I can see myself using Cited.org for the Rutgers Center for Literacy Development in many ways. First, it is an another excellent resource to share with the center members for up to date, evidence based strategies to improve literacy instruction in the classroom as well as move toward the integration of the Common Core.
Adding another vehicle for teachers to gain information can only strengthen everyone knowledge and the importance of the center. Secondly, I love the way it is broken down into resources for teachers, for administrators, and for professional development coordinators. This creates an easy path for me to follow when choosing and sharing appropriate resources.
This leads me to the next reason why Cited.org is such a great resource. Since the literacy center is an "out of school" activity, members do not always have the time to devote to looking at and downloading the available resources. Some resources I chose for my toolkit are exactly focused on that.... how to infuse technology and online learning into their lives. Not only does Cited.org allow the access to excellent resources, the resources in reference are the ones that help you maximize online learning opportunities! As a co-director of the center, I can only provide the platform for extended learning of its members and hope they take advantage of the available resources. Cited.org definitely helps!
Lastly, one of the main missions of the Rutgers Center for Literacy Development is to build capacity for ongoing learning in the schools. It is our goal to provide teacher leaders with research based resources to turnkey to colleagues by scaffolding the learning. It is our intent for teacher leaders to lean on the center for resources and eventually be able to train on their own. Cited.org's link for professional development coordinators fits perfectly with our goal. The resources there provide excellent ideas for teacher leaders when turn keying information and building capacity of literacy learning in their schools!
Michelle, I thought of you when I first started exploring this site. I can see how your resources can enrich the goals you tackle daily, particularly the challenge of getting meaningful resources into the hands of those teachers who you are trying to influence in the classroom. You have the challenge of trying to get people to change their instructional in teaching reading and writing. I sometimes think teachers are more susceptible to teach as they were taught in this area because of the complexity of the task. I can see you using this very effectively.
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