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
New Literacies
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
ISTE Nets
NCREL-Metri Group
Basic Literacy
Information
Literacy
Visual/Media Literacy
Intercultural Literacy
Digital Citizenship/Ethical Literacy
 Network
Literacy

Image-lngwitches on flickr
New Skills or New Tools?
Note taking Collaboration
Research Creativity
Reading Critical Thinking
Paraphrasin Managing
g Information
Writing Connecting/Networki
Presenting ng
Managing 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 taking Collaboration

Research Creativity
Reading Critical Thinking
Paraphrasin Managing
g Information
Writing Connecting/Networki
Presenting ng
RSS
iGoogle

Google Reader

Feedbeater
New Skills or New Tools?

Note Collaboration
taking Creativity
Research Critical Thinking
Reading Managing
Paraphrasin Information
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Writing ng
Presenting
OneNote Notebooks

Create Original Workbooks

Students can add audio
Students can clip
screenshots
Students can share
New Skills or New Tools?

Note taking Collaboration

Research Creativity
Reading Critical Thinking
Paraphrasin Managing
g Information
Writing Connecting/Networki
Presenting ng
Zoho Shared Notebook

Exercise Workbook wih

Audio and Video
Ability to Share
Also good for Research
Notebook
Diigo and Delicious
New Skills or New Tools?

Note taking Collaboration

Research Creativity
Reading Critical Thinking
Paraphrasin Managing
g Information
Writing Connecting/Networki
Presenting ng
Teaching Collaboration
Wiki Literature
WIKI BOOKS
WIKI LABS
WIKI Lesson Plans
New Skills or New Tools?

Note taking Collaboration

Research Creativity
Reading Critical Thinking
Paraphrasin Managing
g Information
Writing Connecting/Networki
Presenting ng
Blogging
GOOGLE Writing Assignments
New Skills or New Tools?

Note taking Collaboration

Research Creativity
Reading Critical Thinking
Paraphrasin Managing
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Google Presentations
Fredrick Douglass Project
Use of Image and Video
Ustream.tv
Photo Essay
Photo Essays (digital storytelling)
combine images, audio, and text
Photostory 3 for Windows Free
tool for creating essays and stories
Sharing Culture Through Digital Stories
Includes a unit plan with lessons
New Skills or New Tools?

Note taking Collaboration

Research Creativity
Reading Critical Thinking
Paraphrasin Managing
g Information
Writing Connecting/Networki
Presenting ng
Cell Phones and Flickr Groups
Postcards from the Odyssey-
Microsoft Publisher VoiceThread Projects
New Skills or New Tools?

Note taking Collaboration

Research Creativity
Reading Critical Thinking
Paraphrasin Managing
g Information
Writing Connecting/Networ
Presenting king
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 taking Collaboration

Research Creativity
Reading Critical Thinking
Paraphrasin Managing
g Information
Writing Connecting/Networki
Presenting ng
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 email
Record the audio in Audacity and
save as an .mp3 file
Use 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 students
Only 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 audio
Tours can be created with or
without placemarks
Placemarks can include text,
images, and embedded audio
Ning
Project Based Learning
•US Museum
Wiki
Final 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