Dr. Deborah Healey, dhealey@uoregon.edu;
www.deborahhealey.com
Outline
- Tech and literacy – yes and no
- Reading – new and old literacies
- What do you need to know?
- How do you find it?
- Do you understand it?
- Can you trust it?
- Writing - new and old literacies
- How do you improve it?
- How do you save and share it?
- Next steps
Resources from the talk
Unless otherwise stated, all are free, but most require registration. Many are available as apps
Digital native/immigrants; digital residents/visitors
OCLC research - map your apps
What do you need to know?
Surveys with
www.PollEverywhere.com,
www.Socrative.com (as apps or on computer)
Prepare to read
- Skim for the gist; look at the title, headings, tables, images
- Digitally - look for hyperlinks
- Throughout - Think and question
Reading: How do you find it?
Choose the right tool - different search engines have different areas of focus
Think about key words
Check the Advanced Search options to help narrow the search
Think of alternative wording
Scaffolding
- BreakingNewsEnglish - multiple levels of reading, audio of the reading, text reconstruction activities, vocabulary work - lots of suggestions for teacher activities in class and for homework, as well: https://breakingnewsenglish.com
- LessonWriter - create scaffolding for a reading that you add, either by copying and pasting or from a website. The program generates pre-reading and comprehension questions and activities from the grammar and vocabulary within the text. A great way to customize text help: https://www.lessonwriter.com
- Text Analyzer - paste in the text and get the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) reading level: http://www.roadtogrammar.com/textanalysis/
Reading: Can you trust it?
Crowdsourcing –
www.wikipedia.org; more attention now to accuracy, but it's still iffy. It's best to go to the references at the bottom to find original sources.
Hosting Facts for tips on identifying trustworthy sources (a 21st century skill) –
hostingfacts.com/evaluating-online-resources
Authorship, Currency and .Relevance, Accuracy, Purpose and Objectivity, References -Links
Writing: How do you express it?
Word processing
Email
Blogging
Posting on social media
Texting
Remixing
Writing: How do you improve it?
Electronic submission of documents for Track Changes (Word) and Insert Comments (Word and Google Docs)
Concordance for quick usage check with browser search or full corpus like COCA:
corpus.byu.edu/coca
Electronic bibliography tools and bibliography information
- Zotero: www.zotero.org - download this free bibliography tool. Capitalization doesn't always work correctly when it creates a bibliography in APA or MLA format
- Purdue Online Writing Lab: owl.english.purdue.edu – guidance on many writing topics
Writing: How do you save and share it?
Protecting privacy - guidelines
Digital curation – saving and sharing links in an organized way with Pinterest:
www.pinterest.com (on computer or app) and ScoopIt:
www.scoop.it (must register to view or use)
Writing collaboratively with Google Docs:
docs.google.com – truly collaborative writing
File sharing
Global or local group projects with iEARN -
iearn.org/collaboration
Online groups - these need to be set up in advance
Social media sharing
- Huge global authentic audience
- Risks: privacy, fake news, clickbait, bullying
Groups - discussion, file sharing, and more
- Facebook Groups
- WhatsApp Groups
- Google Groups
- Google Classroom
Next steps
Teach new literacies, use new tools, let students select, manipulate, republish - remix
Why
What is 21st Century Education? video:
https://youtu.be/Ax5cNlutAys
Last updated 10 November 2020 by D. Healey