Reading Writing and Web 2.0 make a great team

Reading, Writing and Web 2.0 make a great team! Presented by Fiona Beal Fish Hoek Primary School fionabeal@gmail.com http://fionabeal.edublogs.org

Introducing myself• Web 2.0 ‘fanatic’ and passionate about integrating the curriculum with technology.• Have taught Grades 1 - 7 and am now Computer teacher at Fishhoek Primary• Life was revolutionised in 2009 by blogging and discovering a whole educational community ‘out there’.• Winner of Innovative Teacher 2009 in SA. Winning place in Pan African Finals in Mauritius and participated in World Finals in Brazil.• Textbook writer

Web 2.0: Amazing free, easy to use interactive programmeshttp://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

Outcomes for this session• Useful creative writing programmes and Web 2.0 resources• Writing methods used in class - the ‘just write’ method, circle writing etc.• Reading on the web

Back Channel Reflectionhttp://todaysmeet.com/Fiona-RWW2Introduceyourselves andadd thoughtsand ideas toshare with us…

Creative writing

Approaches using bought programmes• Storybook Weaver• Storymaker 2

Storybook Weaver examples

By John Grade 1

Storymaker 2 examples

By Georgia Gr 5Be

Other programmes I use • Microsoft Publisher • Microsoft Word • Scrapbook Factory • Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Publisher examples

Microsoft Word examples

Scrapbook Factory de Luxe examples

Microsoft PowerPoint examples

Stories made using PowerPoint

Methods of creative writing

Our world loves stories. Do you like stories?

Catch the story going around in your head!

Concentrate hard until you find the story

Who found a story?

Let’s discuss our stories in groups

Oh, that is a funny story!

That’s a very good idea!

Now it is time to put your thoughts on to the computer.Don’t worry about spelling and grammar – just write!

The words are done, the story is inparagraphs mand Ihave checked thespelling. My friend helped me. The pagesare in order. Now it’s time to illustrate mystory.

How do you do this ‘print screen’ thing again?We use ‘print screen’ to get the pictures andwords into PowerPoint.

A non-web project using creative writing

Fish Hoek Primary created areading scheme of 80 books from Grade 1 – Grade 7 for Steenberg Primary School

We created stories in Storymaker 2or Storybook Weaver and put them into PowerPoint. We then printed them as A4 booklets.

The Grade 5 bookbinding team at work

One class was selected to deliver them and read some of the stories to each grade in their school hall.

Thank you for these books!

E-books

Using Primary Pad to create circle stories http://primarypad.comPrimary pad was at that stage called Etherpad.(it was then bought by Google)

We sent codes from school to school

Our two and three- nation collaborative writing project1. These can be read from http://Slideboom.com itself following a link. http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/94941/The-Secret2. They can be embedded in a blog. http://fionabeal.edublogs.org/our-two-nation-collaborative-stories/ http://fionabeal.edublogs.org/our-three-nation-story-writing-project/ http://fionabeal.edublogs.org/our-stories-with-sound-project/3. They can be uploaded to a website http://www.sanandres.esc.edu.ar/olivosp/extranet2009/6to/globalwriting/in dex.htm

Creating e-books uploading Microsoft PowerPoint http://slideboom.com

This is what it looks like in Slideboom.com

Ideas using youblisher.comhttp://elk-grade6-stories.wikispaces.com – Karen Stadler’s project

Other great ideas• http://ozgekaraoglu.edublogs.org/2011/05/26 /digital-storytelling-with-animation-tools/

Story-starter sites

Use a programme like http://www.wallwisher.com

http://www.thestorystarter.com/jr.htm

http://www.creativewritingprompts.com/#

Online sites

http://www.tagxeedo.com

Storyjumper http://www.storyjumper.comThis is flip-page book with artworkattached. You can enter a wholeclass to have these e-books

A sample from Tamsyn in Grade 5

A sample from Tamsyn in Grade 5http://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/572294/4c68afedee407

Storybirdhttp://www.storybird.com

Storybirdhttp://fionabeal.edublogs.org/2011/05/25/fun-using-storybird/

Artisan’s Picture Book http://artisancam.org.uk

Mixbookhttp://www.mixbook.com

Sites using photos in a fun wayhttp://www.picjoke.comhttp://photofunia.comhttp://piclits.com

http://www.piclit.com

Stories using Google Maps

Using a blog to create a story

http://5bwrites.blogspot.com/

Useful blog sites for creative writing

http://askatechteacher.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/weekend-website-51-17- story-sites-for-first-and-second-grade/

Lovely writing ideas on this blog http://ozgekaraoglu.edublogs.org/

Book reviews

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/sandwich.asp

http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/Home+ Student+Book+Trailers

Use a blog to write book reports http://josephr4.edublogs.org/2010/07/19/my-report/

Further down in the same blog

More book report ideas This whole blog called ‘Watch, Connect, Read” is devoted to different types of book reports: http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/ Ths blog post gives ten alternatives to the traditional book reports: http://theapple.monster.com/benefits/articles/8529-10- technology-enhanced-alternatives-to-book-reports

Using Wikis for creative writing

http://graystonprep-grade6-english.wikispaces.com/The+Write+Stuff

http://writingpals.wikispaces.com/

http://aroomwithaview.pbworks.com/INTRODUCTION

http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/50+Ways

Writing a class novel using a wiki http://willardswriters.wicomico.wikispaces.net/home

Writing a class novel using a wiki http://yrps5m.wikispaces.com/Welcome

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Writing+Tools

Newspapers

http://globalnewspaper.wikispaces.com/

http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/

Poetry

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/index.aspx

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/flash_pie.htm

Reading sites

http://www.starfall.com/

http://www.highlightskids.com/Stories/Rebus/rebus_theNoise0 705/0705_theNoise.asp

http://www.watertowncsd.org/index.cfm?bid=5&cid=3927

http://www.storylineonline.net/

http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

More Reading sites• http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=61940• http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/genre/Children/all• http://studentdigitaltools.wordpress.com/reading/• http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/50-places-free- books-online.htm

Great digital resourcesNoteHandout comprising creative writing sites, poetrysites, online newspaper sites and reading sitesentitled ReadingWriting&PoetrySites-FionaBeal

http://www.microsoft.com/education/teachers/guides/digital_storytelling.aspx

Storyboard generatorhttp://generator.acmi.net.au/storyboard/interactive

HandoutsPrintoutsInspirational sitesShared docsMicrosoft’s Digital Storytelling e-book

And now for the hands on….

Back Channel Reflectionhttp://todaysmeet.com/Fiona-RWW2Please addfurther thoughtsand ideas…

Reading Writing and Web 2.0 make a great team

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