This document discusses how technology can be used to build literacy skills. It provides examples of 10 projects using different technologies like Google Docs, GarageBand, iBooks Author, and online discussion tools to work on literacy skills. These include using collaborative features to emphasize the writing process, recording speaking to develop fluency, creating interactive books to build comprehension, and facilitating discussions to promote democracy. The focus is on using verbs like create, challenge, collaborate, and reflect, rather than just nouns, to shift approaches to literacy with technology.

1. Building
Literacy with
Technology
February 2016for Stanton 7-12

3. Grammar of
Transformation

4. ...Focus on the Verbs
Cameras
iPod devices
iPads Servers
Laptops
Apps
Software
Create
Challenge
Flip Critique
Collaborate
Reflect
Shift
Not the Nouns...

5. reading
writing
thinking
publishing
Literacy

6. Writingjournaling ~ notetaking ~ wordprocessing
1

7. “Writing Instruction with Digital Tools”
ESU 8 Wednesday Webinar

8. Place your screenshot here
…with
Google Docs’
collaborative
features
WEB-BASED
PROJECT
1Emphasize
the writing
process...
drive.google.com

9. LITERACY TIPS IN PAGES
• Use the Document
Templates
• + > Take Photo or Video
• Keyboard > Dictation mic
• Tools > Change Tracking
• Tap & Hold > Speak
Summarizingideation ~ main idea ~ branding statement
2

10. What’s your
Six Word Story?
6

11. Challenge
provides
the best
vantage
points.
Good things happen
when you move.

12. Share
6 Word
Stories... Place your screenshot here
…with Haiku
Deck
iPAD PROJECT
2

13. Speakingreading fluency ~ oral delivery ~ vocal projection
3

14. Record oral
speaking/
reading
fluency…
Place your screenshot here
…with
GarageBand
iPAD PROJECT
3

16. Media Creationmovie-making ~ storytelling ~ animation
4

17. Beyond Book Reports
A

18. Create public
service
announcements
(PSAs)…
Place your screenshot here
...using
Adobe Voice
iPAD PROJECT
4

19. Dress Code PSA
Student Example

20. Sketchnotingidea organizing ~ brainstorming ~ visual annotating
5

21. SKETCHNOTING
experts know
that doodlers
gain a 29 percent
increase in
information
retention
doodling
stimulates the
brain visually,
kinesthetically
and, when
properly guided,
pulls in auditory
senses, too.

22. Allow
students to
take visual
notes...
Place your screenshot here
...using
Paper by
Fifty-Three
iPAD PROJECT
5

23. STANDOVER MAN STORIES
Student Examples

24. Comprehendingannotating ~ interacting ~ highlighting
6

25. Interactive Workbooks: iBooks Author

26. Develop
comprehension
skills... Place your screenshot here
…with
interactive,
Multi-Touch
iBooks
iPAD PROJECT
6

27. Literature Circle
portfolios
Lit Circles

28. Presentingdesigning ~ programming ~ animating
7

29. Choose Your Own
Adventure Stories
Interactive Fiction

30. Choose Your Own
Adventure Stories
Interactive Fiction

31. “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories

32. Create
interactive
presentations
and more...
Place your screenshot here
…using Prezi
or Google
Slides
WEB-BASED
PROJECT
7
https://prezi.com/
http://slides.google.com

33. Authoringcollecting ~ curating ~ composing ~ book creating
8

35. Search for“O’Neill Public School”
iBooks Store

36. Author
content and
communicate
with the
world...
Place your screenshot here …by blogging
WEB-BASED
PROJECT
8
english8atohs13-14.blogspot.com

37. Reviewingpracticing ~ quizzing ~ polling
9

38. Review key
content
with a
variety of
web based
tools...
Place your screenshot here
…including:
Quizizz,
Kahoot,
Socrative,
GoFormative,
Quizlet, and
more!
WEB-BASED
PROJECT
9
http://quizizz.com/login

39. Discussingdemocracy ~ dialogue ~ coming to consensus
10

40. Place your screenshot here
…with
Tricider or
Today’s Meet
WEB-BASED
PROJECT
10Facilitate class
discussions...
www.tricider.com
http://todaysmeet.com/

41. Even More…courses ~ books ~ collections of resources
+

42. EVEN MORE ELA RESOURCES
HTTP://TINYURL.COM/ELAFROMADES

43. Verbs for “Up-Leveling”
Craft a collaborative community
Add authentic audiences
Leverage learning options
Document, reflect, share!

44. Thank you!
katie@esu8.org