empower students to write with digital tools slide share

Kevin AmboeInformation and Media Literacy Coordinator

amboe_k@sd36.bc.ca

to Write with Digital ToolsEmpower Students

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"If our students are not reading and composing with various electronic technologies, then they are illiterate. They are not just unprepared for the future, they are illiterate right now, in our current time and context.

(David Bolter, 1991)

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Description

Empower students to grow as writers.

Learn about 10+ tools that will engage hesitant writers in creating and publishing their writing.

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NETS-S

•Creativity and Innovation•Communication and Collaboration•Research and Information Fluency•Critical Thinking, Problem Solving,

and Decision Making•Digital Citizenship•Technology Operations and

Concepts

4Friday, July 1, 2011Make connections

My Credo

Look to the desired results

Choose the tools to move you closer

If the learning is not moving forward ...

What needs to happen for success?

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Our Goal

THAT we remove barriers and

THAT all students are literate and can participate to their fullest potential.

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What is writing?

communication

articulation of thoughts for understanding

creative expression

sharing / collaborating

revising and publishing

process

Your thoughts ???

7Friday, July 1, 2011Creating and Communicating for an audience of one or more

A Writing Process

Pre-writing DraftingRevisions EditingProofreading Publishing

8Friday, July 1, 2011Not necessary Linear

Pre-writing - Brainstorming, planning, building ideas, setting the stage, choosing audience and purpose.Drafting - Getting ideas recorded, starting to organizeRevisions - Rework to improve structure, logic and ideas. Focus on improving meaning, style and formEditing- Improving Grammar and conventionsProofreading - Checking for errorsPublishing- Producing a 'final' or 'clean' copy - Sharing with an audience - May include additional features - Images, illustrations, dedications, author notes, title page etc

What is most taught?

meaning,style,convention or form

9Friday, July 1, 2011! Meaning - ideas and information, including development and use of detail

Style - clarity, variety, and impact of languageForm - attention to the “rules” of the particular form of writingConventions - spelling, punctuation, grammar, sentence structure,

Wikipedia LiteracyLiteracy has traditionally been described as the ability to read and write.

(UNESCO) defines literacy as the "ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in their community and wider society." June 2011 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy

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Our Tools

Teaching students to be learners

Mindset about Writing and Learning

Engagement

Purposeful Writing Activities

11Friday, July 1, 2011The goal of teaching is to teach our students to be learners.  The content is what they practice with.  (Brigham University)

Our Tools

Content / Curriculum

Prescribed Outcomes

Remove Barriers

My hand does ‘t hurt

12Friday, July 1, 2011The goal of teaching is to teach our students to be learners.  The content is what they practice with.  (Brigham University)

EngagementWriting has become an enjoyable and relaxing outlet for the boys - Surrey Teacher

Engage me or Enrage me - Marc Prensky

Authentic Audience

Modeled Value

13Friday, July 1, 2011A specific example was a teenage girl, known at fanFiction as "WitchGirl", with some 45+ stories online, many with more than 100 reviews. This girl's teacher was surprised, since in class "she never turned in work", yet online, she was prolific.

What does engagement look like?participation

enthusiasm - brining stuff in - can’t wait to tell you

don’t want to leave

come back at end of day

making connections to outside world - other experiences

married to what you are doing

come to you with other ideas

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How do we know???

Many of these writing tools are project based and project based research shows - increased attendance, cooperation, collaboration

Majority will choose digital story telling to writing an essay **

Less threatening than live performance

15Friday, July 1, 2011When they have the skill set to comfortably choose either

Grade 5 Writing with Laptops Pilot

1. The staff are much more interested in furthering their knowledge and integrating both technologies.

- Lower transition times between lessons- Lack of off task behaviour- More interest in it overall in the staff.

Pilot school 2005Students gained greater awareness of hte possibilities technology offered for expressing themselves creatively

15 minutes to here16Friday, July 1, 2011

Removing Barriers

“I like writing more now... My hand doesn’t hurt when I write.” Grade 5 students

Finite Motor Skills

Reduce “Red Ink Syndrome”

Extended Learning Day

Processing / Engagement

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Empower through Activities

Digital images

Making photographs

Peer-editing

Book making

Storyboards / Graphic Novel

Blogs, Wikis, Docs

Podcasts

Mind mapping

Digital Storytelling

Google Earth

Social Media

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Directed Exploration

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Digital Images

Sources

Searching

20Friday, July 1, 2011http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/A_Map_of_Philadelphia_and_Parts_Adjacent_vc6b.1.jpg/220px-A_Map_of_Philadelphia_and_Parts_Adjacent_vc6b.1.jpg

Google ImagesFlickrCreative Commons

Digital Images

21Friday, July 1, 2011http://www.treehugger.com/tiger-natural-history-museum.jpg

Stories Told

Find an image of

Philadelphia

Shows perspective

22Friday, July 1, 2011Teaching searching - expanded search - understanding grammar of web- site search - creative commons search

Making Photographs

create an image in mind

capturing image

a moment in time

history

composition

Vincent Laforet http://db.tt/ZE7mxIN23Friday, July 1, 2011

What do I mean by Making Photographs? Why would students need to make photographs?With Intention - same as digital images

24Friday, July 1, 2011Grade 5 Student - Surrey

25Friday, July 1, 2011Grade 5 Student - Surrey

26Friday, July 1, 2011Grade 5 Student - Surrey

USB Microscope

27Friday, July 1, 2011Proscope USB Microscope

Your Assignment

7 minutes

Find, Take, Make

3 share out

Drop Box - http://db.tt/n18ZvJw

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Story Boarding / Graphic Novel

Comic Life

Toon Do / Kerpoof / Pixton

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Your Assignment

7 minutes

Tell me how you got to ISTE 2011

3 min share out

Think about Jason Ohler’s comments --- Don’t storyboard- Look for emotional flow of story - Plot out the story like a wave- Then do a peer pitch – sell the story – Peaks – Problem – Solution

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Bonus

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Peer Editing

...studies found that when students use computers to produce writing, the writing process becomes more collaborative and includes more peer-editing and peer-mediated work (Snyder, 1994; Baker & Kinzer, 1998; Butler & Cox, 1992)

In Snyder’s study, teacher-to-student communications were predominant in the “pens classroom” while student-to-student interactions occurred more frequently in the “computers classroom.”

