improving reading, writing and critical thinking skills with media (june 2012)
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Interested in helping students become better readers, writers, and critical thinkers? We need to “play with media” to become more effective communicators and improve our media literacy skills as both learners and citizens. As you learn to play with digital text, images, audio and video, you will communicate more creatively and flexibly with a wider variety of options. Author and educator Wesley Fryer will inspire and empower you, as a creative person, to expand your personal senses of digital literacy and digital agency as a multimedia communicator! Learn more, order Wesley’s eBook, and access session resources on www.playingwithmedia.com.http://wfryer.me/improveTRANSCRIPT
by Wesley Fryer, Ph.D.
improving reading, writing, & critical thinking skills with
www.speedofcreativity.orgplayingwithmedia.com11 June 2012
Tucson, Arizona
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why we should use media
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Outline:
communicationslandscape
why we should use media
how we should use media
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OurCommunications
Landscape
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldseem%C3%BCller_map
Waldseemüller map (1507)
digital learning pioneers
“terra incognita”
http://promo.simonandschuster.com/fourthpartworld/
we are digital learning pioneerswww.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/3471363885
“digital natives?”
- Marc Prensky, 2001
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXV-yaFmQNk
www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/10/21/beyond-the-digital-native-immigrant-dichotomy/
gizmodo.com/5813875/what-happens-in-60-seconds-on-the-internet
June 2011
http://socialtimes.com/how-people-spend-their-time-online-infographic_b97103
May 2012
www.mdgadvertising.com/blog/its-all-about-the-images-infographic/
May 2012
www.mdgadvertising.com/blog/its-all-about-the-images-infographic/
May 2012
www.mdgadvertising.com/blog/its-all-about-the-images-infographic/
May 2012
www.mdgadvertising.com/blog/its-all-about-the-images-infographic/
May 2012
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/7175437053
What does this MEAN for my students & I?
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6098473377
Communication with
should become‘the new normal’
in classrooms
why we should
use media
www.punahou.edu
http://wfryer.me/110
April 2008 podcastof
December 2007conversation
with Judy Beaver
“when you have a hammer, all problems look like nails”
www.flickr.com/photos/justinbaeder/5317820857
Alan Kay: “The predominant technology in theclassroom determines the predominant
learning task”
by jasoneppink
research on improving literacy skills?www.marzanoresearch.com
time on task parent involvement
Identifying Similarities & DifferencesSummarizing & Note-Taking
Reinforcing Effort & Providing RecognitionHomework & Practice
Nonlinguistic RepresentationCooperative Learning
Setting Objectives & Providing FeedbackGenerating & Testing Hypotheses
Questions, Cues, & Advance Organizers
http://web2thatworks.com by Stephanie Sandifer @ssandifer
text
audio
images
video
“as digital pioneers we need to play with media”
moderated, interactive blogmultimedia eBook story in 5 photos
concept mapphoto 180 project
‘no edit’ podcastedited podcast
maps.playingwithmedia.com
narrated slideshowscreencast
puppet videoquick-edit video
2001 revision of Bloom's Taxonomy
why should we play with media?
creativity
play2learn
hands-on
windows
standards
brains
stories
engage
fun
history
why should we play with media?
creativity
play2learn
hands-on
windows
standards
brains
stories
engage
fun
history
1- creativity is important
www.flickr.com/photos/torres21/863323961
creative problem solving: essential
creativity is intrinsically valuable
www.flickr.com/photos/julicrockett/2968136899/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkZV-QwpweM
www.creativeclass.com/richard_florida/books/the_rise_of_the_creative_class
creativitymatters
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/4646161419
why should we play with media?
creativity
play2learn
hands-on
windows
standards
brains
stories
engage
fun
history
2- we learn through play
howdoyoulearn
“new skills”best?
www.flickr.com/photos/pitadel/4951801589
www.flickr.com/photos/painterwoman/6633093567
MIT Lifelong Kindergarten
http://llk.media.mit.edu
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/hyunit51/2599830
why should we play with media?
creativity
play2learn
hands-on
windows
standards
brains
stories
engage
fun
history
3- hands on learning sticks
www.flickr.com/photos/usnavy/5964127786
share a project idea from school
learners need to make stuff
www.flickr.com/photos/dragonsinger57/6144687713
passive learning: easy 2 forget
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why should we play with media?
