Taking the Fast Track in Literacy by Using Technology
Kathleen A. Gormley, PhDPeter McDermott, PhD
Presentation at NYSRA Meeting,March 7, 2010
Why digital literacy matters?
• Literacy expanded
• Interactive, multimedia world
• Communication
• Problem solving
• Collaboration Source http://www.usfst.com/media/focus-area-images/FSTUS/issues-9-1/Technology_management_LG_FOC.png
BBC Dance Mat Typinghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Keyboarding
Why does it matter?
– N0 cheap voice activated
– Focus on keyboard and nnot not message (Gormley & McDermott, 2010)
– Erase entire to ‘fix’ error
– Inefficient composing
Researching and Collaboration
• Social Bookmarking– Much more efficient than bookmarking– Tags allow searching of virtual library– Sharing to groups– www.diigo.com
diigo
Researching and Collaboration
• Google.docs
– Collaborative work—Word, PPt, Excel
– Asynchronous
– Teacher—group member
– gmail account
Research & Collaboration
• Zoho Writer http://writer.zoho.com
– Collaborative word processor
– Sharing
– Presentation software
– Best used in groups of 2-3
Improving Fluency
Multiple reads!
Online books
“Read like a teacher!”
Free Rice
Word Clouds
• Wordle• Tagul• ABCya• Wordsift• Word Mosaic
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1688486/known_as_math
Source: http://www.wordsift.com/visualize
Comprehension Digital literacy
incorporates
• Understanding;
• Thinking;
• Decision Making;
• Preplanning;
• Multiple Literacies!
Teacher is KEY!ModelingSharingReleasing
responsibility
Composing—more than writing!
Composing
• StoryJumper• Kindle• Email• Pimpampom (using Flickr pictures)• PPt
• With narration• Without narration• As a book
Story Jumper Example
Part of Recent Journal Entry (5th Grade Boy, Urban School)
I also got a kindle for my birthday. It was $260. I had to wait 2 weeks to get it because it was a lot of money. I was texting on my ipod (sic) and phone and I was texting on my computer also on facebook.
Dear SXXXXXX,
What did you do on your vacation ? I Went to the hospital because my sister twisted her arm. I like Christmas. What is your favorite subject in school?
Love,
MXXXXXXX
Responding to Email
First Grader’s Email (2/22)
Dear bxxxx ,
Can we play hide and go seek? I like to play with my dogs. Do you want to pet my hampster?
love Fxxxx
First grader reading email
First grader’s response
Mar 1, 2010Dear Fxxxx,yes I would like to
come over and pet your hamster thank you for inviting me. Do you love to play board games?
Love,XXXXX
Pimpampom
Source: http://www.pimpampum.net/phrasr/?id=22255
5th Grader—Start of PPt
5th Grader—Highly Resistant to Writing with Pen/Pencil
PPt after Author Study
Shared Writing: PPt Story with Scanned Images
Video and Screencasting
• Jing (5 minutes)
• Screencast-o-matic (10 minutes)
• ScreenFlow (paid, educator’s discount)
LF 10 – Middle School
Source: http://lf10.wordpress.com/category/character-vs-nature/
Glogster Gl
http://edu.glogster.com/
Text
Glog Example
Sketching
Online Books
• Children’s International Library
• Tumblebook Library • TarHeel Library
• Many choices!
Tumblebook Library
Avatars
Voki
FotoFlexer (free!)
What websites do you use?
Show us!
Our Advice
•THINK BIG!
•Start Small!
Keeping in Touch
• Kay will start a NYSRA Group, if you sign up
– Join diigo.
– Kay will invite you to join “NYSRA” diigo group.
– Share with each other!
