Featured Presentation
Writing with Storybird
Kellie Mossler and Harmoni Tarpley, Language and Literacy Graduate Students at Texas Christian University
Twitter Call Sign: @HarmoniTarpley and @missmossler
Twitter Call Sign: @HarmoniTarpley and @missmossler
This presentation is about how to integrate writing and technology through a website called Storybird. Storybird uses visual storytelling to inspire students to write their own, unique stories. Teachers can assign students to write either long form (chapter) books, picture books, or poetry based on specific instructions given by the teacher. Teachers and students have access to each other’s stories and have the opportunity to comment and participate in shared learning.
Technology in the ELA & History Classroom Presentations
E-Reading Possibilities |
Reader's Theater Gone Global |
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Tori Mooibroek and Lauren GluckHashtag, Language and Literature Graduate Students at Texas Christian University
#techreading Tori: @tmooibroek Lauren: @GluckLauren As technology advances and as our students become "e-readers," we as teachers must understand this new form of reading and the available technology to help support such reading development. There are many applications and programs that are being developed such as Imagistory, Wiggleworks, GoodReader, and Kindle e-Textbooks. In this presentation we outline the changing nature of electronic reading and four different reading applications that can be implemented in classrooms today. This changing nature of reading has called to question the effectiveness of e-readers debating whether they are supportive or distracting. This presentation also allows for reflection and shared learning by asking viewers to tweet out their thoughts on the topic when the presentation is over. |
Clare Wojda (contributors: Madeleine Ackels, Marie Rooks, Katie Simoneaux)
Twitter: @Clare_Wojda The purpose of this lesson is to connect two classes of students across the world, increasing cultural and global understanding and critical thinking while making students stronger readers and writers. Students use Skype and The Global Classroom Project to connect with another class, ask them questions, and share about their own culture. Then students create a Reader's Theater production portraying a student from that culture, video-record the production, and share it with their partner class. Students then discuss what similarities and differences exist between the two cultures along with misconceptions and how to correct them. |
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Using Book Creator AppBook Creator is an app that can allow students to create virtual books and save them directly to the iPad. The app allows users to add text, photos, video clips and embedded sound clips into the books. This video shows how Book Creator was used during a study of U.S. Symbols and combines Book Creator with the use of other apps, such as Word Foto and Tellagami. The app describes how Book Creator and the other two apps were used during the project.
Sarah Palacios, Second Grade Teacher at Fisher Elementary in Frisco Independent School District in Frisco, Texas Twitter: @spalacios0224 |
EmojitalesEmojitales.com allows users to create stories solely depicted through emojis. Through this website, students are exposed to visual representation of literacy and must comprehend a story on a deeper level in order to pick visuals to represent the text. Once students create a story, they can share it directly to twitter. This website provides an opportunity for students to be engaged, practice creativity, and collaborate together.
Anna Williams, Literacy & Language Graduate Student at Texas Christian University Twitter: @academicanna |
Nonfiction AppThis is an app that K-1 students can use to better their vocabulary and answer questions about what they read. They read books and following the reading they answer comprehension questions. This is something that can be used in the classroom for centers or reading time, because they can test their skills and knowledge but still use technology in the classroom.
Miranda Singer @Miranda_Singer1 and Stephanie Latuso Preservice Teachers at Spring Hill College |
News-O-MaticThe app News-O-Matic provides students with five different news articles each day. Students can view past articles if they scroll down on the screen. The articles are of current events happening in the world, just in language that students can easily comprehend. Inside each article, there are five different options to help the students understand the article. This app helps students keep up with current events and explore journalism.
Kymberlyn Byrd, Preservice Teacher at Spring Hill College Twitter: @KymberlynByrd |
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Storyboard That!An interactive website where teachers and students can collaborate and create storyboard accounts. This program allows teachers and students to use pictures, graphics, characters and audio to create lessons or assignments. Storyboard that for teachers provides lesson plans and pre-made Teacher Guides in common core areas. The Teacher Guides provide template ideas and highly engaging activities for a complete unit in all types of classrooms.
Abby Engerson, Preservice Teacher at Spring Hill College Twitter: @AbigailEngerson |
Tiki-Toki Timeline CreatorTiki-Toki is a website that allows students to make free 3-D digital timelines. It does not require any downloads, uses 3-D technology, includes images and videos, allows students to share their timeline via a personalized url, and allows for group edit. This would be great to use for a history project. In this presentation, it is shown being used as a plot map for students working with The Great Gatsby.
Maleigha Meredith, Preservice Teacher at Spring Hill College
Twitter: @MMeredithEdu |
21st Century BellringersHaving students fill out “iPhones” for literary characters is a fun and creative way to incorporate technology into students’ learning without actually using technology at all. Students create fake text messages, emails, playlists, wallpapers, pictures, apps, and social media profiles for specific literary characters as a bell ringer activity over the course of several class periods. At the end of the unit, the students will have a complete “iPhone” for their character to be turned in as a complete project. This activity allows students to engage with their texts and explore plot and character in an authentic mode of communication. Link to a template or iPhone Lesson.
Amelie Prather, Preservice Teacher at Spring Hill College
Twitter: @AmeliePrather |
A Social Way of Expanding Students' KnowledgeLearnist is a free app available to any device containing the Apple app store. The focus of this presentation is to inform listeners about Learnist and how it can be implemented into the middle or high-school classroom. A great way to describe Learnist is to blend the popular apps Twitter and Pinterest into one. The only exception is that Learnist's accessible information comes from teachers and experts all around the world. Learnist is a brilliant way to connect social activity and research skills into a classroom. Whether it be a history project on World War II or needing help with Pythagorean Theorem, Learnist gives ample amount of information from professionals to students. Students are also able to save specific information to their personal profile to view at a later time, just like Pinterest. Learnist is the perfect app to help blend technology into the classroom and keep students connected and engaged.
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Lauren Stewart, Preservice Teacher at Spring Hill College
Twitter: @lauren_shc |