Literacy in the Humanities Classroom

A 21st Century Toolkit

Presented by Elizabeth Helfant and Patrick Woessner

A Challenge!

TPCK - Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge

From- http://www.tpck.org

Requirements to Teach with Tech

Teaching successfully with emerging technologies requires:• A spirit of experimentation• Willingness to engage learners in the creation of learning resources (co-creation of content)• Willingness to “let go” of control and content presentation approaches to teaching• Tolerance of failure

From Handbook or Emerging Technologies for Learning- Siemens and Tittenberger

New LiteraciesPartnership for 21st

Century SkillsISTE NetsNCREL-Metri Group

Basic Literacy

Information Literacy

Visual/Media Literacy

Intercultural Literacy

Digital Citizenship/Ethical Literacy

NetworkLiteracy

Image-lngwitches on flickr

New Skills or New Tools?

Note takingResearchReadingParaphrasingWritingPresenting

Collaboration Creativity Critical ThinkingManaging InformationConnecting/NetworkingManaging Media

Questions to Consider• How are our students different? How do they learn and manage information differently? • Do our students need different skills?• How has literacy changed?

New Skills or New Tools?

Note takingResearchReadingParaphrasingWritingPresenting

CollaborationCreativityCritical ThinkingManaging InformationConnecting/NetworkingManaging Media

RSS

iGoogle

Google Reader

Feedbeater

New Skills or New Tools?

Note takingResearchReadingParaphrasingWritingPresenting

CollaborationCreativityCritical ThinkingManaging InformationConnecting/NetworkingManaging Media

OneNote Notebooks

Create Original WorkbooksStudents can add audio Students can clip screenshotsStudents can share notebooks

New Skills or New Tools?

Note takingResearchReadingParaphrasingWritingPresenting

CollaborationCreativityCritical ThinkingManaging InformationConnecting/NetworkingManaging Media

Zoho Shared Notebook

Exercise Workbook wih Audio and Video Ability to ShareAlso good for Research Notebook

Diigo and Delicious

New Skills or New Tools?

Note takingResearchReadingParaphrasingWritingPresenting

CollaborationCreativityCritical ThinkingManaging InformationConnecting/NetworkingManaging Media

Teaching Collaboration

Wiki Literature

WIKI BOOKS

WIKI LABS

WIKI Lesson Plans

New Skills or New Tools?

Note takingResearchReadingParaphrasingWritingPresenting

CollaborationCreativityCritical ThinkingManaging InformationConnecting/NetworkingManaging Media

Blogging

GOOGLE Writing Assignments

New Skills or New Tools?

Note takingResearchReadingParaphrasingWritingPresenting

CollaborationCreativityCritical ThinkingManaging InformationConnecting/NetworkingManaging Media

Google Presentations

Fredrick Douglass Project

Use of Image and VideoUstream.tv

Photo Essay

Photo Essays (digital storytelling) combine images, audio, and textPhotostory 3 for Windows Free tool for creating essays and storiesSharing Culture Through Digital Stories Includes a unit plan with lessons

New Skills or New Tools?

Note takingResearchReadingParaphrasingWritingPresenting

CollaborationCreativityCritical ThinkingManaging InformationConnecting/NetworkingManaging Media(Visual Literacy)

Cell Phones and Flickr Groups

Postcards from the Odyssey- Microsoft Publisher VoiceThread Projects

New Skills or New Tools?

Note takingResearchReadingParaphrasingWritingPresenting

CollaborationCreativityCritical ThinkingManaging InformationConnecting/NetworkingManaging Media

InterCultural Literacy

Networked Literacy

Facebook 1800s

Networking for Professional Development

Classroom 2.0

EnglishCompanion

Global Collaborations

New Media Literacies

Library 2.0

New Skills or New Tools?

Note takingResearchReadingParaphrasingWritingPresenting

CollaborationCreativityCritical ThinkingManaging InformationConnecting/NetworkingManaging Media(Visual Literacy)

Podcasting

Resource Page

Podcasting with Gabcast

Gabcast.com is a podcasting platform that offers an easy way to create and distribute audio content.Record using your phone (.10/min), VoIP (free), or upload files (free)200 MB with automatic RSS feeds and blog integration

Enhanced Podcasting

trakAxPC or GarageBand

Podcasting with FirstClass

Podcasts can be created using Audacity and FirstClass emailRecord the audio in Audacity and save as an .mp3 fileUse the Web Publishing feature in FirstClass to create the podcast

Annotated Video Examples

Viddler

YouTube Annotations

Asterpix

Comic Life and ArtRage

Glogster.edu

Glogster.edu easily allows users to upload photos, videos, text, and audio to create an online, interactive poster.With an EDU account, you can create a virtual classroom for up to 200 studentsOnly members of your classroom can view class content

Glogster.edu

MixBook

Google Earth Tour

Google Earth 5.0 allows users to create tours with motion and audioTours can be created with or without placemarksPlacemarks can include text, images, and embedded audio

Ning

Project Based Learning•US Museum

WikiFinal Project

•Adv History Documentaries• Blip.tv

•Global Climate Change Symposium

Additional Resources

Visit the MICDS Summer Teacher Institute 2009 Wikispace for more information and resources