The document discusses how using various media like images, audio, video and text can help improve students' reading, writing and critical thinking skills. It provides examples of student projects using different media formats and platforms like blogs, Twitter, Photostory and AudioBoo. The document emphasizes that students need opportunities to create and share their work using technology to support transformative learning.

1. Improving Reading, Writing &
Critical Thinking Skills with
Media
by Wesley Fryer
www.speedofcreativity.org
10 November 2011
Norman, OK playingwithmedia.com
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2. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/2959807121
The Replacement for Saturday Morning Cartoons?
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3. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/6074438029/
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23 Aug 2011

4. www.kk.org
“No technology is tremendous unless it can be
tremendously abused.” - Kevin Kelly
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5. gizmodo.com/5813875/what-happens-in-60-seconds-on-the-internet
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6. im
www.flickr.com/photos/ncsphotography/4247856340
x t ag
t e es
audio vide o
playingwithmedia.com
(we need to play with media)
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7. the playing with media classroom challenge
during the 2011-2012 school year, share online...
at least ONE student digital text project
at least ONE student image project
at least ONE student audio project
at least ONE student video project
at least ONE student collaborative project
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8. playingwithmedia.com
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9. playingwithmedia.com/pages/about
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12. Playing with
Media:
basics
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13. www.flickr.com/photos/dragonsinger57/6144687713
learners need to make stuff
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14. www.flickr.com/photos/julicrockett/2968136899/
document & share what you make
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15. www.flickr.com/photos/mmcnier/4970059270
Ethic of Minimal Clicks
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16. www.flickr.com/photos/scuolafotografia/3631378689
More Media --> Better Digital
Portfolios
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17. Playing with
Media:
examples
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18. http://share.playingwithmedia.com
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19. video
(the ethic of minimal clicks)
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22. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kxIed86bEk
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23. Legos
iPad2
Webkinz
script
finger
puppet
free
teleprompter
iPad app
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24. www.playingwithmedia.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kxIed86bEk
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25. Legos
iPad2
Webkinz
script
finger
puppet
free
teleprompter
iPad app
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26. 2001 revision of Bloom's Taxonomy
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27. text &
images
(part 1)
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28. Friday, November 11, 11

29. http://learningsigns.speedofcreativity.org/2011/08/15/the-
fire/
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30. The Fire
There was a fire ban that year
But the carless campers left
Leaving smoldering remains behind
The fire that ate the forest
Wind whispered wordlessly in the trees
The fire was given new life
Like a new small heartbeat
The fire that ate the forest
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31. ...continued...
The fire lit the dry grass
It was gathering in strength
Like a lion preparing to strike
The fire that ate the forest
The fire now reached the trees
It was a wild beast let free
Grey smoke billowed up to the sky
The fire that ate the forest
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33. www.flickr.com/photos/sarasota_dance_studios/5003039998
(via @torres21)
World Wide Web = the “global stage”
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34. http://comments4kids.blogspot.com
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35. search.twitter.com
hashtag:
#comments4kids
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36. @kathleen_morris on Twitter
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37. http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/09/16/the-power-of-twitter/
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38. “27 people took
the time to leave a
comment on
Jarrod’s blog post.”
http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/09/16/the-power-of-twitter/
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39. http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/09/16/the-power-of-twitter/
“The next morning, Jarrod’s mum emailed me: “You should
have seen Jarrod’s face when he saw his post this morning,
he was so excited!””
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40. share.playingwithmedia.com/category/text/classroom-blog/
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41. http://365.wesfryer.com/post/10179663725/254-365-2011-shanghai-skyline-learning2
Photo 365 & Photo 180 Projects
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42. www.tumblr.com
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43. http://posterous.com
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44. audio
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45. Pearl Harbor
&
AudioBoo.fm
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47. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/3722525388
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48. “no edit” audio recording
http://audioboo.fm
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49. www.playingwithmedia.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfT40tC2Hcs
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50. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/3722512686
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51. http://soundcloud.com
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52. phonecast
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54. http://share.playingwithmedia.com/2011/10/07/felicity-discusses-the-normandy-field-trip/
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55. text
(part 1)
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56. EVERY
classroom
needs...
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57. Every Classroom Needs...
home base
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ws al
pa it rs
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pe d k
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www.speedofcreativity.org
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58. closing
thoughts
www.flickr.com/photos/
dnorman/13885252
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59. by jasoneppink
Alan Kay: “The predominant technology in the
classroom determines the predominant
learning task”
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60. www.flickr.com/photos/olpc/4882646127
by One Laptop per Child
transformative digital learning
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61. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/4487446305
our kids are ready!
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62. Ask...
• How will you let your students
create?
• How will you give students
choices?
• How will your students teach
the curriculum?
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63. www.flickr.com/photos/torres21/484675706/
it’s about learning together in transformative ways!
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64. http://share.playingwithmedia.com
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65. playingwithmedia.com/pages/about
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66. Improving Reading, Writing &
Critical Thinking Skills with
Media
by Wesley Fryer
www.speedofcreativity.org
10 November 2011
Norman, OK playingwithmedia.com
Friday, November 11, 11