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Reading, Writing and Web 2.0 make a great team! (Rasa Conference 2011)
Presented by Fiona [email protected]
http://fionabeal.edublogs.orghttp://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com
Web 2.0: Amazing free, easy to use interactive programmes
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
Introducing myself• Teacher, web 2.0 ‘fanatic’ and passionate about
integrating the curriculum with technology.• Have taught Grades 1 – 7 as a class teacher, and
thereafter a computer teacher at Fishhoek Primary. From 1 October will be working for SchoolNet with professional development for its premium members
• Life was revolutionised in 2009 by blogging and discovering a whole educational community ‘out there’.
• Winner of Innovative Teacher 2009 in SA. Winning place in Pan African Finals in Mauritius and participated in World Finals in Brazil. 1 of 50 teachers selected to attend partners in Learning Institute week in Seattle in July 2011
• Textbook writer
Outcome for this session
To show how Web 2 can be a fantastic literacy resource both for students and for teachers.
Current scenario• Digital natives (learners under 18) and
digital immigrants (us). • Do we teach to our past or our learners’
futures?
Technology is not the wave of the future –
it
is the tsunami of the present. (Janice M.
Rolle)
Creative writing
a) In the classroomb) In the computer lab
Stories made using PowerPoint
The Grade 5 bookbinding team at work
In computer lessons we created a reading scheme of 80 books from Grade 1 – Grade 7 for Steenberg
Primary School
Creative writing
c) as an e-bookd) collaborating with classes from other countries
This is what it looks like in Slideboom.com
We sent codes from to Canada and then Argentine
Our two and three-nation collaborative writing project
1. These can be read from http://slideboom.com itself following a link. http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/94941/The-Secret
2. They can be embedded in a blog. http://fionabeal.edublogs.org/our-three-nation-story-writing-project/
3. They can be uploaded to a website
http://www.sanandres.esc.edu.ar/olivosp/extranet2009/6to/globalwriting/index.htm
Creative writing
e) using Google images and a different e-book programme
Ideas using youblisher.comhttp://elk-grade6-stories.wikispaces.com – Karen Stadler’s project
Creative writing
f) Creating and sending Flat Stanleys to another class along with a week’s diary
Story-starter sites
Use a programme like http://www.wallwisher.com
http://www.thestorystarter.com/jr.htm
http://www.creativewritingprompts.com/#
Storyboard generatorhttp://generator.acmi.net.au/storyboard/interactive
Online creative writing sites
Storyjumperhttp://www.storyjumper.com
This is a free flip-page book with artwork attached. You can enter a whole class to have these e-books
A sample from Tamsyn in Grade 5
http://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/572294/4c68afedee407
A sample from Tamsyn in Grade 5
Storybirdhttp://www.storybird.com
This is a free online writing programme with loads of beautiful art to get you thinking and creating an e-book.
http://fionabeal.edublogs.org/2011/05/25/fun-using-storybird/
Storybird
Artisan’s Picture Book http://artisancam.org.uk
This is a free online writing programme which is great for the younger leaeners
Little Bird Taleshttp://littlebirdtales.com/
http://fionabeal.edublogs.org/2011/05/10/we-loved-using-little-bird-tales-today
/This is a free online writing programme which has a place for the learners to draw their own illuatrations.
Sites using photosin a fun way
http://www.picjoke.comhttp://photofunia.comhttp://piclits.com
http://www.piclit.com
Using a blog to create a story
http://5bwrites.blogspot.com/
Use fake Facebook and Twitter templates
http://www.myfakewall.com/
A template and rubric to use http://bit.ly/nx19ET
http://faketweetbuilder.com/
Using Wikis for creative writing
http://graystonprep-grade6-english.wikispaces.com/The+Write+Stuff
http://writingpals.wikispaces.com/
Writing a class novel using a wikihttp://yrps5m.wikispaces.com/Welcome
Vocabulary-building sites
http://www.tagxeedo.com
Online newspapers
http://globalnewspaper.wikispaces.com/
http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/
Poetry
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/index.aspx
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/flash_pie.htm
Listening to reading
Download to keep forever
Reading sites
http://askatechteacher.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/weekend-website-51-17-story-sites-for-first-and-second-grade/
http://www.starfall.com/
http://www.highlightskids.com/Stories/Rebus/rebus_theNoise0705/0705_theNoise.asp
http://www.watertowncsd.org/index.cfm?bid=5&cid=3927
http://www.storylineonline.net/
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
More Reading sites• http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=61940• http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/genre/Children/all• http://studentdigitaltools.wordpress.com/reading/• http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/50-places-free-bo
oks-online.htm
Book reviews
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/sandwich.asp
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/Home+Student+Book+Trailers
Use a blog to write book reportshttp://josephr4.edublogs.org/2010/07/19/my-report/
Further down in the same blog
More book report ideasThis whole blog called ‘Watch, Connect, Read” is devoted to different types of book reports: http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/
This blog post gives ten alternatives to the traditional book reports: http://theapple.monster.com/benefits/articles/8529-10-technology-enhanced-alternatives-to-book-reports
How can we achieve this?
1. A few computers in a classroom linked with Microsoft Sharepoint
http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-are-south-african-schools-faring-in.html
2. A bank of mobile netbooks that can be booked for use.
3. Schools start to employ technology integration specialists. e.g. Elkanah Househttp://karenstadler.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bett_competition-entry_elkanahsp.pdf
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