This powerpoint is a web tour describing the 5 PDF resources written by Lizzie Chase at http://otherworlds.yolasite.com The lessons integrate Web 2.0 tools into a series of lessons for upper primary and lower secondary English students

1. Read, Reflect, Respond, Re-imagine:
Digital tools integrated within a
powerful learning cycle for middle years
English and research lessons
http://otherworlds.yolasite.com
Lizzie Chase
elizabeth.chase@det.nsw.edu.au

2. Other worlds English lessons
http://otherworlds.yolasite.com
• Stage 3 and 4 English tasks
• 36 free digital tools in a series of lessons
• Students can create multimedia texts
• Collect 5 pdfs from the website, with live hyperlinks
• Tools guide, tool tips, lessons, tasks, ebook

3. Preview of the research tasks
• Alive in the death zone by Lincoln Hall
• Lost worlds by John Howe
• The vampire book by Sally Regan

4. Alive in the death zone
by Lincoln Hall
READ
• What are the qualities of a person who is good in a
crisis?
• How would you wish to behave in an extreme
situation?
Focus in particular on the events described in
Chapters 5, 8 and 9.

5. Alive in the death zone
REFLECT
Discuss
• Reflect on the impact of Mt Everest on our
imaginations. Do you have major life goals, such as
climbing Everest? Do you participate in extreme
sports?
Web of search terms
• After reading Alive in the death zone, use Google
Wonder wheel to discover a web of information about
Mount Everest.
Search options
• Conduct timeline, image, video and map searches about
Mt Everest in Google.

6. Wonder wheel

7. Alive in the death zone
RESPOND
• Create a timetoast timeline at www.timetoast.com
of the Mt Everest climb in 1984 described in
Chapter 5.
Ronald, Rydalmere East PS
www.timetoast.com/timelines/83531

8. Alive in the death zone
RE-IMAGINE
• Create a Prezi presentation at http://prezi.com of the
stages in the Everest ascent of 2006 described in Chapters
8 and 9.
• Your Prezi presentation will automatically be public.
Delete any practice prezis.

9. Alive in the death zone
Johanna, Rydalmere East PS
http://prezi.com/vwjoxowtbdd2/the-mt-everest-climb/

10. Lost worlds by John Howe
READ
• Which is your favourite lost world from the book?
Why is this so? Persuade others about the
significance of this world.
• Lost worlds: A visit with John Howe
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGaxYZX-N3Q

11. Lost worlds
REFLECT
• What do the clothing, art, and science & technology
related objects which are left behind tell us about
the culture and inhabitants of a lost world?

12. Lost worlds
A history of the world
www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld

13. Lost worlds
RESPOND
• Choose one culture from Lost worlds to research.
E.g. Pompeii.
• Discover the basics about the topic, using Visuwords
graphical dictionary at www.visuwords.com
• Make your own notes to summarise the important
information about your topic.

14. Lost worlds
Visuwords
www.visuwords.com

15. Lost worlds
RE-IMAGINE
• Show classmates a Discovery box presentation you have
created about Pompeii. Describe the volcanic eruption in
79 AD and explain why the excavation of Pompeii has
been so important for historians.

16. Lost worlds
Ben, Rydalmere East PS [3 cubes – 3 layers]
http://discoverybox.e2bn.org/creator/viewer/show/62039

17. 5 cubes
Discovery box
byuan, West Clay Elementary [5 cubes – 1 layer]
http://discoverybox.e2bn.org/creator/viewer/show/65641

18. Extracts from Ben’s journal
• Today I found some cool pictures of the ruins in
Pompeii. I also wrote a description of each picture I
found. Each picture I found and its description is
going to go into a cube of my discovery box.
• Today I started my discovery box. I uploaded my
images and put them in. I’ve worked out how to use
Discovery box and I’ve decided to have a cube on Mt
Vesuvius. I’ve named three cubes so far.
• Today I finished my discovery box. I like it because
you can record your voice. If only they could fix
where you can’t put web links and pictures on the
same square.

19. The vampire book by Sally Regan
READ
In pairs, read and explore the book.
• Discuss together which vampire legends are most interesting to you
and why.
• Discuss why you believe so many cultures have vampire legends.
• Look at the layout, images and language features of the book to
analyse its blend of fact and fiction. Which features remind us this is
fiction? Which features carry the stamp of factual authority? How is
it similar to or different from Lost worlds by John Howe? – it is also
a blend of fact and fiction.

