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Beyond the BasalDay #3
Literacy and Technology in the classroom
Tami Dean& Dana Karraker
Today’s OutcomesView a model for our daily class openerEvaluate current technology practicesDetermine current knowledge about web literacyView a variety of online toolsPlay with tools
Course ToolsVoiceThread of the Day
Blog
Wiki
Chart
ContinuumFill out the continuum based on these factors:
Kids need to use technology in meaningful waysTechnology is used to deepen instruction21st century literaciesKnowledge about online toolsAccess to online tools
http://www.p21.org/images/stories/otherdocs/P21_Report.pdf
Common Core
Web literacyWhat is web literacy?
Why is it important?
Connection to critical thinkingConnections to Common Core?
Question 1
What is a URL?
AnswerURL - Uniform Resource Locator
Source: www.novemberlearning.com
Question 2Identify these extensions and what
they represent:.org .k12 .gov .com .edu
.ac
.net
.mil
.jp
Answers
.org - organization
.k12 - school
.gov - government
.com - commerce
.edu - college
.ac - academic
.net - business
.mil - U. S. military
.jp - Japan
Extensions
Question 3List as many major search
engines as you can
AnswersGoogleAlta VistaAsk.comQuintura for KidsQuinturaKartoo
Meta-Search Engines
DogpileClustyDatabases provided by libraries
Question 4
How does a site get to the top of the search results in Google?
AnswerGetting to the top of Google
Google BombingUltimate popularity contestI’ll put your link on my page if you’ll put my link on yoursGoogle Bombing story
Question 5What clues in a web address might indicate you are on a
personal website?
Why is knowing this important?
AnswersWebsite clues
~ or % users, members, people in URL
ImportanceIdentifies the author and/or organization
TruncatingBeing able to read and truncate a URL allows you to get the full picture of the site
Truncating example
An ExampleAnother view of the Holocaust
Is this a public or personal site?
More of Butz’s pagesAn article he published
Let’s truncate and see what we can find
Folders, folders, and more folders
Another ExampleEver heard of Mechanical Marvels?
What happens if we truncate this site?
Moral of the story:
Determine the source site
Question 6
How do you find the owner or publisher of a website?
Why is it important to know these facts?
Answer
Website owner/publisherWho Is
MLK search
Who Is SourceMLK search
The owner of this site
Answer
Why is it important?MLK site screen shot
Civil Rights Library screen shot
Rosa Parks screen shot
Students have to be able to determine the validity and viewpoint of sites- CCR
Question 7
How do you find the history of any given website?
OR
What do you do if the site is no longer available?
AnswerWebsite history
Wayback Machine at www.archive.org
Look at MLK.org in the Wayback Machine results
What do you know now?– Up since 1999
– Change in design to appeal to kids
Remember Google Bombing?Google Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let’s look again
Google: MLK
ResourcesNovember Learning
http://www.novemberlearning.com/
Courses on Internet Literacy for $19.95
Break
What tools can we use?
Web 2.0Participatory Culture & the Power of the Network
Collaboration
Creation
Connection
Literacy and Literacy Instruction are changing
The use of Web 2.0 tools affects both the learning and teaching environment.
Literacy instruction is no longer limited to paper and pencil, basals, and books. Today's student in accustomed to being a producer of text, not just a passive consumer.
Students have to "shut down" to come to school Web 2.0 tools provide authentic literacy learning experiences
for students Students can have a world-wide audience Students can collaborate with students from anywhere in the
world Web 2.0 tools are designed to be easy to use, produce, edit,
create, and share
Digital Literacy in ActionResponse to reading
Digital literacy in “real” classroomshttp://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337
Some tools to exploreDiigo www.diigo.com
Gabcast www.gabcast.com
Vocaroo www.vocaroo.com
Ning www.ning.com
Blogs www.kidblog.com
Voicethread www.voicethread.com
Some more spaces…Google Docs
http://www.twiducate.com/http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/Audio+%26+Podcastinghttp://k12onlineconference.org/
Putting it all togetherInquiry topic/text
Matching Inquiry topic to the tool
Baby Steps
PMI