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Beyond paper and pencil: Using Web 2.0 tools in literacy :Beyond paper and pencil: Using Web 2.0 tools in literacy Tami R. Dean
Illinois State University
Literacy and Literacy Instruction are changing :Literacy and Literacy Instruction are changing Web 2.0 affects both the learning and teaching environment.
Why Do we need change? :Why Do we need change? Paper and pencils only?
Accustomed to producing.. Not just consuming
Students have to "shut down" to come to school
Why Web 2.0 then? :Why Web 2.0 then? authentic literacy experiences
world-wide audience
collaborate with students from anywhere in the world-wide
produce, edit, create, and share
Enhancing literacy through Web 2.0 :Enhancing literacy through Web 2.0 easily incorporated
take student understanding, meaning, and construction to a new level
Technology not being used just to say that technology was used
What does the research say? :What does the research say? Boling (2008), found that rather than viewing technology as a key facet of K-12 learning
students viewed technology as “add-ons,”
relevant once students had acquired foundational basic literacy skills.
What is a wiki? :What is a wiki?
Collaboration :Collaboration
Digital Storytelling :Digital Storytelling
Gabcast :Gabcast Authentic presentations
Authentic audience
Mind42.com :Mind42.com
Slide 12:Talk to ANYONE
ANYWHERE
FOR FREE!
Slide 13:Write for a REAL audience
Slide 14:Delicious: Social Bookmarking
Multiliteracies :Multiliteracies
Creating… :Creating…
Where to go for tools? :Where to go for tools? Search online for other wikis- such as teachweb2
Google
Social Network with other literacy instructors
Talk to the Educational Technology faculty http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/
Where do we go from here? :Where do we go from here? Collaborate
Create Social Networks
Blog about our experiences
Don't be afraid to try technologies that are new to you
How do we do this? :How do we do this? 21st century classroom