Title: Beyond PowerPoint: Technology Integration for the Language Arts Classroom
1Beyond PowerPoint Technology Integration for the
Language Arts Classroom
- Larry Bedenbaugh
- Lake County Schools, 2007
2ISTE NETS-T
- All classroom teachers should be prepared to meet
the following standards - II. Teachers plan and design effective learning
environments and experiences supported by
technology. - III. Teachers implement curriculum plans that
include methods and strategies for applying
technology to maximize student learning.
3IRA Position Statement on Integrating Literacy
and Technology in the Curriculum
- The Internet and other forms of information and
communication technology (ICT) are redefining the
nature of literacy. To become fully literate in
todays world, students must become proficient in
the new literacies of ICT. Therefore, literacy
educators have a responsibility to integrate
these technologies into their literacy curricula. - Adopted by the IRA Board of Directors September
2001
4NCTE 2005 Guideline
- Multi-Modal Literacies
- The techniques of acquiring, organizing,
evaluating, and creatively using multimodal
information should become an increasingly
important component of the English/Language Arts
classroom.
5NCTE 2003 Position Statement
- Resolution on Composing with
- Nonprint Media
- Encourage integrating multimedia composition in
English Language Arts curriculum
6Florida Legislative Rule 6A-5.065
- The Educator Accomplished Practices of
- the Florida State Board of Education
- 12) Accomplished Practice Twelve - Technology.
- (a) Accomplished level. The accomplished teacher
uses appropriate technology in teaching and
learning processes.
7Consider These Quotes
- We need to prepare our children for a future
that we cant even describe. - David Warlick
- Technology Consultant Author
8Consider These Quotes
- Whatever made you successful in the past, will
not in the future. - Lew Platt
- Former CEO, HP
9Consider These Quotes
- We need to prepare students for their future,
not our past.
10Consider These Quotes
- We need to prepare students for their future,
not their present.
11Definitions of 21st Century Literacy
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- NCREL 21st Century Skills
- ETS ICT Literacy
- Pacific Bell/UCLA Initiative for 21st Century
Literacies - NMC 21st Century Literacy
1221st Century Literacy
- Bottom Line
- 21st Century Literacy is about more than having
good technology skills. - It is learning core subjects and applying these
learning skills by using ICT tools while
maintaining a multicultural awareness.
13Consider These Quotes
- Integrating 21st century skills into K12
education empowers students to learn and achieve
at the level necessary to succeed in this
century. Education will become both more
invigorating and relevant when it reflects the
realities and challenges of contemporary life. - John Wilson, Executive Director National
Education Association
14Digital Students
- Growing Up Digital The Rise of the Net
Generation - Don Tapscott, 1997
- This is the first generation to be bathed in
bits since birth. - Because of their access to the digital media,
todays students learn, work, think, shop, and
create differently than their parents.
15DSL (Digital as a Second Language)
http//www.apple.com/education/digitalkids/
16DSL (Digital as a Second Language)
http//www.apple.com/education/digitalkids/
17Digital Students
- By providing digital students with opportunities
to learn in ways that satisfy their needs, they
will be more engaged in the learning process and
in realizing their potential.
18Consider These Quotes
- Same story, same tool
- Same story, different tool
- Different story, different tool
- Bernajean Porter
- Technology Planner Author
19Best Practices
- Digital Presentations
- Project-based Learning
- Online Book Clubs
- Online Chat Rooms
- Blogs
20Digital Presentations
- Multimedia Authors
- Video Book Trailers
- Digital Storytelling
- Personal Narratives
- Digital Documentaries
- Public Service Announcements
21Digital Presentations
- Multimedia Authors
- Interpret a narrative by using graphics and music
- Create a presentation of student original work
that includes some combination of music, student
artwork, graphical interpretation, and/or student
voice
Nam
Petey the Giraffe
The Canterbury digiTales Project
September 11
To An Athlete Dying Young
They Were Children of the World
22Digital Presentations
- Video Book Trailers
- Movie-trailer style videos about a favorite
book - Created with some combination of stills, text,
video, music, sound effects, and/or student voice
Tell Tale Heart
Catcher in the Rye
Monster
When My Name Was Keoko
23Digital Presentations
- Digital Storytelling
- There are many different definitions of "digital
storytelling," but in general, all embody the
idea of combining the longstanding art of telling
stories with any of a variety of available
multimedia tools, including still images, voice,
video, music, sound, text, animation, artifacts,
and other materials.
24Digital Presentations
- Digital Storytelling
- Personal Narratives
- Digital Documentaries
- Public Service Announcements
A Sacrifice For You
The Power Of One
Moving Again
Tragedy in a Bronx School Yard
Grass Born To Be Stepped On
25Consider This
- "A story should be remembered for its soul, not
the bells and whistles." - Bernajean Porter
26Project-based Learning Description
- Project-based learning asks students to work in
groups to solve a challenging problem. - Project-based learning asks students to
investigate issues and topics addressing
real-world problems while integrating subjects
across the curriculum.
