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Why connect technology to literacy in our schools?

Why connect technology to literacy in our schools?. Partnership for 21 st Century Skills, 2007. Glogster. social network to create free interactive posters include text, images, and video place variety of forms of information to which they link post and receive feedback. Glogster.

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Why connect technology to literacy in our schools?

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  1. Why connect technology to literacy in our schools?

  2. Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2007.

  3. Glogster • social network to create free interactive posters • include text, images, and video • place variety of forms of information to which they link • post and receive feedback Glogster Core Standards Glog Eric's (a student) Glog

  4. E-readers/Multi-platform Books • A take on “traditional” reading in that both are books • E-readers (ie: Kindle) are quite simply, books in an electronic format • Multi-platform books (sometimes referred to as “transmedia projects”) are books with Internet resources that enhance the story The 39 Clues Amanda

  5. Go!Animate • Students and teachers create animations and interact, using backgrounds, props, and characters.  Curriculum connections • create an alternative book report • interview a character from history or a story • re-create scenes from a story • write a screen play • illustrate vocabulary words and math problems Go!Animate Carolyn's Go!Animate Sample Teacher Go!Animate

  6. Figment • Figment is a community where learners can share their writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors • Writers can submit their pieces from any genre and receive feedback from a wide audience • They can read other submissions as well as published authors and they can store their writing in one place until they are ready to publish

  7. http://www.tlconnected.com Look for “TLC at the Beach – April 2011”

  8. Kindle – to arouse or spark • /kindl/[v. trans] light or set fire; to inspire (an emotion or feeling): A love of learning was kindled in me • To become impassioned or excited: The teacher kindled at once! Here’s to YOUR passion for tech-lit! Adapted from one of the Kindle 2 screensavers

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