1. New Literacies
Innovative ways to use Web 2.0
technologies to engage students and meet
the Common Core Learning Standards
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2. Pace University
School of Education
Fran Falk-Ross, Ph.D.
Peter McDermott, Ph.D.
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3. International Reading Association’s Position
Statement (2009): The New Literacies
S Central to civic, personal, and economic life.
S Traditional definitions of reading are writing are
now insufficient.
S New literacies are multimodal & multifaceted.
S They are rapidly changing.

4. New literacies in this
workshop

5. Embedded in NY’s
Common Core
Learning Standards
January 2011
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6. Research and media skills blended into
the Standards as a whole.
To be ready for college, workforce training, and life in a
technological society, students need the ability to
gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report
on information and ideas, to conduct original research
in order to answer questions or solve problems, and to
analyze and to create high volume and extensive range
of print and nonprint texts in media forms.(p. 4)

7. Career Ready in Reading, Writing,
Speaking, Listening, and Language
Students employ technology thoughtfully to
enhance their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and
language use. The tailor their searches online to
acquire useful information efficiently, and they integrate
what they learn using technology with what they learn
offline. They are familiar with the strengths and
limitations of various technological tools and
mediums and can select and use those best suited to
their communication goals. (p.7)

8. Anchor Standards for Writing
K-5
S Standard 6. Use technology, including the Internet, to
produce and publish writing and interact and collaborate
with others.
S Standard 8: Gather relevant information from multiple
print and digital sources, assess the credibility and
accuracy of each source, and integrate the information
while avoiding plagiarism. (p. 27).

9. Anchor Standards Writing 6-12
S Standard 6: Use technology, including the Internet, to
produce and publish writing and to interact and
collaborate with others.
S Standard 8: Gather relevant information from multiple
print and digital sources, assess the credibility and
accuracy of each source, and integrate the information
while avoiding plagiarism.

10. Anchor Standards Reading 6-
12
S Standard 7 Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse
formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in
words
S Standard 7, Grade 6: Compare and contrast the experience of reading
a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video or
live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and
“hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or
watch. (p. 48)
S Standard 7, Grade 7: compare and contrast a written story, drama, or
poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing its
effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound,
color, or camera focus and angles in a film). (p. 48)

11. Organizational tools
Dropbox, Diigo, and Evernote
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12. Dropbox
Workshop files – in Dropbox
video

13. Diigo: Pace
New
Literacies
Group
How to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=0RvAkTuL02A

14. Evernote
How to
http://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=lZfkiYaRpRI

15. Multimedia tools
Animoto, Knovio, Eyejot, Wallwisher,
Eyejot, VoiceThread, Glogsteredu,
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16. One of our
favorites!
Pete’s animoto
http://animoto.com/play/Rj6hMY9Dyaw4gTDrH07je
g#
How to from youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48194ShehLI

17. Quick way to
narrate a
Powerpoint
Pete’s practice narration
http://knov.io/pA0wyD
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXuJ6Wh4y1E

18. Group
discussions –
audio or type
Pete’s class
http://voicethread.com/?#u271526.b1590694.i8403
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Waiting for Superman
http://voicethread.com/?#u271526.b2096699.i1117
7066

19. Send videos
via urls
How to
Eyejot.com
http://www.eyejot.com/mview/373222BE0BAB09C
5909DC494E372AF93FDF8D54EC38119B09341A
B36638BBBA5

20. Voki
A sample voki
http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=
5281110&height=267&width=200
How to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyGTcH0ZefM

21. Wallwisher.com
Demo:
http://www.wallwisher.com/dem
o
Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=PBn1EVzh6wk

22. Glogster
Glog on slavery
Glog about Pacific island
Glog by Pete
Video about how to use
glogster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW5SSn9nno0

23. Reasons for integrating new
literacies:
S Increase engagement.
S Improve motivation.
S Build connection between home and school.
S Teach 21st Century social practices, skills,
and thinking strategies.
S Increase academic achievement.

24. What do you
think?
http://www.surveymonkey.com
/s/RPFZBYB

25. Bibliography
 International Reading Association  Flanagin, A., et al. (2010). Kids and
(2009). New literacies and 21st credibility: an empirical examination of
Century technologies: A position youth, digital media use, and
statement of the International Reading information credibility. Boston: MIT
Association. Newark, Del: IRA. Press.
 Leu, D. et al. (2011). The new
literacies of online reading
comprehension: Expanding the
literacy and learning curriculum.
Journal of Adolescent and Adult
Literacy, 55(1), 5-14.
 NYSED (2011). New York State P-12
Common Core Learning Standards for
English Language Arts and Literacy.
Albany, NY: SED.

26. Every teacher is a
teacher of the New
Literacies!