5th adolescent literacy conference june 2015
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Using Low and No-Cost TechnologyTo Support Readers and Writers
Adolescent Literacy Conference June 3, 2015
Why Integrating Technology Matters
What the Common Core says about Writing and
Technology
“To be ready for college, workforce training and life in a technological society, students need to be able to gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report on information…The need to conduct research and to produce and consume media is embedded into every aspect of today’s curriculum. Research and media skills and understandings are embedded throughout the Standards rather than treated in a separate section.”
From the Common Core State Standards…
W.4.6 With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single setting.
RI.8.7 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (eg. Print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.
SL.11-122 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media in order to make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting the discrepancies among the data.
SL. 11-12.5 Make strategic use of digital media in presentations to enhance understand of findings, reasoning and evidence and to add interest.
For collaboration, writing, conferencing, revision…
Using Google Apps
Google Apps for Education
Google DriveEasy to write multiple
drafts and reviseCollaborate with other
studentsPeer and teacher editingUse google search engine
within Google Drive Share with classmates
and teacherAccess from any
computer, tablet, smart phone
Student BlogsReader Response LettersDigital PortfolioCreating Learning CommunitiesPublishing platformParent/Teacher ConferencesAssessment Tool
Blogger
I think my writing improved using the blog because I thought anyone could view the blog and so I wanted it to be good when somebody looked at it.
Using the blog format wasn't hard as I did it more and more. In my opinion I think my writing improved while using the blog, because I got to practice a lot more. So I kept getting better and better. The best thing about posting my letters on my blog was that I could say what I really thought of the book, I could give my real opinion of it, and be my own person.
All in all I think using the blogs in L.A. class this year were very successful. we could use them for a number of different things, from writing about our books, to posting and sharing our work. I think it was a good way to broadcast who we were to the rest of the class and anyone who was reading. By looking through older posts I had made at the start of the year I get a flashback of all we have done.
What students have to say about their Blogs…
Student BlogsTech projects
Reader response
letters
Shelfari-virtual
bookshelf
Reflections
Photographs of
their projects
Digital Portfolio
entries
Writing
Teacher Blog • Student Resources• Homework Page• Post Lessons• Links to sites• Great way for
parents and administration to stay up to date with classroom activities
Create surveysUse to gather data for classCreate data for persuasive essays
Create assessmentsUse to track standards coveredUse to track students
Google Forms
Add questions
Using Google Forms to Create a Survey
Choose a template
Survey results can be seen in a spreadsheet or easy graphs and charts
New from Google
Google Classroom
Google Keep
Into the Language Arts Classroom
Other Ways to Integrate Technology
Assessment Tool
Thinglink Book Project
Book Trailers using iMovie
I really enjoyed this project and. I couldn't stop my Fangirl scream and I had jitters of excitement. One of the most important thing I learned from is is probably that I understood the characters and the book very well. Another thing I learned from this project is that it's easy, simple, and fun!
I would do this project again because it was the most fun project I’ve ever done. What you need to say when you present our movies is “these were done by 5TH GRADERS”
Did I enjoy it? No I didn’t enjoy it , I loved it. It was funnest book report ever. I learned and thought about my book a lot than just a regular book report.
I think that other teachers should make book trailers with their students because of the benefits of achievement, further knowledge with technology and the students will enjoy it. It’s not one those book projects you dread, every day you want work on it and make it better until you have a final project you’re proud of.
What students have to say about the Book Trailer Project…
Incorporate writing, speaking and technology in an exciting project
Creating Digital Book Talks
Other Tech IdeasFakebookTrading CardsWordleGo AnimateHaiku DeckQR codes
Text to Speech Reader
Mystery Skype
ChatterPix
Tiki Toki Interactive timeline
Ways to integrate technology into reading and literature units
Literature and Technology
Shelfari--virtual bookshelf
Common Core and Nonfiction
Tech I couldn’t live without…
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