The document discusses integrating technology into language arts classrooms to teach 21st century skills. It outlines key 21st century skills like critical thinking, communication, and collaboration. It also discusses how New Jersey's goals align with teaching these skills. Several tools for technology integration are presented: Voicethread allows multimedia collaboration; Wall Wisher is a virtual corkboard; and Glogster creates virtual posters. Pros and cons of each tool are discussed. Other ideas mentioned include blogs, wikis, podcasting and microblogging. The document emphasizes that education needs to shift to how students currently learn with technology in order to prepare them for the future.

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Technology in the
Language Arts Classroom
Christina Spiezio
Edison Township Public Schools
Rutgers Reading & Writing Conference

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Introduction

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21st Century Skills
Overview
 Life/Career Skills
 Learning and Innovation Skills
 Critical Thinking
 Communication
 Collaboration
 Creativity
 Information, Media, and
Technology Skills
 Core Subjects

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P21 & New Jersey
Goals:
 To help students understand, connect to and act on critical
global issues by integrating 21st century perspectives into
curricula in all Core Curriculum Content Standards areas
 To connect student acquisition of international literacies to
real world experiences both in New Jersey and beyond state
and national borders
 To enhance teacher capacity for 21st century teaching
excellence through pre-service education, professional
development and opportunities for exchange and study
abroad

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Core Curriculum Content Standards
Reading
Writing
Listening
Speaking http://bit.ly/bPbeYT
Language

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Shift happens.
We need to shift, too!

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Social Media Revolution
 2:35

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Things to Think About…
 Social
media affects offline behavior
 How does it affect the classroom?
 Kids
are learning on iPads
 Where is this learning taking place?
 Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Google are
banned in China
 Where else are they banned?

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This means…
Our students are living in a world where…
 Information does not need to be memorized
 It is at their fingertips!
 Information comes in and from different medias
 Thoughts of others are valued more than experts
 Collaboration is key!
 Information is gathered through collaboration
Their world is social!

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Introduction of Tools
Voicethread
Wall Wisher
Glogster

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Voicethread: About
A collaborative multimedia slide show that
includes…
Images
Audio
Video
Text
Commenting
in five ways!

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Voicethread: Student Testimonial

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Voicethread: How-To

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Voicethread: Examples
Text

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Voicethread: Examples
Audio

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Voicethread: Examples
Video

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Wall Wisher: Student Testimonial

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Wall Wisher: About
A virtual corkboard
 Multiple people can post to the board
 Multimedia can be posted!
 Not just text!
 Images
 Links
 Videos

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Wall Wisher: How-To

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Wall Wisher: Examples

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Glogster: Student Testimonial

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Glogster: About
 Virtual, multimedia posters
 Includesimages, audio, video, animation, and
external links
 Visual representation of student knowledge
 Visual and media literacy
 No collaboration on creation

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Glogster: How-To

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Glogster: How-To

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Glogster: Examples

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Pros and Cons
Voicethread Wall Wisher Glogster
EDU Only? X X
Password X Approval X
protected?
Collaboration X X
in Creation?
Free? X
Multimedia X X X
Friendly?
Can it be X X X
embedded?
Privacy X X
Settings?

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Other Ideas
 Blogs
 Blogger, WordPress, Edublogs
 Wikis
 Wikispaces, PB Wiki
 Podcasting
 Audacity, Vocaroo
 Microblogging
 Twitter, Edmodo, Schoology
Find these on the Resources page!

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Resources
 http://teachingfortoday.wikispaces.com/

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Consider the following…
 “If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob
our children of tomorrow”
 John Dewey
 “Any growth requires a temporary loss of security.”
 Madeline Hunter

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Any
Questions?
Thank You!
CSpiezio@gmail.com
http://teachingfortoday.wikispaces.com/