This document discusses the use of technology and digital literacy in kindergarten classrooms. It advocates for teaching 21st century skills like using technology tools, collaborating with others, and sharing learning online. Some potential apps for kindergarten students to use on iPads are mentioned, like Show Me, Skitch and Explain Everything, which allow students to illustrate and communicate their ideas digitally. The benefits of technology in early learning are said to include capturing student thinking through explanations and reflections. Students are already using apps and manipulatives to learn math concepts and share their learning.

1. Vision for the 21st Century
Math, Technology and Documentation in
Kindergarten
By: Emily Klimchuk (Rodgers)

2. 21st Century Learners
 According to NCTE (2013), students
must:
◦ “develop proficiency with the tools of
technology”
◦ “create, critique, analyze and evaluate
multimedia texts”

4. Will Richardson and the 21st
Century
 Students must :
◦ ask questions
◦ work with others to find answers
◦ do real work for real audiences
◦ add to the storehouse of knowledge that
the web is becoming (2012, 61)

5. DigitalLiteracy
 BC Digital Literacy Standards
◦ Illustrate and communicate original ideas
using digital tools
◦ Engage in learning activities from multiple
cultures through email and electronic
means

6. Assessment and 21st Century
 “Shift our assessment of students’
mastery to ones that examine mastery
in action” (Richardson, 2012, 88).
 “This isn’t about delivery. In a
word, it’s about discovery”
(Richardson, 2012, 60).

7. Assessment and 21st Century
 Changes in BC Curriculum:
◦ Shift from reporting to communicating
student learning
◦ Support meaningful communication
between teachers, parents and learners
◦ Move toward meaningful
descriptions/collections and
demonstrations of student learning

8. What are students already
doing?
 Using iPad apps to practice math
concepts (Hungry Fish, Candy
Crush, etc.)
 Using manipulatives to
explore, create, demonstrate and
collaborate
 Sharing their learning with classmates
through informal discussions or group
meetings

9. As Will Richardson says…..
Lets “get a little crazy and add some
technology into the mix” (126).

10. Potential Apps
 Show Me
 Skitch
 Skioory
 Screen Chomp
 Explain Everything
 Draw and Tell
 Book Creator

12. Example - Skitch

13. Example – Show Me
 Show Me Example (embedded on
web)

14. Benefits of using iPads
 “Being able to hear a student explain
his or her thinking is a transformative
event” (Burley)
 Reflection and rethinking (Burley)
 Visuals
 Opportunity to capture and share
learning that would otherwise be
cleaned up and put back in the bin

15. Beyond Our Classroom Walls
 Posting learning to blogs
 Parents and other students can
comment
 Use data from another class at a
different school to solve problems
 Engage in a collaborative problem
activity by connecting to other classes
anywhere in the world

16. Next Steps…
 Which app will you choose?
 Decide how students will use this app
– Will iPads be available during
centres? Who will be in charge of the
ipads (students or teacher)?
 How will students share their learning?
– Projector? Apple TV? Blog?
 Can you connect with another class?

17. Works Cited
 http://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-
literacy-fundamentals/digital-literacy-
fundamentals
 http://ipadsatburley.blogspot.ca/2012/0
2/making-assessment-meaningful.html
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3
5n_tvOK74