creativity
play2learn
hands-on
windows
standards
brains
stories
engage
fun
history
4- better learning windows
www.flickr.com/photos/8136496@N05/4198567126
your website as a window into your classroom
assessments should be windows
www.flickr.com/photos/scuolafotografia/3631378689
Kern Kelly on digital portfolios
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h66WpVlUep4
why should we play with media?
creativity
play2learn
hands-on
windows
standards
brains
stories
engage
fun
history
5- CCSS & NETS-S Standards
www.corestandards.org
Emphasis on:
writing across the curriculum
evidence-based writing
oral communication skills
critical thinking skills
www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-students.aspx
Emphasis on:
creative digital products
collaboration
problem solving skills
multimedia communication
what’s the link to your digital portfolio?
why should we play with media?
creativity
play2learn
hands-on
windows
standards
brains
stories
engage
fun
history
6- our brains: wired 4 images
www.flickr.com/photos/olpc/4882646127
OLPC in Afghanistan: summer 2010
www.presentationzen.com
endPowerPoint
abusein
yourclassroom
www.flickr.com/creativecommons
Use CC licensed media / encourage student use
why should we play with media?
creativity
play2learn
hands-on
windows
standards
brains
stories
engage
fun
history
7- tell stories about learning
Alexander Fryer
January 2012
http://learningsigns.speedofcreativity.org/2011/08/15/the-fire/
The Fire
There was a fire ban that yearBut the carless campers left
Leaving smoldering remains behindThe fire that ate the forest
Wind whispered wordlessly in the treesThe fire was given new lifeLike a new small heartbeatThe fire that ate the forest
...continued...
The fire lit the dry grassIt was gathering in strength
Like a lion preparing to strikeThe fire that ate the forest
The fire now reached the treesIt was a wild beast let free
Grey smoke billowed up to the skyThe fire that ate the forest
http://comments4kids.blogspot.com
search.twitter.com
hashtag:#comments4kids
why should we play with media?
creativity
play2learn
hands-on
windows
standards
brains
stories
engage
fun
history
8- engagement
www.flickr.com/photos/ivyfield/4486938191
a proliferation of mobile computing devices
the menu for demonstrating
understanding & masteryin your classroom
has exploded
www.flickr.com/photos/familymwr/5322734002 www.flickr.com/photos/torres21/6048960035
...when assigning a project, teachers look for mastery of content and allow students to take ownership of how they present that content. A teacher may ask students to demonstrate their knowledge of photosynthesis, but rather than give them a specific means of doing so, will allow the students to use any available resources to do so. This not only gets the students innovating more as they navigate through this task, but more importantly makes each student’s experience unique and gives them ownership over the product they produce. Some students may make posters, some a voicethread, some a powerpoint or prezi, but this should be no problem for the educator as they are assessing on mastery learning objectives and not actual means of presenting them.
http://theoffbeatmaestro.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/new-england-11-summit-2/
15 March2012
provide assessment choices
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why should we play with media?
creativity
play2learn
hands-on
windows
standards
brains
stories
engage
fun
history
9- it’s fun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kxIed86bEk
iPad2
Legos
Webkinz
script
free teleprompter
iPad app
fingerpuppet
why should we play with media?
creativity
play2learn
hands-on
windows
standards
brains
stories
engage
fun
history
10- we can archive history
Cub ScoutScrapbook
1949 - 1950
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6708933389
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6708939781
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6708936577
3rd GradeReportCard
May 1949
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6708936719
What should Rachel’s
12th grade report card look like?
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6577432889
how can we become better media communicators?
text
audio
images
video
www.flickr.com/photos/ncsphotography/4247856340
“as digital pioneers we need to play with media”
maps.playingwithmedia.com
http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=948
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instacc-calendar-challengs/id514854157?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/idea-mix-creative-challenges/id461975629?mt=8
closingthoughts
www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/13885252
www.flickr.com/photos/jemimus/4824411391
too many people today believe in the power of
TECHNOLOGY rather than the power of WORDS & PASSIONATE PEOPLE
picture the importance of relationships at school
www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/223327646
“technology is an amplifier” - @jeffrobodine
www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/6117948499
by Wesley Fryer, Ph.D.
improving reading, writing, & critical thinking skills with
www.speedofcreativity.orgplayingwithmedia.com11 June 2012
Tucson, Arizona