ISTE 2011 Workshop - Empower students to write with digital tools - Reviewing tools to reach the goal of students being engaged in writing. (See handout on https://iamliterate.wikispaces.com/Engage+Students+as+Writers)

1. Empower Students
to Write with Digital Tools
Kevin Amboe
Information and Media Literacy Coordinator
amboe_k@sd36.bc.ca
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2. "If our students are not reading and
composing with various electronic
technologies, then they are
illiterate. They are not just
unprepared for the future, they are
illiterate right now, in our current
time and context.
(David Bolter, 1991)
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3. Description
Empower students to grow as writers.
Learn about 10+ tools that will engage
hesitant writers in creating and publishing
their writing.
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4. NETS-S
•Creativity and Innovation
•Communication and Collaboration
•Research and Information Fluency
•Critical Thinking, Problem Solving,
and Decision Making
•Digital Citizenship
•Technology Operations and
Concepts
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Make connections

5. My Credo
Look to the desired results
Choose the tools to move you closer
If the learning is not moving forward ...
What needs to happen for success?
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6. Our Goal
THAT we remove barriers and
THAT all students are literate and can
participate to their fullest potential.
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7. What is writing?
Your thoughts ???
communication
articulation of thoughts for understanding
creative expression
sharing / collaborating
revising and publishing
process
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Creating and Communicating for an audience of one or
more

8. A Writing Process
Pre-writing
Drafting
Revisions
Editing
Proofreading
Publishing
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Not necessary Linear
Pre-writing - Brainstorming, planning, building ideas, setting the stage, choosing audience and purpose.
Drafting - Getting ideas recorded, starting to organize
Revisions - Rework to improve structure, logic and ideas. Focus on improving meaning, style and form
Editing- Improving Grammar and conventions
Proofreading - Checking for errors
Publishing- Producing a 'final' or 'clean' copy - Sharing with an audience - May include additional features - Images, illustrations, dedications, author notes, title page etc

9. What is most taught?
meaning,
style,
convention or
form
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! Meaning - ideas and information, including development and use of detail
Style - clarity, variety, and impact of language
Form - attention to the “rules” of the particular form of writing
Conventions - spelling, punctuation, grammar, sentence structure,

10. Wikipedia Literacy
Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to
read and write.
(UNESCO) defines literacy as the "ability to identify,
understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute
and use printed and written materials associated with
varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of
learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals,
to develop their knowledge and potential, and to
participate fully in their community and wider society."
June 2011 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy
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11. Our Tools
Teaching students to be learners
Mindset about Writing and Learning
Engagement
Purposeful Writing Activities
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The goal of teaching is to teach our students to be learners. The content is what they practice with. (Brigham University)

12. Our Tools
Content / Curriculum
Prescribed Outcomes
Remove Barriers
My hand does ‘t hurt
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The goal of teaching is to teach our students to be learners. The content is what they practice with. (Brigham University)

13. Engagement
Writing has become an enjoyable and
relaxing outlet for the boys - Surrey
Teacher
Engage me or Enrage me - Marc Prensky
Authentic Audience
Modeled Value
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A specific example was a teenage girl, known at fanFiction as "WitchGirl", with some 45+ stories online, many with more than 100 reviews. This girl's teacher was surprised, since in class
"she never turned in work", yet online, she was prolific.

14. What does engagement
participation
lookstuff in - can’t wait to
enthusiasm - brining
like?
tell you
don’t want to leave
come back at end of day
making connections to outside world - other
experiences
married to what you are doing
come to you with other ideas
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15. How do we know???
Many of these writing tools are project
based and project based research shows -
increased attendance, cooperation,
collaboration
Majority will choose digital story telling to
writing an essay **
Less threatening than live performance
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When they have the skill set to comfortably choose either

16. Grade 5 Writing with
Laptops Pilot
1. The staff are much more interested in
furthering their knowledge and integrating both
technologies.
- Lower transition times between lessons
- Lack of off task behaviour
- More interest in it overall in the staff.
Pilot school 2005
Students gained greater awareness of hte
possibilities technology offered for expressing
themselves creatively
15 minutes to here
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17. Removing Barriers
“I like writing more now... My hand doesn’t
hurt when I write.” Grade 5 students
Finite Motor Skills
Reduce “Red Ink Syndrome”
Extended Learning Day
Processing / Engagement
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18. Empower through
Activities
Digital images
Making photographs Podcasts
Peer-editing Mind mapping
Book making Digital Storytelling
Storyboards / Google Earth
Graphic Novel Social Media
Blogs, Wikis, Docs
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19. Directed Exploration
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20. Digital
Images
Sources
Searching
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/A_Map_of_Philadelphia_and_Parts_Adjacent_vc6b.1.jpg/220px-A_Map_of_Philadelphia_and_Parts_Adjacent_vc6b.1.jpg
Google Images
Flickr
Creative Commons

21. Digital Images
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http://www.treehugger.com/tiger-natural-history-museum.jpg
Stories Told

22. Find an image of
Philadelphia
Shows perspective
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Teaching searching - expanded search - understanding grammar of web
- site search - creative commons search

23. Making Photographs
create an image in mind
capturing image
a moment in time
history
composition
Vincent Laforet http://db.tt/ZE7mxIN
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What do I mean by Making Photographs? Why would students need to make photographs?
With Intention - same as digital images

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Grade 5 Student - Surrey

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Grade 5 Student - Surrey

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Grade 5 Student - Surrey

27. USB Microscope
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Proscope USB Microscope

28. Your Assignment
7 minutes
Find, Take, Make
3 share out
Drop Box - http://db.tt/n18ZvJw
https://public.me.com/amboe iste 2011
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29. Story Boarding /
Graphic Novel
Comic Life
Toon Do / Kerpoof / Pixton
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31. Your Assignment
7 minutes
Tell me how you got to ISTE 2011
3 min share out
Think about Jason Ohler’s comments --- Don’t storyboard
- Look for emotional flow of story
- Plot out the story like a wave
- Then do a peer pitch – sell the story – Peaks – Problem – Solution
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Photo - licensing - staff development

