Brown-bag talk at the University of Texas, 234 April, 2013

1. Using technology to improve reading and
learning: multimodal classroom strategies for the
21st Century teacher
Reading, learning and
technology: what teachers
need to know
Colin Harrison – University of Nottingham
School of Education/Learning Sciences Research Institute
colin.harrison@nottingham.ac.uk

2. Summary of my talk:

3. Summary of my talk:

4. Summary:
1How I got to where we are
2What my book has to say about where we
need to get to
3How we get there

5. How I got to where I am:

6. How I got to where I am: 1980

7. How I got to where I am: 1980

8. How I got to where I am: 2008

9. How I got to where I am: 2008

10. How I got to where I am: 2008

11. How I got to where I am: 2008

12. 1980-2012 Teaching and researching the uses of technology to support
literacy and learning, including 5 projects 2004-9 working with RealeBooks
http://www.realewriter.com/
1999 Becta Multimedia portables in schools project (1134 laptops given to
teachers for a year)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.13652729.1999.152087.x/abstract
2002 Becta ImpaCT2: the impact of information and communication
technologies on pupil learning and attainment (Study of the relationship
between ICT and achievement in 2100 students over 2 years)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1572/
2007 Becta The Impact of e-portfolios on learning (8 case-study projects,
elementary- Med School)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1468/1/becta_2007_eportfolios_summary.pdf

13. 1980-2012 Teaching and researching the uses of technology to support
literacy and learning, including 5 projects 2004-9 working with RealeBooks
http://www.realewriter.com/
1999 Becta Multimedia portables in schools project (1134 laptops given to
teachers for a year)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.13652729.1999.152087.x/abstract
2002 Becta ImpaCT2: the impact of information and communication
technologies on pupil learning and attainment (Study of the relationship
between ICT and achievement in 2100 students over 2 years)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1572/
2007 Becta The Impact of e-portfolios on learning (8 case-study projects,
elementary- Med School)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1468/1/becta_2007_eportfolios_summary.pdf
Student voice,
authority of
authorship

14. 1980-2012 Teaching and researching the uses of technology to support
literacy and learning, including 5 projects 2004-9 working with RealeBooks
http://www.realewriter.com/
1999 Becta Multimedia portables in schools project (1134 laptops given to
teachers for a year)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.13652729.1999.152087.x/abstract
2002 Becta ImpaCT2: the impact of information and communication
technologies on pupil learning and attainment (Study of the relationship
between ICT and achievement in 2100 students over 2 years)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1572/
2007 Becta The Impact of e-portfolios on learning (8 case-study projects,
elementary- Med School)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1468/1/becta_2007_eportfolios_summary.pdf
PD – learn from a friend;
in small steps; privately

15. 1980-2012 Teaching and researching the uses of technology to support
literacy and learning, including 5 projects 2004-9 working with RealeBooks
http://www.realewriter.com/
1999 Becta Multimedia portables in schools project (1134 laptops given to
teachers for a year)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.13652729.1999.152087.x/abstract
2002 Becta ImpaCT2: the impact of information and communication
technologies on pupil learning and attainment (Study of the relationship
between ICT and achievement in 2100 students over 2 years)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1572/
2007 Becta The Impact of e-portfolios on learning (8 case-study projects,
elementary- Med School)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1468/1/becta_2007_eportfolios_summary.pdf
ICT DOES have an
impact- but out-of-
school use is key

16. 1980-2012 Teaching and researching the uses of technology to support
literacy and learning, including 5 projects 2004-9 working with RealeBooks
http://www.realewriter.com/
1999 Becta Multimedia portables in schools project (1134 laptops given to
teachers for a year)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.13652729.1999.152087.x/abstract
2002 Becta ImpaCT2: the impact of information and communication
technologies on pupil learning and attainment (Study of the relationship
between ICT and achievement in 2100 students over 2 years)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1572/
2007 Becta The Impact of e-portfolios on learning (8 case-study projects, over
2 years; elementary- Med School)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1468/1/becta_2007_eportfolios_summary.pdf
Publicly-held
assessment data won’t
tell the whole story….

17. 2007 ‘Internet Research Support System: An Application for Immediate
Feedback in Authentic Internet Research’ (Journal of Computers, 2007)
http://www.academypublisher.com/jcp/vol02/no07/jcp02076874.pdf
2008 Becta project- Implementing Web 2.0 in Secondary Schools: Impacts,
Barriers and Issues (2,400 ‘guided questionnaires’)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1478/1/becta_2008_web2_useinschools_report.pdf
2010 Becta Impact09 Project- The Impact of Technology: Value-added
classroom practice (interview data and lesson plans from nine ‘exemplary
schools’)
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101102103713/http:/schools.becta.o
2012 University of Nottingham (JISC): Student-Activated Feedback – an
annotated bibliography. http://safnottingham.tumblr.com/
Can a computer judge the
quality of an Internet search?

18. 2007 ‘Internet Research Support System: An Application for Immediate
Feedback in Authentic Internet Research’ (Journal of Computers, 2007)
http://www.academypublisher.com/jcp/vol02/no07/jcp02076874.pdf
2008 Becta project- Implementing Web 2.0 in Secondary Schools: Impacts,
Barriers and Issues (2,400 ‘guided questionnaires’)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1478/1/becta_2008_web2_useinschools_report.pdf
2010 Becta Impact09 Project- The Impact of Technology: Value-added
classroom practice (interview data and lesson plans from nine ‘exemplary
schools’)
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101102103713/http:/schools.becta.o
2012 University of Nottingham (JISC): Student-Activated Feedback – an
annotated bibliography. http://safnottingham.tumblr.com/
LSA and real-time plagiarism
checks can sometimes help….

