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Revel in New Literacies : Tech Tips to Complement and Enhance Literacy Instruction. Jackie Sweeney, Michigan State University Kelli J. Esteves, Butler University Marj Terpstra , Calvin College Jing Fu, Michigan State University . Ponder.
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Revel in New Literacies: Tech Tips to Complement and Enhance Literacy Instruction Jackie Sweeney, Michigan State University Kelli J. Esteves, Butler University MarjTerpstra, Calvin College Jing Fu, Michigan State University
Ponder Technology alone does not teach. . . . Teachers teach, and they are an essential part of the sense-making process that must go on for students to learn disciplinary content in meaningful ways. (McCrory, 2006, p. 153)
Use Your Cell Phone **Post Questions throughout presentation Questions? OR Tweet comments and questions using the hashtag #ira2012techtools
Response/Polling Systems • Survey class • Check for understanding • Attitudes • Public display of questions via text messaging • Twitter • What are you reading? Writing? • Links to resources related to books and authors • Backchannel conversations
Response/Polling Systems – TOOLS • Twitter • PollEverywhere.com • “Clicker” Systems
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge TPACK Technological Knowledge (TK) Technological Pedagogical Knowledge TPK Technological Content Knowledge (TCK) Pedagogical Knowledge (PK) Content Knowledge (CK) Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) Contexts TPACK Koehler & Mishra, 2008 Shulman, 1986 http://www.tpck.org/
TPACK in Literacy • knowledge of difficult literacy content and how technology can help students access that content • includes the representations of literacy concepts that make them clearer to students • knowledge how of technologies can build on existing literacy knowledge or develop new epistemologies • knowledge of technology’s affordances • transformation, representation, information, collaboration, amplification
Engaging Readers of All Ages • What we believe works for readers at all levels… • Wide reading • increasing interest, access, exposure to books by offering a variety of formats • Reading communities • making reading personal by developing relationships through the written word, including with authors and illustrators • The power of a good story • Information sharing in various formats
Engaging Learners with Technology • What we believe works for learners at all levels… • Technology is a tool • It can be used to vary instructional methods (aka – make things interesting for a little while) • In the hands of students, technology can: • Be a creative outlet • Empower • Be used to develop a unique skill set and a digital naive disposition
Social Media • Pocket-based learning for parents and students • Bring the information to your front door • Potential to extend the school day
Social Media – TOOLS • Pinterest • Pin book covers • Create Reading Lists • Facebook • Like Author’s Pages • Literacy Organizations (Reading Rockets Rocks!) • Twitter • Follow Authors (@KateMessner, @JudyBlume, @MegCabot, @The_Pigeon, @KarmaWilson, @ToddParr, @PeterHReynolds, @Jon_Scieszka, @carlemuseum, @Donalynbooks)
Organizing Resources • Evernote
Infographics What is an infographic? http://www.schrockguide.net/infographics-as-an-assessment.html
Infographics • Generating infographics = Understanding infographics • Connection to Common Core State Standards • Powerful way to synthesize and artistically communicate information
Infographics – TOOLS • Link to Children’s Books Infographic - http://mat.usc.edu/most-loved-children-books-infographic/ • Visual.ly • Glogster.com (online poster) • Wordle.com
Response & Polling Systems Social Media Infographics Tech Tools • Have you already implemented any of these in your classroom? How so? • How might you implement these tools to enhance literacy instruction?
Digital Audiobooks • Listening to books read by enthusiastic and expressive readers makes reading more pleasurable • Improvements in reading attitudes due to self-confidence gained by: • The ability to read grade-leveled text • The enjoyment of reading high-interest material • Increased reading fluency
Digital Audiobooks – TOOLS • Library • iTunes.com • Playawaydigital.com • Recordedbooks.com • Audible.com (20% discount if your email ends in .edu)
eBook Reader • Digital annotation • Increased mobility • Increased accessibility • Dictionary and wikipedia (teach the value of these features)
eBooks • Ebook, audiobook, book app…So, what is the difference?
eBooks – TOOLS • International Children’s Digital Library • Google Books • www.storylineonline.net • http://www.barnesandnoble.com/storytime/
Storybook Apps • ‘Read to Me’ Feature • Differing levels of interactivity • Astounding levels of creativity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7UYJ9CTZUQ&feature=player_embedded