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Technology-Supported Literacy in the Classroom: Using Audiobooks and
Digital Storytelling to Enhance Literacy Instruction
Technology-Supported Literacy in the Classroom: Using Audiobooks and
Digital Storytelling to Enhance Literacy Instruction
Article by Kirsten HettSlide Show by Keith Broyles
Technology in the ClassroomTechnology in the Classroom
According to NCES 97% of public school teachers have computers and 93% of those have wireless internet.
Yet on average only 42% of teachers have students create multimedia presentations
A definition of 21st Century Literacy
A definition of 21st Century Literacy
Global Literacy
Technology Literacy
Information Literacy
Visual Literacy
Digital Literacy
In order to be literate in the 21st century students must possess:
Strengths to Incorporating Technology
Strengths to Incorporating Technology
Student Independence
Motivation Peer-Support Achievements are
Enhanced
Students who struggle with reading or writing “may be motivated by digital technologies because they are more literate in new literacies and employ these to scaffold traditional literacy” (Sylvester & Greenridge, 2009, p. 294)
Challenges to Incorporating Technology
Challenges to Incorporating Technology
Teachers often do not realize the importance of the skills students learn through the use of digital media.
Many teachers have not been properly trained.
Previous exposure to technology
Not utilizing technology already acquired correctly.
AudiobooksAudiobooksAudio books can be
found everywhere! MP3 Players Computers iPods Tablets Kindles CD Players
Strengths of AudiobooksStrengths of Audiobooks“Many children are
over scheduled and overloaded; thus reading for fun is pushed aside. Extracurricular activities such as soccer practice and Girl Scouts etc. in addition to homework has become the norm.”
Audiobooks can... offer more time for
adolescents to read serve as models of
verbal fluency Motivate reluctant
readers and provide assistance
Many people believe these are a form of cheating.
Not True!
Strategies for Incorporating Audiobooks
Strategies for Incorporating Audiobooks
Access to audiobooks
Teach students how to use audiobooks
Create guidlines for using the audiobooks
Create a rubric for reading responces
Connect the audiobook to curriculum
Set up a listening station
Use audiobooks to introdue texts
Group setting to hear examples of fluency, intonation, and pacing
Lead discussions of effective well-read book
Digital StoriesA new generation of storytelling begins through digital stories, created on the
computer using pictures and sometimes adding video or audio files.
Digital StoriesA new generation of storytelling begins through digital stories, created on the
computer using pictures and sometimes adding video or audio files.
Using digital technologies, students can turn one-dimensional writing composition into a digital story that can be published and shared to a small, intimate audience or with the world
Seven Steps to Digital Storytelling
Seven Steps to Digital Storytelling
1)Owning Your Insights
2)Owning Your Emotions
3)Finding the Moment
4)Seeing Your Story
5)Hearing Your Story
6)Assembling Your Story
7)Sharing Your Story
Strengths of Digital Storytelling
While creating a digital story, students apply both reading and writing skills.
Students must: Write a script or text Sequentially plan
images Utilize technology
Integrate 21st century literacies
Conduct research Communicate with an
audience
I approve!I approve!
Strategies for Incorporating Digital Stories
Strategies for Incorporating Digital Stories
There are three major categories of digital stories:
1)Personal Narratives
2)Stories that inform or instruct
3)Stories that examine historical events
Explain these to your students
Assign students to research a historical topic or event
In groups, individually Explain the seven
steps from earlier
www.audible.com www.audiobooksforfree.com www.audiofilemagazine.com www.recordedbooks.com Digital Storytelling
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