19. 2007 ‘Internet Research Support System: An Application for Immediate
Feedback in Authentic Internet Research’ (Journal of Computers, 2007)
http://www.academypublisher.com/jcp/vol02/no07/jcp02076874.pdf
2008 Becta project- Implementing Web 2.0 in Secondary Schools: Impacts,
Barriers and Issues (2,400 ‘guided questionnaires’)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1478/1/becta_2008_web2_useinschools_report.pdf
2010 Becta Impact09 Project- The Impact of Technology: Value-added
classroom practice (interview data and lesson plans from nine ‘exemplary
schools’)
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101102103713/http:/schools.becta.o
2012 University of Nottingham (JISC): Student-Activated Feedback – an
annotated bibliography. http://safnottingham.tumblr.com/
98% of UK kids age 13 use
some kind of social networking

20. 2007 ‘Internet Research Support System: An Application for Immediate
Feedback in Authentic Internet Research’ (Journal of Computers, 2007)
http://www.academypublisher.com/jcp/vol02/no07/jcp02076874.pdf
2008 Becta project- Implementing Web 2.0 in Secondary Schools: Impacts,
Barriers and Issues (2,400 ‘guided questionnaires’)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1478/1/becta_2008_web2_useinschools_report.pdf
2010 Becta Impact09 Project- The Impact of Technology: Value-added
classroom practice (interview data and lesson plans from nine ‘exemplary
schools’)
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101102103713/http:/schools.becta.o
2012 University of Nottingham (JISC): Student-Activated Feedback – an
annotated bibliography. http://safnottingham.tumblr.com/
BUT only 3% were producers
of Internet content

21. 2007 ‘Internet Research Support System: An Application for Immediate
Feedback in Authentic Internet Research’ (Journal of Computers, 2007)
http://www.academypublisher.com/jcp/vol02/no07/jcp02076874.pdf
2008 Becta project- Implementing Web 2.0 in Secondary Schools: Impacts,
Barriers and Issues (2,400 ‘guided questionnaires’)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1478/1/becta_2008_web2_useinschools_report.pdf
2010 Becta Impact09 Project- The Impact of Technology: Value-added
classroom practice (interview data and lesson plans from nine ‘exemplary
schools’)
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101102103713/http:/schools.bect
a.org.uk/uploaddir/downloads/page_documents/research/reports/the_impact_o
f_technology.pdf
2012 University of Nottingham (JISC): Student-Activated Feedback – an
annotated bibliography. http://safnottingham.tumblr.com/
Not all ‘exemplary’ schools
were exemplary….

22. 2007 ‘Internet Research Support System: An Application for Immediate
Feedback in Authentic Internet Research’ (Journal of Computers, 2007)
http://www.academypublisher.com/jcp/vol02/no07/jcp02076874.pdf
2008 Becta project- Implementing Web 2.0 in Secondary Schools: Impacts,
Barriers and Issues (2,400 ‘guided questionnaires’)
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1478/1/becta_2008_web2_useinschools_report.pdf
2010 Becta Impact09 Project- The Impact of Technology: Value-added
classroom practice (interview data and lesson plans from nine ‘exemplary
schools’)
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101102103713/http:/schools.bect
a.org.uk/uploaddir/downloads/page_documents/research/reports/the_impact_o
f_technology.pdf
2012 University of Nottingham (JISC): Student-Activated Feedback – an
annotated bibliography. http://safnottingham.tumblr.com/
How were multimedia tools
exploited in exemplary
schools?

23. Flexible support for learning

24. Flexible support for learning

25. Flexible support for learning
“ I hope you don’t mind- I’ve done the next
three pieces of homework that you’ve set,
and I’ve also done the work for the next two
or three lessons? Is that alright?”

26. Flexible support for learning
Lindsay’s teaching – “Death by PowerPoint”
Homework- Internet research
Powerpoint of lesson content
Lesson goals

27. Flexible support for learning
Pre-lesson
Lindsay’s teaching – June 2008 Assessment loop
Peer-assessment
Homework support
Homework online
Lesson wrap-up
Worksheet fix
Dyslexia fix
Lesson goals ppt
Starter video

28. Things we don’t find time to do:
1Relax in the tub
1Think about WHY we do what we do

29. 3WHY should I use technology in my teaching?

30. • Increased motivation? (1980-90)
3WHY should I use technology in my teaching?

31. • Increased motivation? (1980-1990)
• More communication? (1990-2000)
3WHY should I use technology in my teaching?

32. • Increased motivation? (1980-1990)
• More communication? (1990-2000)
• More learner autonomy? (2000- )
3WHY should I use technology in my teaching?

33. WHY should I use technology in my teaching?
• Increased motivation? (1980-1990)
• More communication? (1990-2000)
• More learner autonomy? (2000- ? )
• Critical Internet Literacy (2010 )

34. WHY should I use technology in my teaching?
•Critical Internet Literacy (2010 )

35. WHY should I use technology in my teaching?
•Critical Internet Literacy (2010 )

36. WHY should I use technology in my teaching?
•Critical Internet Literacy (2010 )

37. WHY should I use technology in my teaching?
•Critical Internet Literacy (2010 )

38. WHY should I use technology in my teaching?

39. 1Take more baths!
2Teach more Critical Internet Literacy!

40. 1Take more baths!
1Teach more Critical Internet Literacy!
2Develop personal autonomy and social capital
3Use the multimodal resources of the Internet to
learn how to construct deeper meanings from
texts, so that knowledge not just added, but is
reorganised in more complex ways

41. Using technology to improve reading and
learning: multimodal classroom strategies for the
21st Century teacher
Reading, learning and
technology: what
teachers need to know
Colin Harrison – University of Nottingham
School of Education/Learning Sciences Research Institute
colin.harrison@nottingham.ac.uk