27Project-based Learning Description
- Students decide how to approach the problem and
what activities to pursue. - Students gather information from a variety of
sources and synthesize, analyze, and derive
knowledge from it.
28Project-based Learning Description
- At the end, students demonstrate their newly
acquired knowledge and are judged by how much
they have learned and how well they communicate
it. - Throughout the process, the teachers role is to
guide and advise, rather than direct and manage,
student work.
29Project-based Learning Characteristics
- Curricular content
- Multimedia
- Student direction
- Collaboration
- Real world connection
- Extended time frame
- Alternative assessment
30WebQuests Bernie Dodge Tom March
- A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in
which most or all of the information used by
learners is drawn from the Web. - WebQuests are designed to use learners' time
well, to focus on using information rather than
looking for it, and to support learners'
thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and
evaluation.
31WebQuests - Levels
- Short Term WebQuest
- Is designed to be completed in one to three class
periods. - Has an instructional goal of knowledge
acquisition and integration. - At the end of a short term WebQuest, a learner
will have grappled with a significant amount of
new information and made sense of it.
32WebQuests - Critical Attributes
- Short Term WebQuest
- An introduction that sets the stage and provides
some background information. - A task that is doable and interesting.
- A set of information sources needed to complete
the task.
33WebQuests - Levels
- Longer Term WebQuest
- Typically take between one week and a month to
complete. - Has an instructional goal of extending and
refining knowledge.
34WebQuests - Levels
- Longer Term WebQuest
- After completing a longer term WebQuest, a
learner would have analyzed a body of knowledge
deeply, transformed it in some way, and
demonstrated an understanding of the material by
creating something that others can respond to,
on-line or off-.
35WebQuests - Critical Attributes
- Longer Term WebQuest
- A description of the process the learners should
go through in accomplishing the task. - Some guidance on how to organize the information
acquired. - A conclusion that brings closure to the quest,
reminds the learners about what they've learned,
and perhaps encourages them to extend the
experience into other domains.
36WebQuests Bernie Dodge Tom March
- WebQuests
- http//webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html
- http//questgarden.com
37Online Book Clubs
- Discussion Board Format
- Informal
- Motivating
- Choice
- what they read
- when they read
- where they read
- how they read
- with whom they read
- Security
38Online Book Clubs
- Literary Book Club
- http//teach.fcps.net/lbc/default.asp
39Online Book Clubs
- Book Nuts Reading Club
- http//www.booknutsreadingclub.com/
40Online Book Clubs
- ePals Book Club
- http//www.epals.com/projects/book_club/
41Online Book Clubs
- Book Clubs Resources
- http//www.book-clubs-resource.com/
- QuickTopic
- http//www.quicktopic.com/
42Online Chat Rooms
- Real-time conversation can be used facilitate
class discussions - Pros
- Provides an alternate voice for students
- Conversations can be archived
- Cons
- Risk of banal chatter
- Security/Privacy issues
- Moderated/monitored
- Password protected
- BlackBoard/WebCT
43Online Chat Rooms
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Two chat rooms (England and France)
- Students Internet screen names based on the
characters in the story - Students responded to posed discussion questions
about theme and plot lines - Students received points for good contributions,
but lost points for stupid talk
44Online Chat Rooms
- Great Gatsby
- Similar approach
- In the interest of encouraging participation was
more lenient in allowing improper grammar and
lower case letters - Collaborative High/Elementary Project
- HS students became experts on various
historical figures and assumed identity in chat
room - Elementary students posed questions to the
historical figure - Alternative to email projects
- Real time exchange with epals, experts
45Blogs
- Short for Weblog a journal that is available on
the web. - Originally blogs started as online diaries
(commentaries, personal thoughts, and essays) and
were link driven.
46Blogs
- Identified with
- instant publishing of text or graphics to the
Web without sophisticated technical knowledge - ways for people to provide comments or feedback
to each blog post - the opportunity to archive past blog posts by
date, and - hyperlinks to other bloggers
47Blogs
- Lake County Schools Blog
- http//lakecountyschools.lakecountyblog.com/defaul
t.asp?item174913
48Blogs
- Fred Roemers 5th Grade Site Tampa, FL
- http//www.pb5th.com/
49Blogs
- Hunterdon Central Regional High School -
Fleming, NJ - http//weblogs.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/beesbook/
50Blogs
- Blogging Book Club - NJ
- http//bloggingbookclub.blogspot.com/
51Blogs
- Blogmeister
- http//classblogmeister.com/
52Freebie of the Day
- Amazon
- http//www.amazon.com/
- Search Within The Book
- Concordance
- Text Stats
53Contact Info
- Larry Bedenbaugh
- FLaRE Center
- UCF - Teaching Academy Suite 403
- 4000 Central Florida Blvd
- Orlando, FL 32816-1250
- lbedenba_at_mail.firn.edu
- http//flare.ucf.edu