Reading and Wri+ng in the Digital Age

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Who's here? •  Teachers •  Administrators •  Researchers •  Students •  Other?

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The Plan •  •  •  • 

Tech and literacy – yes and no New literacies and aids Specialized aids for reading/wri+ng Why it's important

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Today vs. previous genera+ons – What do you think?

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Literacy eaters •  Oral/aural, not text •  Watch, not do

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On the other hand… •  •  •  •  •  •  • 

Blogging Web pages News Fan sites Online help Informa+on about everything Transla+on tools © 2017 Healey, [email protected]

What is literacy? •  How would you define it? •  Think – pair – share defini+ons

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New literacies – same needs

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Reading •  What do you need to know? •  How do you find it? •  Can you believe it? Wri+ng •  How do you share it?

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What do you need to know? •  Assessing current knowledge •  Formula+ng ques+ons/queries –  Cri+cal thinking skills



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How do you find it? •  Formula+ng a query the right way •  Google Advanced Search •  Open access journals

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How do you search?

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Click on Se^ngs, then Advanced Search

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Advanced Search

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Digital literacy: images •  Not just text; images to enhance text •  Google image search: images.google.com –  Free to reuse and modify

•  Pixabay: www.pixabay.com

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Free to reuse with modifica+on

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Pixabay.com

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Finding free texts…

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A well-kept secret

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Authen+c reading: Project Gutenberg h>p://www.gutenberg.org/

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Self-check +me Think about what you’ve seen What could you use? When and how? Write down some ideas. Be as specific as possible. •  3 minutes •  •  •  • 

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Can you believe it? Crowdsourcing •  Wikipedia How do you decide? Think-pair-share

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Digital cura+on

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How do you share it? Consider… •  Local vs. global •  Small vs. large impact •  Protec+ng privacy –  TESOL Technology Standards

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For student sharing Word-processing •  Collabora+ve wri+ng •  Commen+ng •  Peer edi+ng •  Filesharing

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Blogging •  Blogger.com •  Wordpress.com

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Web sites •  Wordpress •  Google Sites

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Udemy: Your own MOOC

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Social media •  Poten+ally large, interna+onal, audience •  Where students are •  Many more sites

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An+-social media •  Possibly hos+le audience •  Ra+ng •  Online safety

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What's a teacher to do?

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Don't scream. •  Teach new literacies •  Use new tools •  Let students create

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Specialized aids for wri+ng: Mechanics •  Word Outline mode changes into document mode •  Electronic submission of documents allows teacher comments, Track Changes

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Compare documents – a teacher tool –  Text 1 –  Text 2 –  Comparison

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Feedback Rubrics w/Rubistar

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Mechanics •  Bibliography tools Somewhat automa+c forma^ng

Free help

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Mechanics •  Use electronic dic+onaries effec+vely

•  Use spell-check wisely •  Google concordance: quick usage check –  "interested with": 761,000 hits –  "interested in": 759 million hits

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DIY – to really customize Or DIY lite…

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Reading LessonWriter – teacher tool

See a sample of Express crea+on from this reading © 2017 Healey, [email protected]

BreakingNewsEnglish

Great teacher tool – print the lesson Students can work online or offline Sample Level 6 lesson © 2017 Healey, [email protected]

Authen+c audience! •  Student blogs, websites •  Forums: TIGweb, Dave’s ESL Café

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Dave's ESL Café student forums

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Project work

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iEARN Global collabora+ve projects at h>ps://iearn.org/ collabora+on

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WebQuests

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Appealing to student interest!

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Student interest Fan sites – just a Jus+n Bieber sampling

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Who’s popular with your students? Let’s see what we can find…

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Facebook Group for your class •  Add suggested readings •  Add ac+vi+es •  Ask students to post comments •  Ask students to create their own group

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Ac+on… •  •  •  • 

The DIY Age Let students select, manipulate, republish Keep up to date Help students make good decisions

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What is 21st Century Educa+on?

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Your thoughts? •  Talk with a neighbor •  Describe 2-3 things you already do, or you plan to do, to improve digital literacy and reading/wri+ng for your students •  What else should we be doing?

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Ques+ons? Deborah Healey [email protected] sites.google.com/site/readingandwri+ngresources



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