representation.

10 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

#300 – ReadM, with Oren Farhi and Dr. Hope Blecher

Oren Farhi and Dr. Hope Blecher share their inspiring story about how a challenge with learning to speak English led to an innovative and empowering invention: ReadM.

Unpacking Education 45 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Strategies to Protect Yourself From Misinformation

Review six action steps that can be taken to help identify misinformation and avoid being misled.

Best Practices 13 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

#274 – Empowering Young Readers: The Science of Reading and More, with Sara Frater

Sara Frater, a second grade teacher, shares her engaging approach to reading instruction.

Unpacking Education 29 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

#269 – WICOR® and AI: Reading

Review strategies for integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the reading process.

Tech Talk For Teachers 12 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

AI and Reading

Explore how artificial intelligence (AI) tools can support and enhance the reading process.

Best Practices 11 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Ed Tip: Diffit

Explore Diffit, an AI-powered differentiation tool.

Ed Tips 2 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

#192 – The Future Ready Librarian, with Shannon McClintock Miller

Shannon McClintock Miller joins us to talk about the role of future ready librarians and how every person in a school system fits into the Future Ready Framework.

Unpacking Education 41 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

AI Meets the Science of Reading and Writing Skill Development

AI products that focus on reading and writing skill development offer a glimpse into the rapidly shifting educational technology landscape.

Best Practices 8 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

#137 – Ways to Capture and Annotate Digital Images

Explore several ways to capture and annotate digital images as well as two ideas for integrating this process into your classroom.

Tech Talk For Teachers 9 min Resource by:

#133 – Taking Notes While Watching Videos

Discover three online note-taking tools as well as three integration ideas for using these with video in your classroom.

Tech Talk For Teachers 7 min Resource by:

#131 – Marking Up Digital Text

Review five strategies for marking up digital text as well as five digital annotation tools.

Tech Talk For Teachers 10 min Resource by:

#119 – Online Resources for Digital Reading Practices

Discover online libraries filled with quality e-Books, audiobooks, and videos that you can use to give your students practice reading in digital formats.