ICT Tools for Literacy LearningICT Tools for

Literacy Learning

By Jenny Deed&

Nadine Mackereth

By Jenny Deed&

Nadine Mackereth

The Gloss -Aim: to improve Vocabulary.

-Created with Comic Life

-Focuses on meaningand pronunciation

Scholastic Story Starter

For juniors that can’t type you can print out bank templates.

Adjustable for all levels Very engaging - Exciting way to start a writing lesson. Re-usable Can be adapted to suit what you want eg. Letter writing.

Scholastic Story Starter

Pick a format for your story.

Students may either type their story and print or print the template.

fotobabble Website: http://www.fotobabble.comAllows you to record voice onto photosPossible uses:-getting students to talk about their artwork

-book reviews-extending a gloss -explaining a math's strategy

WallwisherOnline Notice Board

• Reading Comprehension (Teacher Inquiry)• Spelling• Pre and post assessments.• Habits of Mind• Current Events

Examples…

Blend of the Week How may words can you think of that

contain the blend bl?

Wallwisher

Comprehension QuestionsStudents answer a question (literal or inferential) about their

reader byposting their answer on wallwisher.

BrainstormingCould use wallwisher to brainstorm ideas or words etc.

Spelling Animations

Tools used:Digital cameras,Modelling clay& iMovie

QuickTime™ and aH.264 decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

QuickTime™ and aH.264 decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

Kid PixKid Pix is an artwork / drawing program aimed at children.

Draw pictures. Create animations. Record voices. Slideshow

Focus: Fluency, expression, phrasing…

Students record themselves reading their guided book. This could be

individually or as a group (each read a page). Students illustrate their page

and put into a slideshow.

Students then listen to themselves and reflect on their learning intention.

Into the Book Focus:To practise theUse of Reading strategies

Ties in very well withSheena Cameron’s strategies

http://reading.ecb.org/

Story JumperPublish your own book.

Place for students to create and publish their own stories. Create e-books. This website includes tutorials.

Writing Fun -Interactiveexemplarsfor writing

-A variety of different levelsand genresAvailable

http://www.writingfun.com/writingfun2010.html

Wordle Could use as display lists in your classroom.

For example: Words to use instead of ‘said’ etc.

Students could make a story using all the words in the wordle picture.

Put the students story into wordle and see whichwords are the largest (this means that they wereused a lot) therefore this could show their nextlearning step.

Easi-Speaks Easi-Speaks lets you record up to 4 hours of audio,

then download the files to your computer.

Simple to use, even for the youngest students!

Perfect for all kinds of oral language activities, memorization of math facts, digital portfolio assessment, and more

Using the Easi-Speaks in Inquiry Learning / Learning Model.

School Wide Inquiry - Migration

Year 2-3 Team focused on Bird Migration

Community Open Day - Students share their inquiry learning with

parents / family members.

We had been focusing on asking questions and gathering

information from various sources.

Build Your Wild SelfStudents create a Wild Self picture.

Use picture to motivate the children with their writing. Helps visual learners to structure their ideas.

Using SOLO

Extended AbstractI can describe many features of my wild self and explain why I have these featuresand reflect on what it is like to be like that.

RelationalI can describe many features of my wild self and explain whyI have these features.

Multi-structuralI can describe two or more features of my wild self.

Uni-structuralI can describe one feature of my wild self.

Pre-structuralI need help to write about my wild self.