Literacy In Digital Spaces Part 2
Enhancing Instruction and Student Understanding
The Power of Literacy
Welcome and Objectives
Welcome! I am so glad that we are all here today to share our interest in or passion of literacy. We have a lot to cover today so lets get started!
- Demonstrate and develop an understanding of how technology tools can enhance the delivery of instruction.
- Define Literacy in Digital Spaces
- Demonstrate and develop an understanding of how Digital Spaces enhance student development and understanding of reading and writing.
Enhancing Your Instruction
Notability - Write, Type, Highlight
Your notes are as unique as you are. Combine handwriting, typing and highlighting to create notes that you'll remember.
Close Reading
The handwriting and highlighting tool in Notability allows you to focus in one a selected piece of text analyzing more closely, what the author has to say.
Mini Lessons
Organize Mini Lessons with the easy to use Divider and Subject tabs. Then, refer back to specific teachable moments in one tap of a button.
Teaching With Notability
Lets take a quick look at some of the features in Notability that will help enhance your instruction!
Digital Toolkit
What is a Digital Toolkit?
- A collection of resources and materials
- Used to aid in completing a task efficiently
- A lifesaver! A variety of solutions at your fingertips
How to Effectively Use a Digital Toolkit?
- Anchor Charts
- Student Sample Writing
- Mentor Text
- Fiction vs. Nonfiction
- Portable Word Wall or Vocabulary
- Mini Lessons (Lucy Calkins - Units of Study)
Where Do I Gather Resources?
- Journey's Online Leveled Books
- Reading A-Z
- Newsela
- Anchor Charts that you create or find on Pinterest
- Student Writing Samples from your students or .....
Lets Take A Break!
Lets take a 15 minute break! Please feel free to "Stay Plugged In" and work during this time or "Unplug" by clicking on the one of the blue buttons below.
Create!
Using the resources listed above or at your table, create a way that you could use a Digital Toolkit in your classroom.
Share!
"Sharing is Caring" and we are going to show you how to share your Digital Toolkit resource with others today, right here... right now!
Stay Plugged In
The Power of Words - What ways could you tie this video into Literacy with your students?
Unplug
"Math Class" - Imagined by Kids
Lunch Time
Writing In Digital Spaces
Blogs Through the Lens of SAMR
You Should Start a Blog Right Now!
You Have a Class Blog, Now What?
The Google Plus Community - Student Blogging Network
Want to find a Blog to follow?
The Playground
Little Bird Tales
Digital Storytelling Tools
Oneword
15 Literacy Apps to Create Books on the iPad
Today's Meet Resources
- Inkle Writer for writing a "choose your own adventure" story.
- Write About This--there is not a link for this one. Just follow them in Twitter to see the Daily Writing Prompt pictures.
Today's Meet!
The link for today's meet will only be active for one week. During that time, we will get all the links out of here and into this Smore Flyer.
Click on the link below to access the Today's Meet.