20. The vampire book

21. The vampire book

22. The vampire book
REFLECT
• In pairs, read interesting legends from the Blood
demons: Spirits from the ancient world and Fairy folk
of Celtic lore sections of the book.
• Create a crossword and quiz to test your classmates'
skills at scanning for rapid information retrieval.

23. The vampire book
The vampire book – sample Classtools.net quiz
http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_4/zqysJ.htm

24. The vampire book
RESPOND
• Use Bitstrips to create a 3 frame cartoon which
shows the thought bubbles of someone who is
secretly a vampire in a modern high school and his
or her friends don’t know…

25. The vampire book
Bitstrips comic builder
www.bitstrips.com/create/comic

26. The vampire book
RE-IMAGINE
• Create a Domo animate presentation in which a vampire
gets across what it’s like to be a vampire to an audience
of primary school viewers…
• NB Use the woman in the red dress as a vampire, if you
wish.

27. The vampire book
The vampire’s lament by Lizzie
http://domo.goanimate.com/user/0oRRGgHEo8Ig/0nn2g-mBXCQg

28. Guide to the website
http://otherworlds.yolasite.com
• The following slides are a generic guide to the resources
and website.

29. ICT requirements
• Adobe Flash Player 10+
• Java
• Adobe Reader 7+
• These 3 are free downloads from the internet
• Essential for the Other Worlds lessons

30. 7 picture books
• Alive in the death zone by Lincoln Hall
• Eric and The bird king and other sketches by Shaun Tan
• Lost worlds by John Howe
• Mirror by Jeannie Baker
• Night school by Isobelle Carmody and Anne Spudvilas
• The vampire book by Sally Regan

31. 6 novels
• 100 cupboards by N.D. Wilson
• Beyond the knock-knock door by Scott Monk
• The spell of undoing by Paul Collins
• The whisperer by Fiona McIntosh
• This book is not good for you by Pseudonymous Bosch
• Toby alone by Timothee de Fombelle

32. http://otherworlds.yolasite.com
Right click to Save as
Left click to scroll
through PDFs online

33. Reading online? Enlarge the frame

34. Options – Single page
Adjust size

35. Target audience
• Teachers who want to learn about ICTs
• Parents and home school students
• Teachers wanting homework/extension tasks
© Ford St Publishing
Permission granted by publisher

36. Other worlds
• Reading takes us to other worlds: The Other
worlds project is based on this central idea.
• Digital tools build multimedia texts: Students
can build worlds of their own by creating
multimedia texts. Other worlds draws upon free
digital tools available on the internet, so that
students can become authors of multimedia texts.

37. ICTs in the classroom
• Interactive whiteboards: The tasks outlined in this
project are creative, higher order tasks suitable for IWBs.
• Reading into writing: The tasks build a bridge between
reading and writing multimodal texts.
• Tools for every age and purpose: The tools described in
this project have many applications beyond the English lesson
ideas suggested here.
• Website visitors will find that the TOOLS and TIPS sections
contain guides to Web 2.0 tools.

38. Collaborators
• Lizzie Chase
• Jennifer Starink
• Daria Ivanek
• Sharryn Bowes
• Yan Liu
• Jennifer Riley
• Meg Davis [photographer]
• Gina Harrowell [cartoonist]

39. Learning cycle
•Read
•Reflect
•Respond
•Re-imagine

40. Tasks: 3 for each book
Tool icons
show which
tools are
featured
Live hyperlinks
take you to the
digital tool

41. Lessons
Student task Teaching strategies Resources/Student samples

42. Tools guide
Themes for each book

43. Tools guide
Displays the tools

44. Tools guide
21st century learning websites

45. Tools guide
Very simple tools

46. Tools guide
Presentation tools
Alternatives to Power Point

47. Tools guide
Storytelling tools

48. Tools guide
• Painting, comic and animation tools
• Research tools
• General purpose reading and writing tools + gifted
students info
• Copyright and cyber safety tools
• Working tools

49. Tool tips
What each tool does

50. Tool tips
A page of tips for each tool

51. Ebook
Explains the lessons in greater detail

52. Blog
http://lizzieotherworlds.edublogs.org
Click on COMMENTS link
to submit student work to this blog

53. Katlyn

54. Alice

55. Glockee

56. Vanessa

57. Doggysit