A Digital Journey: Personal and Professional Playing with Media

2. HF TTT
Teacher Tech Team

3. HF TTT
Teacher Tech Team
Session # 3
Thursday October 6, 2011

4. Agenda

5. Agenda
I. Writing into the Day: Clustering

6. Agenda
I. Writing into the Day: Clustering
II. “How Collaborative Web 2.0 Tools
Enhance Student Learning”
Laura Graceffa, Poughkeepsie Day School

7. Agenda
I. Writing into the Day: Clustering
II. “How Collaborative Web 2.0 Tools
Enhance Student Learning”
Laura Graceffa, Poughkeepsie Day School
Lunch

8. Agenda
I. Writing into the Day: Clustering
II. “How Collaborative Web 2.0 Tools
Enhance Student Learning”
Laura Graceffa, Poughkeepsie Day School
Lunch
III. Returning to Digital Stories
Laura Shares Her Work
Personal Pieces Revised

9. Agenda
I. Writing into the Day: Clustering
II. “How Collaborative Web 2.0 Tools
Enhance Student Learning”
Laura Graceffa, Poughkeepsie Day School
Lunch
III. Returning to Digital Stories
Laura Shares Her Work
Personal Pieces Revised
IV. Reflecting & Revisiting Goals
Planning for Future Session
Using Moodle

11. Writing into the Day

12. Writing into the Day
1. Freewrite:What’s on your mind?

13. Writing into the Day
1. Freewrite:What’s on your mind?
2. Clustering Exercise (Pre-Writing)
“Writing the Natural Way”
Gabriele Rico
Adapted by Denise Maltese HVWP

14. Writing into the Day
1. Freewrite:What’s on your mind?
2. Clustering Exercise (Pre-Writing)
“Writing the Natural Way”
Gabriele Rico
Adapted by Denise Maltese HVWP
Directions:
1. Draw Concentric Circles
In Each Circle Include People & Issues that concern you
Inner Circle: Self
2nd Circle: Family/Friends
3rd Circle: School
4th Circle: Town/State
5th Circle: Country
6th Circle: World

16. 3. Write a Letter(Mode) to someone in one of your
circles:
Audience & Purpose
Writing Time

17. 3. Write a Letter(Mode) to someone in one of your
circles:
Audience & Purpose
Writing Time
4.Sharing in Pairs
Sharing With the Group

18. 3. Write a Letter(Mode) to someone in one of your
circles:
Audience & Purpose
Writing Time
4.Sharing in Pairs
Sharing With the Group
5. Writing Reflection:
What was this experience like?
How did the Circles Work?
What was it like to write the letter?
What were you trying to get done in your letter?
How could you use this in your classroom?
Could you imagine writing a letter into the world?

20. Revisiting a DS Draft
250 Words/10-12 images/2-3 minutes

21. Revisiting a DS Draft
250 Words/10-12 images/2-3 minutes
Revision Strategy #1
1.Sit with student.
2.She reads her piece aloud. She will read it all the way through once,
twice… Both of you have a copy of the piece.
3. As she reads, she has a pen, you have a pen. Each of you write
notes in the margins with a dot, when you want to hear something
you aren’t hearing…
4.When you finish, you take turns sharing a dot with a note your
margin, from her margin…back and forth…

22. Revisiting a DS Draft
250 Words/10-12 images/2-3 minutes
Revision Strategy #1
1.Sit with student.
2.She reads her piece aloud. She will read it all the way through once,
twice… Both of you have a copy of the piece.
3. As she reads, she has a pen, you have a pen. Each of you write
notes in the margins with a dot, when you want to hear something
you aren’t hearing…
4.When you finish, you take turns sharing a dot with a note your
margin, from her margin…back and forth…
Revision #2
Creating a Low Tech Story Board
A Line of Text on One Side, Photo or picture on the other

24. Final Reflections/Planning for Next
Session
Using Moodle

25. Final Reflections/Planning for Next
Session
Using Moodle
Revisiting your personal/classroom goals
What’s happening?

26. Final Reflections/Planning for Next
Session
Using Moodle
Revisiting your personal/classroom goals
What’s happening?
What would you like to see happen in the next
session and November 8?