New+Literacies+and+Media

How will the cool tools, Wordle and VoiceThread impact students' understanding of characterization?

My journey began the fall of 2009 in the ECI : 546 New Literacies and Media course instructed by Dr. Hiller Spires. I learned how important it is to include technology in daily class activities and the need for teachers to have an understanding of the new literacies. I realized that I was developed in my pedagogical and content knowledge but needed to improve my technological knowledge. I was introduced to many exciting tools, which I was able to incorporate into my class lessons. I immediately saw an increase in engagement. During this course, Jennifer Tagsold and I conducted a study with my sixth grade class. We completed a project-based inquiry project to understand how Wordle and VoiceThread can impact student's understanding of characterization.

Here is the video of the PBI project:

media type="youtube" key="U3Ek6iMLUPA" height="315" width="420"

ILP Final Report: = = = New Learning Initiative =

==I had the opportunity to be part of the New Learning Initiative at the Friday Instistute the summer of 2011. This course served as one of my electives. It was a week long intense study of project-based inquiry. I was able to meet interesting teachers from all over North Carolina and China. This class reinforced my understanding of the digital tools I learned in ECI:546 as well as enlighten me on new cool tools. The guiding question for the course was, ”What will you contribute as a new literacies teacher leader?” The new tools that I learned about included, Edmodo, RSS feeds, Googlesites, and Extranormal.==

I was able to participate in Design Studio where I collaborated with a partner to create an innovative inquiry lesson based on curriculum standards.
Here is the inquiry lesson: http://nli2011.wikispaces.com/Team+9

Google site for students: @https://sites.google.com/site/gloggingaroundtheworld/

Example product for Students: media type="custom" key="15410168"

My Class Wiki: http://schaeferdms.wikispaces.com/