Beyond the BasalDay #3

Literacy and Technology in the classroom

Tami Dean& Dana Karraker

Today’s OutcomesView a model for our daily class openerEvaluate current technology practicesDetermine current knowledge about web literacyView a variety of online toolsPlay with tools

Course ToolsVoiceThread of the Day

Blog

Wiki

Chart

ContinuumFill out the continuum based on these factors:

Kids need to use technology in meaningful waysTechnology is used to deepen instruction21st century literaciesKnowledge about online toolsAccess to online tools

http://www.p21.org/images/stories/otherdocs/P21_Report.pdf

Common Core

Web literacyWhat is web literacy?

Why is it important?

Connection to critical thinkingConnections to Common Core?

Question 1

What is a URL?

AnswerURL - Uniform Resource Locator

Source: www.novemberlearning.com

Question 2Identify these extensions and what

they represent:.org .k12 .gov .com .edu

.ac

.net

.mil

.jp

Answers

.org - organization

.k12 - school

.gov - government

.com - commerce

.edu - college

.ac - academic

.net - business

.mil - U. S. military

.jp - Japan

Extensions

Question 3List as many major search

engines as you can

AnswersGoogleAlta VistaAsk.comQuintura for KidsQuinturaKartoo

Meta-Search Engines

DogpileClustyDatabases provided by libraries

Question 4

How does a site get to the top of the search results in Google?

AnswerGetting to the top of Google

Google BombingUltimate popularity contestI’ll put your link on my page if you’ll put my link on yoursGoogle Bombing story

Question 5What clues in a web address might indicate you are on a

personal website?

Why is knowing this important?

AnswersWebsite clues

~ or % users, members, people in URL

ImportanceIdentifies the author and/or organization

TruncatingBeing able to read and truncate a URL allows you to get the full picture of the site

Truncating example

An ExampleAnother view of the Holocaust

Is this a public or personal site?

More of Butz’s pagesAn article he published

Let’s truncate and see what we can find

Folders, folders, and more folders

Another ExampleEver heard of Mechanical Marvels?

What happens if we truncate this site?

Moral of the story:

Determine the source site

Question 6

How do you find the owner or publisher of a website?

Why is it important to know these facts?

Answer

Website owner/publisherWho Is

MLK search

Who Is SourceMLK search

The owner of this site

Answer

Why is it important?MLK site screen shot

Civil Rights Library screen shot

Rosa Parks screen shot

Students have to be able to determine the validity and viewpoint of sites- CCR

Question 7

How do you find the history of any given website?

OR

What do you do if the site is no longer available?

AnswerWebsite history

Wayback Machine at www.archive.org

Look at MLK.org in the Wayback Machine results

What do you know now?– Up since 1999

– Change in design to appeal to kids

Remember Google Bombing?Google Martin Luther King, Jr.

Let’s look again

Google: MLK

ResourcesNovember Learning

http://www.novemberlearning.com/

Courses on Internet Literacy for $19.95

Break

What tools can we use?

Web 2.0Participatory Culture & the Power of the Network

Collaboration

Creation

Connection

Literacy and Literacy Instruction are changing

The use of Web 2.0 tools affects both the learning and teaching environment.

Literacy instruction is no longer limited to paper and pencil, basals, and books.  Today's student in accustomed to being a producer of text, not just a passive consumer.

Students have to "shut down" to come to school Web 2.0 tools provide authentic literacy learning experiences

for students Students can have a world-wide audience Students can collaborate with students from anywhere in the

world Web 2.0 tools are designed to be easy to use, produce, edit,

create, and share

Digital Literacy in ActionResponse to reading

Digital literacy in “real” classroomshttp://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337

Some tools to exploreDiigo www.diigo.com

Gabcast www.gabcast.com

Vocaroo www.vocaroo.com

Ning www.ning.com

Blogs www.kidblog.com

Voicethread www.voicethread.com

Some more spaces…Google Docs

http://www.twiducate.com/http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/Audio+%26+Podcastinghttp://k12onlineconference.org/

Putting it all togetherInquiry topic/text

Matching Inquiry topic to the tool

Baby Steps

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