Wednesday+Notes

**Teaching English & Language Arts with Technology Notes**

 * First Submitted by Diane Bekurs**

Introduction: Tom Daccord
· __"Why Teach with Technology? Digital Natives and the 21st Century"__
 * "Innovation Technology"**

Web 2.0 users are creators of content, not just passive recipients (as in Web 1.0), making global connections (Del.icio.us—upload bookmarks for world to see; Skype - free phone calls from your computer; Flick -share photos online; MySpace & Facebook - Online Social Communities)
 * · **//Leonardo’s Laptop//** by Ben Shneiderman; **//A Whole New Mind//** – Daniel H. Pink

· · Constructivism -- student-centered activities and projects – teacher as guide on the side; generation next 16 -25 yo, commitment to community service—use technology to get there · Empower through creativity of technology integration; empower through collaboration; empower through community building; publish, publish, publish · Innovation technology, not information technology +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CARLA BEARD
 * · Technology tale of **Rip Van Winkle** – tech has greatly transformed almost all aspects of society, except our classroom; digital immigrants (us) vs. digital natives – the kids born into the age of the Internet, current-day middle school students; technology is deeply entrenched part of their lives
 * · Schneiderman: kids want work that is challenging (don't use tech to repeat pen and paper), social (working as a group that foster collaboration and team work); meaningful work (our ability to publish student work to other students outside of their world – showcase projects to the whole world)
 * CONCEPTUAL MODEL**
 * Schneiderman: A Process for Innovation Technology**
 * Collect** -> Research: focus on students’ research process; web literacy; fact acquisition process
 * Relate** -> Collaborate: team efforts that develop communication, management, social skills; clarify problems
 * Create** -> to learn: ind. and team projects to create to learn
 * Donate** -> to others: authentic, service-oriented learning endeavors(ex: use Wiki for notes, papers, publications)

· “Teaching English & Language Arts with Technology” · Old mindset: using internet as big library (find books, lessons, resources), as post office, as bulletin board, as encyclopedia (treasure hunts) · Next innovations: pick-a-path stories ex: The Odyssey Game and then Calliope project; webquests ([|www.webquests.org] or [|www.bestwebquests.org] · Web2.0: No code needed! For Wiki’s, blogs, etc.—students care about quality because people may read it. =How to Find the Best Web Sites= · Internet directories for English/Language Arts: Web English Teacher, readwritethink.org, and others Readwritethink: learning literacies at bottom tabs [|www.readwritethink.org]

SCORE Cyberguides

SEE Handout or Favorites ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ · Using search engines: Google Advanced; News; Alerts Ex: Internet Directories (subject); search engines, ACTIVE SERACH using advance search to save time (google, advanced search, google scholar) Example: search for Jackie Robinson and primary sources, so what key words do we use (ask the kids in order to generate critical thinking)? Interview, article, letter, quote, autobiography Set other parameters, especially domain such as .edu or k12.us or ac.uk or loc.gov

· RSS and Bloglines =How to Integrate Web Sites= · “Day in Life of Hobo” – radio program (oral exam of what they know) class project · Hamptonville · Children's Lit. Book/20s Magazine EXAMPLE: Children’s book to be written, illustrated, printed in color, bound, and given to younger students EXAMPLE: News report in editorial style about a particular historical time period, requiring the CRCD model –students write editorial in Word, taking a point of view—format in columns, scan in old photos of ads of time period, create new ads using clips, import links, import audio —have a counterpoint point of view from a another student – round two response included in project

· ISearch – a documented journey of the student’s discovery

1. What do you know? 2. Research 3. What did I learn?

EXAMPLE: Beloved What do you want to know? More about irons, ways of punishing people….leads you to other things you want to know…

http://virtualinquiry.com/inquiry/isearch.htm

· others · wikis and collaborative writing · wikispaces http://amlitwiki.wikispaces.com/
 * Creating Community with Technology**

Build and create a group endeavor Differing levels of control (can post directly or can set up for me to be emailed and edit b/f posts are given) Create a wiki space at www.wikispaces.com

· Blogs and Blogging Asynchronous discussion and active learning Best activities are reflective/analysis and simulation/role playing (i-search, posting in the voice of a character
 * Teaching With New & Emerging Technologies (Wednesday)**

Do blog topics that deal with controversial subjects, morality, justice, or current events

Use it as an ice-breaker, or tie in a personal question to a current event (e.g., 9/11 reactions to tie in to gov’t rights to invade privacy)

Blog = web log A single author creates the blog and initial post “post” to a blog Other users “comment” to leave a post

1 class blog with teacher as author and poster, students click on comments OR Teacher sets up blog and then sets up individual blogs for each student, where they leave their responses to the teacher’s blog, allowing for more prolonged content

Blogs – aim for 1 a month so it’s REGULAR or else it will not be used and then become ineffective

Typedpad is product you can purchase for about $150

· Blogger.com

Created on for ACCESS as BekursTechand linked to Flickr through yahoo email account dbekurs

Looked at Add-ons [|www.addons.mozilla.org/en-US] Clipmarks Answers Stumbleupon Cooliris Previews


 * Podcasts and Podcasting

1) Create podcast 2) Record -- audio editor capability--Need garageband for mac or audacity for PC

A photocast · Word preferences, file statistics, file readability, inserting comments, auto-correct, track changes, comparing documents · Plagiarism: Google; turnitin · Emerging Tools (plus “old” favorites): Google Earth, Second Life, online social communities, etc · Survey/conclusion · Info on Markin and Keytext
 * Voicethread
 * Garage Band
 * Audacity
 * Improving Writing & Editing/ Teaching With New & Emerging Technologies (Thursday)**