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

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