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A HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO DIGITAL LITERACY
http://C21learners.wordpress.com
@mdfriend
© Mbudge 2016
THE C21 ENVIRONMENTWhy we need to walk the talk …
Reality …
Meanwhile, back at the chalk face• Connectivity within schools – how reliable is the WiFi?• Some BYOD/No BYOD/Labs/Cows/Hubs/Tubs/Breakouts• The “tech” person is teaching• It worked at home ...• I’ve had no training and …• now I don’t have time to upskill• I’ve been offered some/little/no PD • It’s hard enough keeping up with our data management
system(s)• Every time I get used to something, they change it!
Source:flickr
Source; http://www.teachthought.com/
READY, SET, GONavigating the digital highway
Starting gate: Planning Approaches• Pick one unit, one class, one new thing a term (and share)
• Start with the OBJECTIVE• To analyse themes in …• To write a narrative with clear structure …• To develop characterisation skills ….• To create a presentation showing …• To apply film techniques …• To reflect on author/director’s purpose• To make self to text connections
• Start the old fashioned way – A3 paper• What do you already know? • Who do you have access to?
Digital literacy is C21 literacy• Aim for C21 learners to work together• Then evaluate sources• Then synthesise information collected• Then represent ideas creatively
ICT enables this!
CREATING MEANINGThrough speaking, writing, presenting
SpeakingStarters form an opinion:• Ted Talks - Eman Mohammed (Courage), Christopher Bell (Female Superheroes),
Adora Sitvak (what adults should know about learning)• YouTube – Boy Racers, Stereotyping, Sexting
Record practice speeches, watch on own, then peers, then 4s• Voice Thread – online conversations• Audacity – listen to self, make a radio show
Analyse speeches• *Joshua Iosefa,• Ted Talks – Thomas Suarez, Maya Penn
Debates - watch and adjudicate
*Case Study: Debating Year 9s
Creative writing• Starters
• Random word generator• Literacy Shed use/adapt other teachers starters• PicLit – drag and drop poetry• Pinterest – prompts, rules, better word lists said is dead etc• BBC Skillwise – boring but necessary stuff
ReadWriteThink – Describe That Face
Periodic Table Storytelling – tried and trusted tropes
CSI – game based learning + forensics
Become a slam poet a TedEd lesson
Letter to my older self Level 2/portfolio
Case Study: Literacy Shed Low Year 10
Formal Writing• Skills
• No Red Ink• Grammar Monster• Visual presentations of grammar rules etc on Ted-Ed
• Ideas• Ted, YouTube, Twitter, Upworthy – what are people talking about? What do students care about?
• Research• ACC – use Tree Octopus and Real MLK bogus sites• Promote variety of search engines , encourage use of key words (Google Advanced Search)• Use data bases – Epic and gateway sites – Instagrok, Answer the Public• *Citation Machine to generate reference lists
• Structure• BBC Skillwise paragraphs and sentences
• Proofing• Grammarly• Analyze My Writinghttp://www.analyzemywriting.com/
*Case Study: Cyber Bullying Year 10 focus on IDEAS
BOY Formal AssessmentTerm 1 Results
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Term 3 Formal Summative Term 3 Results
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Presenting/Representing• Ideas, overviews, summaries, analysis, story telling
• Animoto – match words, pictures, music• OfficeMix - source/make a ppt then add audio, quizzes, sketched• Visual.ly - source/make an infographic• My Simple Show – write a script, select pics, it does commentary• Comic Life – put words and pics in comic style format• Prezi - fiddly but fun use with senior oral presentations/connections• *Cellphone Cinematography- students storyboard and shoot short
film using phones. Bullying Focus (tied in with formal writing). Focus on effect of techniques.
Case study: ORRS student via My Simple Show
MAKING MEANINGThrough listening, reading, viewing
Listening• To experts via Skype, • To other teachers via Show Me, Kahn Academy• To ourselves via podcasts - Audacity• To our writing via immersive readers –
Learning Tools One Note (and google offers same)• To poems, stories, songs – but always close listening
Case Study:Year 9 Life of Pi, Level 2 Media Studies (OfficeMix),
Reading• *Crash Course - How and Why We Read• Jessica Wise How Fiction Can Change Reality• Book Drum – text companion site maps, videos, images• Audio Books• Dunedin Public Libraries read major daily newspapers
from around the world - all you need it a library card!• Good Reads – reviews, online book club• Taieri Hot Reads – junior bloggers intro to AS 1.10
Case Study: Motivating Reluctant Readers
Viewing• New Zealand content – New Zealand On Screen• *Movie Trailers – as film technique starters then story board• *Poetry – 17: Pike River Poem, What Were they Like?
To This Day• Kinetic typography – Rain, Drunk, No Ordinary Sun,
Parihaka• *Spoken Word poetry – Place to Be, Hip Hop Shakespeare
Co• History of English• Make films to view – using phones, iPads, cameras, flip
cams. Upload to a YouTube Channel or Vimeo
Case Study: Ben Stokes A Place to Be
BEYOND THE STRANDSWider applications
Revising• ScoopIt – curate a page of relevant websites on a text (up
to 3 free), great extension• Quizlet - input Q and As, makes flash cards, beat clock
game and multi choice• EverNote – share notes, mobile and PC friendly• Facebook groups - forum for clarifying learning pre exams• Twitter Feeds – set up a revision #, set up separate
account to personal feed (same as FaceBook)• Show Me and add links to school LMS
Making learning fun• Free Rice• Mindful Site• Class Tools
• Random Name Generator• Pac Man Quiz• Fakebook • Fake tweets
• Beat the Bomb timer
Digital Citizens• Model with your learners• THINK in practice• ICT provide opportunities to teach safe
and ethical online practices• Use creative commons to encourage stu
dents to cite source• Use clean video/audio/visual files• Does your school have a Creative Comm
ons Policy?
http://www.vegaclassroom.com/videos-for-learning.html
WHERE TO?Resources, reflections, responses
Reduce, Reuse, RecycleTed-Ed lessons interactive and paper
Teacher Tube
Kahn Academy
Crash Course
Prezi
Office Mixes
Slide Share power points
SupportEducation Council Social Media Site
The Pond (Network for Learning)
VLN
Enabling e- Learning – Ministry of Ed hub
Twitter #engchatnz – fortnightly chats
Cool Tools for Schools Wiki
Connected Educator Month – see the starter kete, free webinar
Creative Commons NZ – does your school have a policy? Attribute licenses and…
Copyright clean images – a database where you can find clean images
You do! Try one of the following in threes, pairs or solo:
• Create a poem on Pic Lits – visual verbal match www.piclits.com
• Go to ScoopIt – curate a revision page for a senior class by adding your favourite sites
www.scoopit.com
• Go to Literacy Shed – find a song/clip, adapt questions for a junior class• www.literacyshed.com
• Make a My Simple Show based on a text your class studied this year OR with study tips for seniors and whanau
• www.mysimpleshow.com