This document provides examples of how to use technology to build literacy skills. It discusses using various apps on iPads to focus on writing processes like journaling and note-taking. Students can take photos or record audio to add to documents. Other apps allow creating story summaries and podcasts, taking visual notes, developing comprehension through interactive books, and authoring digital books. Web-based tools are suggested for reviewing content and facilitating discussions. The overall message is that emphasizing verbs like create, challenge, and collaborate can shift focus from the technology tools to literacy-building processes.

1. Building
Literacy with
Technology
February 2016for Stanton K-6

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. Emphasize
the writing
process... Place your screenshot here
…with Pages
on iPad
iPAD PROJECT
1

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. Create
story arc
summaries... Place your screenshot here
…with
Toontastic
iPAD PROJECT
2

11. Shoe Stories
Student Example

12. Speakingreading fluency ~ oral delivery ~ vocal projection
3

13. “Our First Podcast”
by Rich Colosi on iTunes U

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. Presentingdesigning ~ programming ~ animating
7

28. Choose Your Own
Adventure Stories
Interactive Fiction

29. Choose Your Own
Adventure Stories
Interactive Fiction

30. “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories

31. Create
interactive
presentations
and more...
Place your screenshot here
...using
Keynote
iPAD PROJECT
7

32. Authoringcollecting ~ curating ~ composing ~ book creating
8

33. BOOK CREATOR BENEFITS
• Author 100% on iPad
• Add audio without app-smashing
• Combine multiple pages or books
from multiple authors
• Export as ePUB, for iBooks, or even
as a movie!
Our Important
Book
By Mrs. Hilker's Class

34. Author and
enhance
digital
eBooks...
Place your screenshot here
...using Book
Creator
iPAD PROJECT
8

35. Reviewingpracticing ~ quizzing ~ polling
9

36. 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

37. Discussingdemocracy ~ dialogue ~ coming to consensus
10

38. Facilitate
class
discussions... Place your screenshot here
...using
Padlet
iPAD or WEB-
BASED PROJECT
10

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

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

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

42. Thank you!
katie@esu8.org