During this workshop we will be focusing on the use of digital media and alternative text selections to engage students’ interest in “pop” culture.

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4. Picture the Preamble
• Download activity template
• Activity from: Lowther et al (2004). Teacher’s technology handbook: A resource to
support effective technology integration. Memphis, TN: Appalachian Technology in
Education Consortium at the University of Memphis.

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6. Opening Discussion
Small groups, then whole group:
How engaged are the students with your class
content?
A. During class?
B. Outside of class?
C. After passing your class?

7. How do kids spend their free
time outside of school?

9. What is currently popular?

11. Did You Know/Shift Happens, 4.0

13. Let’s View Some Examples…

14. Trading Cards
Examples/Templates Uses
• Anne Frank: .ppt, .key • About Me
• Chipper Jones: .ppt, .key • Character Analysis
• Color Boxes: .ppt, .key • Reports
• Light Blue: .ppt, .key • Presentations
• Gifts

15. Music Videos
• Da Rock Cycle
• Where Is the Love? (4 Square Activity)

16. Book Trailers
• The Call of the Wild
• Word Nerd
• The Afterlife

18. Digital Posters
• Polar Bears
• Arctic Fox
• Oral Language and Reading Success

19. Animated Videos
• French Lesson for Beginners
• Facts about Hunger in Children
• The First Derivative of a Function

20. Examples from Your Classroom

21. Finding Media
• Video Search:VideoSurf • Highlights: Network
• Online Video:YouTube, Websites
Vimeo, TeacherTube, • Online
SchoolTube, Blip.tv Audio:GrooveShark,
• TV:Hulu Last.fm, Blip.fm
• Movies:MovieClips, • Images:Compfight,
WingClips Flickr CC

22. Creating Media
• Cameras, Flip Cams, • Glogster
Webcams, Phones • VoiceThread
• Recording devices • Tikatok
• Screenr
• AudioBoo
• Xtranormal, GoAnimate

23. What is at least one activity,
project or unit that you
will implement this year?

24. Additional Resources
• Making Curriculum Pop Ning
• Literary Terms Visualized
• The Newspaper Clipping Image Generator
• Big Huge Labs
• History Tunes

25. It’s not about the technology.
It’s about learning.

26. References and Acknowledgments
• Texting photo: http://hothardware.com/newsimages/Item8911/kid-texting.jpg
• MP3 player image: http://earth911.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/mp3-player.jpg
• TV photo: http://www.thedailygreen.com/cm/thedailygreen/images/QS/plasma-tv-md.jpg
• Internet image: http://jedsundwall.com/img/internet.jpg
• Sports image:
http://greenmountacademy.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/sports400_5_300x300.362193035_std.
jpg
• Movie reel image: http://reneeashleybaker.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/vector-movie-reel.jpg
• Silly Bandz photo:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CbfkBwWWJME/TCnTSZLMRdI/AAAAAAAAAQc/TgQ5ctZajmg/s1600/Funky-
Bandz%2520fan%2520pictures.jpg
• Phineas and Ferb image: http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/4000000/Phineas-and-Ferb-phineas-
and-ferb-4039536-1024-768.jpg
• Usher image: http://www.comewatchme.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Usher-OMG-Artwork-
300x300.jpg

27. References and Acknowledgments
• SYTYCD image: http://phjess.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/sytycd.jpg
• Inception movie poster: http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/inception_poster2.jpg
• Old Spice image: http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/100406/commercial/Isaiah-Mustafa_400.jpg

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