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BATHED IN BITS SINCE BIRTH:
ELECTRONIC LITERACY RESOURCES FOR
ELEMENTARY STUDENTSDr. Susan Wegmann
August 8, 2014
McCallum: Power=Attention X Depth X Efficiency
Attention – time spent paying attention
Power=Attention X Depth X EfficiencyDepth – Intensity of Cognitive
Processing Required
Bloom’s Taxonomy - HOTS
Vygotsky’s notion of Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
Power=Attention X Depth X Efficiency◦Efficiency – Cognitive Overhead – “how many logical connections or jumps your brain has to make in order to understand or contextualize the thing you’re looking
at.”
The less jumps, the better for children using digital resources.
“Reading to Learn” Effect – Drop off in 4th Grade standardized test scores.
Resources◦Reading
◦Glogster◦Prezi ◦Lit 2 Go
◦Writing◦The Trading Card ◦Vocabulary Spelling City◦Padlet◦CNX – The Orange Grove
◦Apps
◦Bloggers to follow
◦Misc Resources
Glogster: http://edu.glogster.com/◦ The Letter F: http://cpapalekas.edu.glogster.com/the-letter-f/?=glogpedia-source
Prezi
◦Charlotte’s Web◦Charlotte’s Web II
Lit 2 Go: http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
Five Little Piggies
Adventures of Jerry MuskratAudio, text, student activities
Writing: The Trading Card
◦The Trading Card tool gives students an alternative way to demonstrate their literacy knowledge and skill when writing about popular culture texts or real world examples. This interactive allows students to create their own trading card about a real or fictional person, place, object, event, or abstract concept.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/trading-card-creator-30056.html
Vocabulary Spelling City: http://www.spellingcity.com/
The Orange Grove◦ http://florida.theorangegrove.org/og/access/home.do (FL resource, teachers share content they’ve created)
◦ http://florida.theorangegrove.org/og/items/b67a3847-9fef-1511-97f4-c9a3ad9e8207/1/
http://cnx.org/content/m35694/latest/
By: Dana Friley
COMPARE/CONTRAST the CITY and the COUNTRY (Charlotte's Web)
Content Target Objective: Compare and Contrast the City (Urban) and the Country (Rural)
Chapter 4 of Charlotte’s Web: Setting
Lesson Materials: Pictures of the city and pictures of the country
Two posters, pens, White board +pens, Compare and Contrast Venn diagram work-pages, tape, timer
Anticipatory Set: Teacher posts a picture of the city and a picture of the country and labels each. Students are asked to volunteer to come up to match pictures that they have been given. Accommodation for Students with ADHD: moving from their seats.
Students are divided onto two groups. One group brainstorms words and drawings of what they know about the city. One group brainstorms words and drawings of that they know about the country. The groups present their brainstorms and then post them on the wall. Accommodation for students with Specific Learning Disabilities: Pictures and small group discussion.
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Apps◦ Strip Designer - $2.99 Sub Text- Free
Apps◦ News O-Matic- free! Book Creator - $4.99
Bloggers to follow:◦ ELL - Larry Ferlazzo http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/
◦ The Miss Rumphius Effect: http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/ (instruction on various text features)
◦ Jen Robinson’s Book Page: http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/blog/ (features book reviews)
◦ Two Writing Teachers: http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/ (reflections on teaching)
Misc: Open Educational Resources◦ College Open Textbooks: http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/
◦ Learning Pod: http://www.learningpod.com/ (free online practice questions)
◦ Lumen Learning: http://lumenlearning.com/ (open courses, no textbooks)
◦ Merlot II: http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm (CA State System collection, 3,000 open textbooks)
◦ MIT Opencourseware Online Textbooks: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/online-textbooks/ (various disciplines)
◦ OER Commons: https://www.oercommons.org/ (73,000 kinds of OER sites, tools, etc.)
◦ Open Textbook Store: http://www.opentextbookstore.com/index.php (math resources)
◦ The Orange Grove: http://florida.theorangegrove.org/og/access/home.do (FL resource, teachers share content they’ve created)
Image Resources – Copyright-free1. flickr – http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons
2. Pics4Learning -- Pics4Learning.com
3. FreeFoto – www.freefoto.com
4. FreeStockPhotos – http://freestockphotos.com
5. OpenPhoto – openphoto.net
6. Stock Exchange – www.sxc.hu/index.phtml
Sound Resources1. Audacity – audacity.sourceforge.net
2. Freeplay Music – www.freeplaymusic.com
3. Freesound Project – freesound.iua.upf.edu
4. ccMixer – ccmixter.org
Power = Attention X Depth X Efficiency
BATHED IN BITS SINCE BIRTH:
ELECTRONIC LITERACY RESOURCES FOR
ELEMENTARY STUDENTSDr. Susan Wegmann
August 8, [email protected]
