“Whether at school or in the workplace, young people hunger for a more creative and interactive relationship with the world. . . . They have to be interactive producers, not isolated consumers.”

Tony Wagner

Look what students are asking for….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

21st Century Teaching and Learning

Connecting with Students through

Reading….

Today we will be talking about how to connect students and reading through IPods and the wiki!

Why use IPods in your classroom to teach

reading…Offers unique learning opportunities for those who are audio learners.

• Helps students to learn material (I.e. spelling words, parts for plays, information for a presentation).

• It is relevant to your students as ‘digital natives’.

• Ease of use…little training in how to use.

• Portability factor.

• Good for students with learning and physical difficulties.

Why continued…..

Engage students in learning

Enhance Instruction

Increase motivation

Individualized instruction

Accommodate multiple learning styles

iPods

Using the IPods for Reading

Today we are going to model exactly how students might use these IPod Shuffles/Touches in the classroom…..

I would suggest starting every student with their own digital learning backpack/Fluency Portfolio. That tracks them all the way from kindergarten to high school. Reading is a great place to start with a student’s digital backpack. This can be done on your wiki or on the student’s H drive.

Sample Wiki

http://bishopcook10.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/Roy%27s+Digital+BackPack

Today we are going to walk through the process of making our own audacity file the same way your students would.

The one cool feature about audacity is that is free to download for students at home.

Lets try audacity out so we can explain it to our students.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

See directions (Handout)

How to use IPods with Writing

Revisions of writing assignment-listen to the recording and highlight mistakes within their paper.

Record rough draft of a writing assignment.

Character Interviews

Book Talks

Audio book Resources

http://storynory.com/

http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/genre/Children

http://kids.learnoutloud.com/Kids-Free-Stuff

Assistive Technology

What is Co:Writer?

Co:Writer is the pencil, your applications are the paper.

Co:Writer works in conjunction with any application you write in like MS Word, Online, Blogs, Email, etc. As you type,

Co:Writer interprets spelling and grammar mistakes and offers word suggestions in real time.

Co:Writer

How Does Co:Writer Work?

1.)Click on the assistive technology folder on the desktop of your computer

2.)Click on Co:Writer

3.)Launch Microsoft Word or any other writing application

4.) Start Writing

Read:OutLoud

What is Read:OutLoud?

Read:OutLoud 6 makes it easy to provide access to the new electronic books required in IDEA, and the included web browser makes the internet fully accessible.

Read:OutLoud provides accessibility supports like text-to-speech and study tools that help you read with comprehension.

Read:OutLoud

How Does Read:OutLoud work?

1.)Click on the assistive technology folder on the desktop of your computer

2.)Click on Read:OutLoud

3.)Type in URL of website that you would like read.

4.)Press the speaker button

Pierce Staff Wiki

Please add any resources that people might find useful

Everyone is allowed to edit the wiki

The powerpoint and handout from today’s session is also on the wiki

Virtual collaboration