CUE West Coast GAfE Summit Presentation Spring 2015

1. Google, ELA, &
the CCSS
Presented by Jessica Lura
Slide Deck:
http://bit.ly/tech_ccss
Go to app.
gosoapbox.com
Code 951-134-552

2. Interactive Tools
Go Soap Box http://app.gosoapbox.
com
Access Code: 951-134-552
Padlet http://padlet.
com/jlura/GoogleELA

3. My Goals
◎ Teach my students
◉ ELA content
◉ Smart skills
◉ to be digital citizens
￮ creators of content
￮ ethical participants

4. Instilling Conscientious Connectivity
“An ethical disposition toward the
digital world” (James 2014)
• Entry Points: Opportunities for
discussions around the social,
ethical, and moral dimensions of
technology
• Cultivating Motivation--context for
caring
• Cultivating Agency--content
creators
•

6. Book Clubs 2.0
◎ Paperless
◎ Holds Students Accountable
◎ Assess Speaking and Listening
Standards
◎ Smart Skills: Communication,
Collaboration, & Leadership

8. GAfE Flow
Before
podcast The podcast
Reflection
Upload to Drive

9. Before Book Club
◎ Set Expectations
◎ Practice
◎ Pre-Book Club Assignments
Book Club Guidelines

10. Rubric

11. Week 1 Sheet

12. Podcast
◎ Student Roles
◎ Dialogue between students
◎ Use of texts to support
statements

14. Podcast Example

15. Reflection

17. Blogging &
Current Events
◎ Reading of Explanatory Texts
◎ Summarizing Explanatory Texts
◎ Weekly Blogging About
Newsworthy Events
◎ 21st Century Skills & Digital
Citizenship
◎ National Current Events League
Student Handout

18. Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the
high end of the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and
proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing
and present the relationships between information and ideas
efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2.D
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about
or explain the topic.

19. Literacy in History
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and
secondary sources.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary
source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior
knowledge or opinions.

20. GAfE Tools
Google Site or Blogger: Weekly
Blogging & Commenting
Google Docs: Monthly Objective
Summary of Nonfiction Text
Student Page

24. HMW use technology and/or social
media to teach others about an
environmental issue?
Content Creation

25. Standards
Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a
self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating
additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues
of exploration.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.8
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources,
using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of
each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of
others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for
citation.

28. Brainstorm Your Ideas

29. Resources
Resource Page (including student
handouts & standards)
Disconnected: Youth, New Media,
and the Ethics Gap (Carrie James)

30. Evaluation/Feedback
Please fill out an evaluation form
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