Integrating Technology into the ELA Classroom Ashley Quark March 2, 2007 STELA Conference

Technology for Educators Information Emailing Parents Posting homework, assignments, and class events online Gathering information online for lessons

Emailing Parents

Posting homework, assignments, and class events online

Gathering information online for lessons

Technology for Educators Information PowerPoint Presentations Downloading Audio/Video for instruction Interactive Websites Posting Samples of Student work online with evaluation rubrics Teaching technological media literacy Instruction

PowerPoint Presentations

Downloading Audio/Video for instruction

Interactive Websites

Posting Samples of Student work online with evaluation rubrics

Teaching technological media literacy

Technology for Educators Information Blogs Discussion Boards Wikis Podcasting Online surveys Online assignments and quizzes Webquests Peer revising & editing on Microsoft Word Instruction Student Activity

Blogs

Discussion Boards

Wikis

Podcasting

Online surveys

Online assignments and quizzes

Webquests

Peer revising & editing on Microsoft Word

Information

Information: Emailing Parents Set up Distribution Lists (Groups) Send group emails Don’t forget to BCC!

Set up Distribution Lists (Groups)

Send group emails

Don’t forget to BCC!

Instruction

Instruction: Critical Readers Teaching Technological Literacy www.dhmo.org

Teaching Technological Literacy

www.dhmo.org

Instruction: Critical Readers Teaching Technological Literacy www.dhmo.org Martin Luther King Jr. site

Teaching Technological Literacy

www.dhmo.org

Martin Luther King Jr. site

Instruction: Critical Technology Consumers Teaching Technological Literacy www.dhmo.org Martin Luther King Jr. site We must teach students critical thinking skills as they apply to their use of technological media!

Teaching Technological Literacy

www.dhmo.org

Martin Luther King Jr. site

Instruction: Critical Readers Evaluating Websites WHO is the source of the information? WHAT are you getting? WHEN was the site created? WHERE WHY are you here? HOW can you tell what’s what? When students are asked what Internet-related subjects they would like to learn about in school, the top choice for 68 per cent is “How to tell if information you find on the Net is true or not”. (Source: Young Canadians in a Wired World, Media Awareness Network, 2005)

Evaluating Websites

WHO is the source of the information?

WHAT are you getting?

WHEN was the site created?

WHERE

WHY are you here?

HOW can you tell what’s what?

Instruction—Useful Websites Unitedstreaming.com by Discovery School The Grapes of Wrath All Quiet on the Western Front Dracula Lord of the Flies Various Shakespearean Plays Author Biographies (Thomas Hardy, Jonathon Swift, Hemingway) Punctuation

Unitedstreaming.com

by Discovery School

The Grapes of Wrath

All Quiet on the Western Front

Dracula

Lord of the Flies

Various Shakespearean Plays

Author Biographies (Thomas Hardy, Jonathon Swift, Hemingway)

Punctuation

Instruction—Useful Websites Edgar Allan Poe http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/default_flash.asp

Edgar Allan Poe

http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/default_flash.asp

Instruction—Useful Websites Shakespeare Virtual Tour of the Globe Theatre Realistic Tour Animated Tour with interesting info

Shakespeare

Virtual Tour of the Globe Theatre

Realistic Tour

Animated Tour with interesting info

Student Activity

Student Activity: Peer Revision Use “ Reviewer ” function in Microsoft word for Peer Revision

Use “ Reviewer ” function in Microsoft word for Peer Revision

Student Activity: Surveys www.surveymonkey.com Free accounts 10 questions per survey Example: Pre-Reading Survey

www.surveymonkey.com

Free accounts

10 questions per survey

Example: Pre-Reading Survey

Student Activity: Wikis What is a wiki? Wiki stands for “What I Know Is” A type of website where members can add, remove, edit or change content on the site Example www.wikipedia.com

What is a wiki?

Wiki stands for “What I Know Is”

A type of website where members can add, remove, edit or change content on the site

Example www.wikipedia.com

Student Activity: Wikis How can I use it in my ELA classroom? Classroom Web pages Collaborative Authoring Collaborative Responses to Literature Project Development (giving and receiving feedback throughout the process)

How can I use it in my ELA classroom?

Classroom Web pages

Collaborative Authoring

Collaborative Responses to Literature

Project Development (giving and receiving feedback throughout the process)

Student Activity: Wikis What’s so great about a WIKI? Easy to set up and maintain Can be edited from any computer with an Internet connection Creator has the freedom to allow everyone to view/edit the wiki OR only invited members can view/edit the wiki Easy to upload pictures and files or link to external web pages Students love publishing their writing online—it gives them an authentic audience!

What’s so great about a WIKI?

Easy to set up and maintain

Can be edited from any computer with an Internet connection

Creator has the freedom to allow everyone to view/edit the wiki OR only invited members can view/edit the wiki

Easy to upload pictures and files or link to external web pages

Students love publishing their writing online—it gives them an authentic audience!

Student Activity: Wikis How to make a wiki: Choose a host. These are free: www.pbwiki.com www.wetpaint.com www.wikispaces.com Benefits of wikispaces.com: Giving away FREE wikis for teachers with no advertising! Online tutorial is excellent!

How to make a wiki:

Choose a host. These are free:

www.pbwiki.com

www.wetpaint.com

www.wikispaces.com

Benefits of wikispaces.com:

Giving away FREE wikis for teachers with no advertising!

Online tutorial is excellent!

Ethics & Student Safety Names: You probably don't want to use students' full names in order to maintain privacy and anonymity online. Collective information available on your site (e.g. Teacher's name, school, town/city, grade, students' first names,pictures). A combination of too much of this information could potentially be dangerous Teach students about privacy issues and appropriate content online. Teach them not to share personal information online.

Names: You probably don't want to use students' full names in order to maintain privacy and anonymity online.

Collective information available on your site (e.g. Teacher's name, school, town/city, grade, students' first names,pictures). A combination of too much of this information could potentially be dangerous

Teach students about privacy issues and appropriate content online. Teach them not to share personal information online.

Ethics & Student Safety Use functions on blogs and wikis to limit audience If possible, consider moderating students' comments Pictures: Is it appropriate to have any pictures? If so, when and why? Examine your school division’s “Acceptable Use Policy” for technology

Use functions on blogs and wikis to limit audience

If possible, consider moderating students' comments

Pictures: Is it appropriate to have any pictures? If so, when and why?

Examine your school division’s “Acceptable Use Policy” for technology

Ethics and Student Safety Student will not learn about Internet ethics, etiquette, and safety intuitively simply because they are growing up in the digital age. Our students need teachers to teach them these skills that will be necessary for them to function in the 21 century.

Student will not learn about Internet ethics, etiquette, and safety intuitively simply because they are growing up in the digital age. Our students need teachers to teach them these skills that will be necessary for them to function in the 21 century.

Acknowledgments Many of the ideas presented here originated from: Jennifer Foss , Chicago, IL Cherie Clarke-Moore , Australia Dr. Alec Couros , Faculty of Education, University of Regina

Many of the ideas presented here originated from:

Jennifer Foss , Chicago, IL

Cherie Clarke-Moore , Australia

Dr. Alec Couros , Faculty of Education, University of Regina

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