33Friday, July 1, 2011http://www.aace.org/dl/index.cfm/fuseaction/ViewPaper/id/6367/toc/yes

gallery.me.com/amboe

http://db.tt/ZE7mxIN

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Basketball At the start of the game I took jump ball The girl jumping against me was very tall I felt butterflies inside me but wouldn't back down But I missed the ball by a mile and felt like a clown Did you feel people would laugh at you? Then the butterflies left and I was ready to play This time I knew I wouldn't throw the ball away I'd get the ball (and),dribble, pass or take a shot Then it was shift change, thank goodness because I was (very) burning?

hot When (we got) I went? back on I was well rested and ready(to go) We were on defense and our coach advised? (was yelling at) us to stay

low(!)

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Book Making

Hand Produced images

Digitally re-produced images

Digitally made images

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Book Making

A Physical Record

Published Authors

At reading level and interest

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Using iPhoto

Demo

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Your Assignment

Let’s Create a ‘Day in the Life’ of Doggy

http://gallery.me.com/amboe

Upload to Drop box or Gallery

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Blogs, Wikis

How many have blogs or wikis?

What is their value?

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Blogs, Wikis, Google Docs

“... describing their thought processes online effectively developed their math metacognition which significantly enhanced their performance.” Helen Jeong 2009

“Students that aren’t comfortable participating in class now participate by writing in the discussion board.” Chris Hunter 2009

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My Experience

Blogs and Wikis are powerful tools when they have purpose and

a life of their own

https://dflit.wikispaces.com/

https://dothemath.wikispaces.com/

42Friday, July 1, 2011Without continuous life - death Consider your continued use - going deeper each year

Students as Authors

What are the essential elements of students creating with Blogs and Wikis?

https://mrsdycksclass.wikispaces.com/

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Podcasting

http://mps.wes.schoolfusion.us/

What writing goes into a podcast?

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Your Assignment

Let’s explore Garageband together

45Friday, July 1, 2011PlanningSequencingArtworkScriptingCreator rather than consumer

MindMapping

Brainstorming / Pre-writing

Drafting

46Friday, July 1, 2011Tell a story through images in a sequenceTransfer the words to word processorKidspiration VoiceMath stories

Your Assignment

Tell a numeracy story or

Plan your story of what you learned at ISTE

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Digital StorytellingBroad category most often a culmination with a tool such as iMovie

Video of Salmon Life CycleGrade 4 students3 blocks of 45min

included learning digital camera, importing, voice over

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As you create...

What questions are we asking for answers

• Retelling• Compilation• Mystery• Journalistic• Design Task • Creative Product

• Consensus building

• Persuasion• Self-Knowledge• Analytical• Judgment•Scientific

Bernie Dodge - WebQuest Taskonomy

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iMovie Demo

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Your Assignment

Working in teams of 2 or 3

Plan your story of what you learned at ISTE

What ‘writing’ will you be doing to create

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Google Earth as Writing Tool

One of my goals is always to push thinking outside of the box....

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SMOOT ??

He was used as a Fraternity Prank to measure the Harvard Brindge in Oct 1958.

One Smoot is equal to Oliver Smoot's height at the time of the prank (five feet and seven inches ~1.70 m)

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Why Google Earth

making connections

activate prior knowledge

make connections

visual learners

Transformation...

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Science

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Google Lit Trips.org

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Underground to Canada

Barbara Smucker

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Grade 5 / Movement

• B2 assess why immigrants came to Canada, the individual challenges they faced, and their contributions to Canada

• Consider a Google Lit Trip relating to Immigration

Identity, Society, and Culture

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Is an iPad or iPod a writing tool?

Not for traditional writing; however,

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“IN THE AGE OF THE READ/WRITE WEB, THE EXPLOSION OF INFORMATION AND ONLINE TECHNOLOGIES DEMANDS A MORE COMPLEX DEFINITION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LITERATE.” Will Richardson

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Don’t forget Social Media

Twitter - 140 Characters

Facebook - writing and template

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DAOW of Literacy

Digital,

Oral,

Art,

WittenJason Ohler

62Friday, July 1, 2011Technology combines all of the above

Summary

Writing is more than the act

Encourage using Language

Speaking and Read Aloud

Partners

Digital Story Telling

Self Assessment and Formative Assessment

Assistive Technology

Image from Read Aloud Handbook

Jim Trelease

63Friday, July 1, 2011Image from Jim Trelease - Read Aloud handbook

NETS-S

•Creativity and Innovation•Communication and Collaboration•Research and Information Fluency•Critical Thinking, Problem Solving,

and Decision Making•Digital Citizenship•Technology Operations and

Concepts

64Friday, July 1, 2011Highlight connections made throughout

Kevin Amboeamboe_k@sd36.bc.ca @amboe_k

Information and Media Literacy Coordinator

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