Using Technology to Research, Collaborate and Create in the
Library, Classroom and Computer Lab
Wonder Centers: Research, Collaborating and Creating in the
Library, Classroom and Computer Lab with iPadsDare To
InnovateMASSCue October 2015Kim Keith
GoalsAdd to your personal repertoire of strategies for
collaboration in your building.Deepen your understanding of what
literacy, collaboration, research and technology might look like
for your personal and professional experiences.
Standards
CC.1.R.I.10 Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity: With
prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately
complex for grade 1.AASL 1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for
information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media,
digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.ISTE 1a.
Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or
process.
What is collaboration?Collaborative teaching is a service
delivery structure in which teachers with different knowledge,
skills, and talents have joint responsibility for designing,
delivering, monitoring, and evaluating instruction for a diverse
group of learners in general education classrooms DeBoer &
Fisher, 1995.
Successful Collaborations
Establish a rapport-the first step is to establish
relationships.Identify teaching skills and use them to create
cohesive lessons.Discuss strengths and weaknesses.Formulate a plan
of action and act as a team.Take risks and grow.
By using these strengths, you can differentiate your instruction
to meet the needs of a larger group more frequently within the
classroom as well as allowing for individualized instruction.
Natalie Marston, elementary special educator, Charles County,
Maryland
Practical ways to incorporate technologyinto our literacy
instruction
ISTE StandardsCollaborate to produce original works or solve
problems.Locate Information and communicate ideas.Apply existing
knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.Interact,
collaborate, and publish with peers.Contribute to project teams to
produce original works or solve problems.
Literacy Coach, First Grade Teacher and Library Media Specialist
Wonder center-inquiry based research on nocturnal animals.First
grade class took books from the library to put in the wonder center
and decide what animal they would research.
The class came into the computer lab and used the database
PebbleGo to gather information.The next class period they came into
the library and used non-fictionbooks to gather more facts and to
illustrate their animal.
App Smashing
Pic CollageChatterpixPerfect Video
Nocturnal Animal Collage
DY Educational Foundation GrantPerfect Pairs-Pairing Fiction and
Non-Fiction books.
How Animals Can Change an Environment
Final ProductWrote a letter to an animal telling them about how
either the gopher tortoise or the mole changed their
environment.
Collaboration with the Art Teacher
Big Books
Fish
Sketched with pencil, colored with water color crayons, applied
clear water with a brush over the crayons and the crayons turn to
paint.
Our favorite apps
Pocket Zoo
Two students share an iPad and go to the Pocket Zoo app. Choose
Live Cams and choose an animal to observe. Fill out the animal
observation sheet.
Epic! Books For kidsi-nigma QRCode generator
Rocket Speller
An alien theme that the kids are very engaged with.TJs Art
Studio
BrianPOP jr.
Symbaloo
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