New+Literacy+in+Action

=New Literacy in Action=

Here are some photos and a video of new literacy in 1-A.
__E-readers and I-Pads__ Students using E-readers and I-Pads during our Reading blocks. Here students are using a Nook Color to interact with a digital book, while other students practice sight words and match words to pictures using different apps on the I-pad.



__Overhead Projector and Wii-mote Interactice Whiteboard__ Below, students are using the overhead projector and Wii-mote Board in a Wordle exercise. Wordle is an internet based word cloud creator. In my classroom, I have used it to introduce sight words, vocabulary words, special topics, and spelling word. Students also enjoy creating their own wordles in class. Here students are looking for spelling patterns.



__Glogster as an Instructional Tool__ Glogster is a Web 2.0 tool that allows users to create, collaborate and share digital, interative posters. Here is a glog I show my students when we learn about life cycles in Science. We also used this to help develop the skill of compare and contrast by comparing and contrasting the butterfly and frog life cycles. One day, it is my goal to have students create their own glogs. media type="custom" key="9319462"

__Animoto Video of Technology/New Literacy in My Classroom__ Animoto is a video/digital storytelling tool used to create a compilation of ways technology has been used in my classroom to develop New Literacy skills. In this video you will digital storytelling in action, see how Kidspriation software compliments digital storytelling's prewriting stage, see children use a wiki, Wordle, digitals cameras, interactive Wii-mote board and conduct a Science experiment with digital thermometers. [|Click here to view the video.]