1. 1. Using Apps to Foster LearningNew Literacies in theClassroomRichard Beach, University of Minnesota,rbeach@umn.eduGoogle Docs Version of apps handout:http://tinyurl.com/bt8s3rkUsing iPad and iPhone Apps forLearning with Literacy Across theCurriculumhttp://usingipads.pbworks.com
2. 2. QR code: Google Docshandout
3. 3. Backchannel comments:http://todaysmeet.com/NCNewLit
4. 4. Affordances of iPads/iPhones Touch: Intuitive navigation of texts andvirtual worlds Portability/storage/ownership Personal learning device Social reading/writing Multimodality Collaboration/communication
5. 5. App affordances: Literacies tolearn across the curriculum(app iTunes links on handout) Accessing/Analyzing Information toLearn Reading Digitally to Learn Writing to Learn Discussing to Learn Images to Learn Audio/Video to Learn Games, Simulations, and Drama toLearn Reflection to Learn
6. 6. Accessing/AnalyzingInformation to Learn:Wikipedia Qwiki includes videos, images, graphs, andentries for millions of topics Articles for iPad Wikipedia Mobile Wikipanion Plus Simplepedia iWiki
7. 7. Social, collaborative reading &writing to learn Social reading/writing: Study: two 7th graders reading eachothers annotations (Coiro, Castek,& Guzniczak, 2011, 61st LRAYearbook) Exposed to alternative responsepractices that may differ from theirown Acquiring new ways of interpretingtexts
8. 8. Collaborative TaskWhat caused the downfall of the Mayan civilization?
9. 9. What will happen when Abby and Starfishwork collaboratively?In what ways might their patterns ofstrategy use remain the same or change?
10. 10. Findings: Shifts in Abby and Starfishs Individual and Collaborative StancesThoughtful Gather Purposeful SummarizerAesthetic SummarizerReflective Analyzer
11. 11. App affordances: Socialreading/writing shared responsestoKobo Pulse texts http://tinyurl.com/6v7oy9w Readmill http://tinyurl.com/6tldeng Video demo http://readmill.com Subtext http://tinyurl.com/6v6fgxg Video demo:http://www.subtext.com/education Students share annotations, chat withother readers, and view what peers arereading
12. 12. Using Diigo social bookmarkingfor sharing annotations1. Add Diigo to your iPad or computertoolbar2. Find an online text3. Highlight sections of the text4. Click on the icon to add a Sticky Noteresponse5. Have other students add their responses
13. 13. Diigo annotations: Pro-conreadings: benefits of energy fromwind power th 7 grade students iMelanieSwandbys Lighthouse School CommunityCharter School, Oakland, California Students posed questions for eachother What does that mean, virtuallyfree? What are some things that useenergy or power?
14. 14. Adding sticky-noteannotations
15. 15. One students annotation: Prowind turbine essay
16. 16. One students annotation: conessay
17. 17. Students responding to eachothers annotations
18. 18. Dialogic interactions throughannotationsThere is a bad and good thing about this. Bad is it kills birds passing by. Good it makes energy cleaner. Tarnished with wind turbines? Arent wind turbines supposed to be a good thing? Why are they complaining about the turbines? it doesnt even look bad.
19. 19. Use of annotations for summarywriting I am perplexed in choosing if wind energyis a good courses or bad source. While,wind energy is a good source becauseits renewable and needs nothing morebut construction, it can also causeirritation and attention of some people.Wind turbines are loud, noisy, and risky.Even though, it doesnt cause anygreenhouse gases in the air, windturbines are harmful to wildlife andspace. More birds die by getting hit bywind turbines which is very dangerous toour wildlife.
20. 20. Backchannel comments: Socialreading/writing to learn:http://todaysmeet.com/NCNewLit Reactions?????????? Whatare some ways you could use apps to foster social reading/writing to learn in your classroom?
21. 21. Accessing/Analyzing Informationto Learn: QR reader apps Create QR code images Entering in a URL in a QR createsite such as Qrafter, QRstuff.com,Kaywa, Tec-IT, QR-app InsertQR codes into texts provide other related texts or pose questions
22. 22. Digital concept mapping iPad apps: iBrainstorm, MindMeisterfor Ipad,, Sundry Notes, Idea Sketch,Total Recall, inShare, iMindMapMindNode, iThoughtsHD, Popplet Lite http://tinyurl.com/3o6a3wy Hierarchical/logical relationships betweenkey concepts
23. 23. 5th Grade Students: PoppletLite for Concept Mapping 5th grade studentsin LauraKretschmars classat LighthouseCommunity CharterSchool, Oakland,California Lesson on rareearth metals toaddress thequestion, What isgold?
24. 24. Mateos initial map: What isgold?