32. Bonus
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33. Peer Editing
...studies found that when students use computers
to produce writing, the writing process becomes
more collaborative and includes more peer-editing
and peer-mediated work (Snyder, 1994; Baker &
Kinzer, 1998; Butler & Cox, 1992)
In Snyder’s study, teacher-to-student
communications were predominant in the “pens
classroom” while student-to-student interactions
occurred more frequently in the “computers
classroom.”
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http://www.aace.org/dl/index.cfm/fuseaction/ViewPaper/id/6367/toc/yes

34. gallery.me.com/amboe
http://db.tt/ZE7mxIN
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35. Basketball
At the start of the game I took jump ball
The girl jumping against me was very tall
I felt butterflies inside me but wouldn't back down
But I missed the ball by a mile and felt like a clown
Did you feel people would laugh at you?
Then the butterflies left and I was ready to play
This time I knew I wouldn't throw the ball away
I'd get the ball (and),dribble, pass or take a shot
Then it was shift change, thank goodness because I was (very) burning?
hot
When (we got) I went? back on I was well rested and ready(to go)
We were on defense and our coach advised? (was yelling at) us to stay
low(!)
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36. Book Making
Hand Produced images
Digitally re-produced images
Digitally made images
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37. Book Making
A Physical Record
Published Authors
At reading level and interest
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38. Using iPhoto
Demo
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39. Your Assignment
Let’s Create a ‘Day in the Life’ of Doggy
http://gallery.me.com/amboe
Upload to Drop box or Gallery
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Assign parts of the room -

40. Blogs, Wikis
How many have blogs or wikis?
What is their value?
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41. Blogs, Wikis, Google Docs
“... describing their thought processes online
effectively developed their math
metacognition which significantly enhanced
their performance.” Helen Jeong 2009
“Students that aren’t comfortable
participating in class now participate by
writing in the discussion board.” Chris Hunter
2009
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42. My Experience
Blogs and Wikis are powerful tools when
they have purpose and
a life of their own
https://dflit.wikispaces.com/
https://dothemath.wikispaces.com/
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Without continuous life - death
Consider your continued use - going deeper each year

43. Students as Authors
https://mrsdycksclass.wikispaces.com/
What are the essential elements of students
creating with Blogs and Wikis?
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44. Podcasting
http://mps.wes.schoolfusion.us/
What writing goes into a podcast?
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45. Your Assignment
Let’s explore Garageband together
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Planning
Sequencing
Artwork
Scripting
Creator rather than consumer

46. MindMapping
Brainstorming / Pre-writing
Drafting
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Tell a story through images in a sequence
Transfer the words to word processor
Kidspiration Voice
Math stories

47. Your Assignment
Tell a numeracy story or
Plan your story of what you learned at ISTE
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48. Digital Storytelling
Broad category most often a culmination
with a tool such as iMovie
Video of Salmon Life Cycle
Grade 4 students
3 blocks of 45min
included learning digital camera, importing, voice
over
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49. As you create...
Bernie Dodge - WebQuest Taskonomy
What questions are we asking for answers
• Consensus
• Retelling
building
• Compilation
• Persuasion
• Mystery
• Self-Knowledge
• Journalistic
• Analytical
• Design Task
• Judgment
• Creative Product
•Scientific
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50. iMovie Demo
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51. Your Assignment
Working in teams of 2 or 3
Plan your story of what you learned at ISTE
What ‘writing’ will you be doing to create
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52. Google Earth as Writing
Tool
One of my goals is always to push thinking
outside of the box....
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53. SMOOT ??
He was used as a Fraternity Prank to measure
the Harvard Brindge in Oct 1958.
One Smoot is equal to Oliver Smoot's height at
the time of the prank (five feet and seven inches
~1.70 m)
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54. Why Google Earth
Transformation...
making connections
activate prior knowledge
make connections
visual learners
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55. Science
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56. Google Lit Trips.org
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57. Underground to
Canada
Barbara Smucker
http://flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/65672496/
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58. Grade 5 / Movement
Identity, Society, and
Culture
• B2 assess why immigrants came to
Canada, the individual challenges they
faced, and their contributions to Canada
• Consider a Google Lit Trip relating to
Immigration
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59. Is an iPad or iPod a
writing tool?
Not for traditional writing; however,
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60. “IN THE AGE OF THE READ/WRITE
WEB, THE EXPLOSION OF
INFORMATION AND ONLINE
TECHNOLOGIES DEMANDS A
MORE COMPLEX DEFINITION OF
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
LITERATE.” Will Richardson
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61. Don’t forget Social
Media
Twitter - 140 Characters
Facebook - writing and template
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62. DAOW of Literacy
Digital,
Oral,
Art,
Witten
Jason Ohler
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Technology combines all of the above

63. Summary Image from
Read Aloud Handbook
Writing is more than the act Jim Trelease
Encourage using Language
Speaking and Read Aloud
Partners
Digital Story Telling
Self Assessment and Formative Assessment
Assistive Technology
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Image from Jim Trelease - Read Aloud handbook

64. NETS-S
•Creativity and Innovation
•Communication and Collaboration
•Research and Information Fluency
•Critical Thinking, Problem Solving,
and Decision Making
•Digital Citizenship
•Technology Operations and
Concepts
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Highlight connections made throughout

65. Kevin Amboe
amboe_k@sd36.bc.ca
@amboe_k
Information and Media Literacy Coordinator
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