Reading plus…

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Prep enjoying story sacks with librarians Mrs. Bond and Mrs. Lumsden. ‘Handa’s surprise’ by Eileen Browne and ‘If only’ by Neil Griffiths. A story sack has puppets, masks and nonfiction resources that link in with the story. They are used in classes by our teachers and librarians. Story sacks encourage the students to recall the story, retell it in their own words using puppets, masks or other props. This exploration of story encourages the development of foundational literacies such as reading and story telling.

Kids using iPads in Grade 1

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The students in Grade 1 were taking pictures of themselves and recording voice overs using an app called Speech Journal. The students are able to send their journals to email.

 

Touch Typing

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Teachers and parents always ask for a good website for students to learn and practice typing.  We recommend BBC Dancemat Typing.  It is free and works through the keys with the proper keystrokes.

 

Snaps from Literacy Team Meeting

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During our 5 Literacy Team Meeting, which usually involves Amanda, Tom, Brycen, Caroline, Ash, Erhan, and John, two of us got a little off-track and took a photo to upload it to this site.  We were having fun and demonstrating to one another new technologies along the way.

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Working on WordPress with Learning Support

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The following pictures were uploaded to WordPress using the App for iPhone.

Interactive Whiteboards

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Sharing files made with Notebook with students

  • Anyone can now share Notebook files without additional software being loaded onto computers.
  • If you go to the site: http://express.smarttech.com students simply download the Notebook file you have shared (via email, uploaded on SchMoodle etc) to their computer an open it up using the open file link on the website.
  • Students can then view, interact, save Notebook files.
  • Students can also make their own (but more basic) Notepad files.
  • This is ideal if students are away and need notes from the lessons, or for review etc.

Flipped Classroom Information

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http://catlintucker.com/2012/04/flipped-classroom-beyond-the-videos/ Caitlin Tucker’s ideas on how to do this successfully.
She has three main suggestions
1. Take advantage of the ready-to-use content available.
2. Don’t just show them.
3. Use the flipped model to create a student-centered classroom.

Resources to use for flipped classroom from TED ED

21st Century Classroom 12 resources to help teachers with Flipped Classroom

ISTE community forum on Flip or not to Flip

5 best practices for flipped classrooms from Scooped It

You Tube video on How to Flip a classroom – slides from Robin Metaj

You Tube video from Katie Gimbar on Flipped Classroom

To flip or not to flip?

Engaging students with flipped learning

Daniel Edward’s collection on mentormob on Flipped Classroom

Wikispace Information

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Skills that travel – transliteracy and the Global Librarian A powerpoint on transliteracy and what it is.

InformationFluencyContinuum.pdf

InformationFluencyContinuum.pdf – New York City Department of Education K-12 Information Fluency Continuum

Common Sense Media – website which contains ideas for Digital Literacy

Video of Mimi Ito on Digital Literacy (7 mins) Yes this is the same one posted on the Home Page

Wikipedia has a good definition for New Literacies

Digital Information Fluency model

NCTE Framework for 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment National Council of Teachers of English in Illinois. I particularly like their definition of Literacies. “Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy.”
I found this particularly useful in our Unit in Technology, small adaptations can be made to fit the units with most of this framework. However there is much to do to make the units fit in more completely.

Interesting look at the Networked Student

Some questions for the Edutech committee to consider digital literacy at IICS

What is our definition of Digital Literacy?

What do our students need to be taught or encouraged to develop in this area? How do we evaluate progress?

Who will teach it? How can we assist them?

What do you know of Digital Literacy in education? Have you worked in schools that are working well in this? Do you know of school working well in this?
While digital literacy is not only about skills this article on the top 10 tech skills every student should have includes some digital literacies

Flipped Blooms

Digital Blooms with great resources

Interesting Reads and Resources

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