25. 25. Mateos revised map
26. 26. Twitter apps Twitter Apps such as Twitter,TweetCaster Tweetbot, Tweetdeck,Twitteriffic, HootSuite Create class account Use Twitter hashtag for your class#JonesHistory10AikenHS
27. 27. Twitteriffic
28. 28. HootSuite
29. 29. Collaborative writing/datacollection: Google Docs forms 5th graders: Weaver LakeSchool, Osseo, MN Data on parasite presence inMonarch butterflies 49% had parasites
30. 30. Graphic novel app: Teacherguide: http://www.freespirit.com
31. 31. Tools4Students (25 graphicorganizers): Second graders:Lorax Garden app
32. 32. Story/childrens book writing StoryKit, Storyrobe, Book Creator,Bookemon Mobile, Picture Books,Writers Studio, StoryPatch,Demibooks Composer, StoryBuddy,My Story, MoglueBooks, myebook,StoryJumper (for younger students),Tikatok
33. 33. Comics/graphic novels Comic Life, Strip Designer,ComicStrip CSShttp://tinyurl.com/6or7bvz, ComicsCreator, PhotoComic, Comic TouchLite
34. 34. Apps for Sharing/PublishingWriting ePub: Mac Pages (soon to beon iPad Pages) Apple Author (requires OSLion): iBooks Dotepub or Inkling books Human Biology Inklingtextbook
35. 35. Discussing to learn: CMSplatform options OpenClass (free; linked to GoogleApps) http://www.joinopenclass.com/open/view/t1 Edmodo (free; also an app) http://www.edmodo.com/ Schoology https://www.schoology.com/home.php rcampus (cloud-based) http://www.rcampus.com/
36. 36. Discussing to learn:Collaborize Classroomhttp://tinyurl.com/7xdcejl Free platform for classroomdiscussions App/Web-based Extensive curriculum resources Focus on fostering studentscollaboration Professional development
37. 37. Discussing to learn: Google+Hangout: Up to 10 people
38. 38. VoiceThread: Multiple audiencesshare responses to the sameimages
39. 39. 5th Graders: VoiceThread forStudying Dinosaurs Extinction of the dinosaurs: supernova, volcanoes, or an asteroid. Volcanoeshttp://voicethread.com/share/2454743/ Supernovahttp://voicethread.com/share/2544219/ Asteriodhttp://voicethread.com/share/2545658/
40. 40. VoiceThread affordances:Literacy practices Collaborative shared reading Mediated by focus on same images Learn from each others focus/practices Scientific thinking: claims/counter-claims Exposure to competing arguments The asteroid couldnt have caused the dinosaur extinction because the asteroid only landed on one spot and there were dinosaurs everywhere.
41. 41. Screencasting app: Doodles andaudio voice-over for collaborativereading/writing/video ShowMe, Explain Everything,VoiceThread, Screenchomp,Educreations 7th grade students at LighthouseCommunity Charter School Mendelian genetics Created ShowMe presentations
42. 42. Students ShowMes: Genetics:dominant vs. recessive traits If a brown eyed and a blue eyed parenthad a baby, what color eyes would the babyhave? http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=ibbycYS Mother and father birds and baby bird http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=RNKspgu Pea plant genetics http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=GC6q3nM
43. 43. ShowMe affordances: Socialreading/writing/video synergy Unfolding doodling voice-overtalk Use of ShowMe for prewriting/revision Testing our/erasing doodles Collaborative focus on same images Video: Rhetorical sense of audience Use science disciplinary literacy Images, charts, figures as data evidence
44. 44. Screencasting: Students or youcreate how-to tutorials for peers VoiceThread, ExplainEverything,Screenchomp, ShowMe,Educreastions Snapguide http://tinyurl.com/ctkslx8 Students:
45. 45. Screencasting: feedback VoiceThread, ExplainEverything,Screenchomp, ShowMe,Educreastions Video response to writing: Jing http://tinyurl.com/3kkw4am Speeches/drama: FormativeFeedback for Learninghttp://formativefeedbackapp.blogspot.com
46. 46. Peer feedback: Reading/writingconnections Video: Better Reviewers are BetterWriters http://tinyurl.com/c36bv96 ELI review: Web-based review 1. Select peer reviewers 2. Reviewers reader using criteria 3. Reviewers respond 4. Writer strategizes revisions 5. Teacher obtains student work/reviews
47. 47. Backchannel comments Reactions?????????????? What are some ways you could use screencasting apps: VoiceThread or ShowMe in your classroom?
48. 48. Discussing to learn: Teentexting: Pew Research 63% text daily Median number sent daily was 60 in 2011. 39% cell phones 35% face-to-face socializing, 29% social-networking messages, 22% IMing 6% emailing.
49. 49. Texting/message apps iMessage(iPad or iPhone),Messages (Mac), AKMessenger!, textPlus FreeTexting + Group Text, TextieMessaging Classroom-based textingsystems: Class Parrot,Kikutext, WeTxt, Remind101,
50. 50. Class Parrot: School texting
51. 51. Toms Messengerhttp://tinyurl.com/7v7klxw
52. 52. My message on TomsMessenger
53. 53. Another message
54. 54. Games/simulations/drama tolearn: Game/simulation/roleplayapps Tiny Tower, CityVille Hometown, MyTown 2, Trade Nation, Farm Story,Epic Citadel (medieval fantasy townwith a cathedral). Students creating characters andstories based on the Epic Citadelmedieval settinghttp://www.porchester.notts.sch.uk/citadel
55. 55. Apps for planning/organizinginstruction Nearpod http://tinyurl.com/6ts55kp http://new.nearpod.com videos, polls, sketching tools, or featuredpresentations GoClass http://tinyurl.com/chbmeke http://tinyurl.com/blgogqs SHOW (online resources), EXPLAIN (addnotes), ASK (questions for students)
56. 56. App uses/recommendations EdReadch channel (MobileReach,MacReach) Appy Hours 4 U The TechChef4u app The iPad Show The Daily App Show TWIT channel Tech Chick Tips