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GENERATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR LITERACY LEARNING Linda Smetana, CSU East Bay Dana L. Grisham, National University

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GENERATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR LITERACY LEARNING

Linda Smetana, CSU East BayDana L. Grisham, National University

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BACKGROUND Common Core Standards require that

technology became an integrated component of instruction

Many teachers have not had opportunities to experiment with incorporating technology into instruction

Low achieving students are the last to have opportunities to work with technology

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THE CHARGE Incorporate technology into a literacy

based project, access core curriculum Use free programs or applications Create a product that students could

‘own’

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WHY DO WE NEED GENERATIVE TECHNOLOGY?

Personal uses of technology do not always transfer to teaching with technology

Technology courses may not prepare candidates for instructional uses of technology in real settings

Experimenting with technology builds confidence and supports critical examination of the links between technology and pedagogy

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THEORETICAL FOUNDATION

retrieved from http://tpack.ahsd25.wikispaces.net/

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CANDIDATES THINKING

What is the content students need to learn?

What technology/resources do I have at my school or in my classroom?

What skill do I want students to develop or practice?

What can my students do? How much time do I have?

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DIGITAL STORYTELLING Martina the Beautiful Cockroach by

Carmen Agra Deedy (Illustrated Michael Austin)

Voicethread for digital recordings in response to pictures http://www.voicethread.com

PowerPoint with embedded video for students Examples: Martina, Abuela, Don Gallo

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MARTINA THE BEAUTIFUL COCKROACH

“Minnie” talks about Martina the Beautiful Cockroach and her plans to give her “leg” in marriage.

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PEREZ, THE SUCCESSFUL SUITOR

“Greg, the Wimpy Kid” tells us why Perez, the shy little mouse, is the successful suitor.

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8TH GRADE BOYS WEBSITE HTTP://FLAMINGOWRITERSWORKSHOP.WEEBLY.COM/

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FLAMINGO WRITERS WORKSHOP

Students demonstrated their writing skills through the development of a writing website http://flamingowritersworkshop.weebly.com/

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WRITING BLOGHTTP://WASHINGTONLEARNINGCENTER.WORDPRESS.COM

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4TH AND 5TH GRADE WRITING BLOG

 Students chronicle their work as they learn to write descriptive paragraphs

http://washingtonlearningcenter.wordpress.com

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WRITING A PARAGRAPH

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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CREATE AVATARSHTTP://WWW.VOKI.COM

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Students wrote a descriptive paragraph incorporating at least four adjectives and one metaphor after reading the poem Mother to Son by Langston Hughes and highlighting the staircase metaphor

After writing their paragraphs, students audio-recorded them and the VOKI avatars voiced the paragraphs for the entire class.

AVATAR WWW.VOKI.COM

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MAKING A MOVIE www.xtranormal.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av-2kTcWSyk

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What happens at the end?

Who? What do the characters do?

Where ?

Once Upon A Time…

STORY MAP

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LEARNING LETTERS AND SOUNDS

Students with disabilities learn letter names and sounds using zoo phonics and prezi

http://prezi.com/cq4o9pmmerfq/technology-in-room-11/?kw=view-cq4o9pmmerfq&;rc=ref-20840807

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PREZI

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LINKING IMAGES AND TEXT

Letter writing, images fromInternet, perspective taking

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SOCIAL MEDIA Creating Facebook pages for individuals

Civil War generals and other important figures

Gettysburg address- Instant messaging tweeting, blogging

Using Google docs in a group project to create adialogue among members of a group

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THE NECKLACE BY GUY DE MAUASSANT T

Students used PowerPoint to present the critical elements of the story, story grammar and structure

Candidates located images that represented the content of the story

Created a visual ‘story map’

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BASIC SITUATION

Loisel was a poor woman invited to a dance.

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EVENT 2

She needs jewelry so she borrows a necklace from a friend.

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RESOLUTION

After ten years her debt is paid and she sees her friend so she tells her the story but only to find out the necklace was a fake.

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We talked about subject, verbs and “where” words (prepositions). Students created sentences using a variety of characters, props, and scenes. Worked on creating more

detailed sentences.

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PROJECT SEQUENCE After writing their sentence, students located

scenes from Comic Creator They rewrote their sentence on a scene sheet and glued on the characters within the scene.

Students went to the computer lab where they used the Comic Creator to create their page.

Students recorded themselves reading their sentences and identifying the prepositions.

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PREPOSITION BOOK

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WHAT WE LEARNED Simone stressed in her reflection that

in the creation of the avatars, students had discovered in “the power of their voices” and were incredibly motivated by the project.

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REFLECTIONS My students do not enjoy language

arts. I needed to find a way that would get them excited about prepositions. My students love using the computer and many of them enjoy art. When I introduced Comic Creator they could not wait to get started.

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REFLECTIONS Technology made my students work

possible; many of my students are not able to write with a pencil, however they can type or dictate their thoughts. Now they can see their thoughts in print.

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TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES VoiceThread http://www.voicethread.com. Animoto http://www.animoto.com/education Comic Creator

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/index.html

Edmodo http://www.edmodo.com Glogster http://www.glogster.com Prezi http://www.prezi.com Popplet http://popplet.com Slidepoint http://www.slidepoint.net

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Storybird http://storybird.com Strip Designer

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/strip-designer/id314780738?mt=8(iPad app)

Stripcreator http://stripcreator.com Screencast http://screencast.com Screencast-o-matic

http://screencast-o-matic.com Cool Tools for Schools

http://wwwcooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Presentations+Tools

Toontastic http://launchpadtoys.com/toontastic/

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TPACK• Mishra, P., & Koehler, M.J (2006). Technological Pedagogical

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• Koheler& Mishra, P. (in press). Introducing Technological Pedagogical Knowledge. In AACTE (Eds.). The Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Educators. To be published by AACTE and Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

• Website http://punya.educ.msu.edu/