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Encouraging Literacy & Young Authors Through Tech

Joelle Alcaidinho & Melissa Techman

Who we are.

Joelle AlcaidinhoIndependent Educational Technology ConsultantTwitter & Pinterest @joelle_writesADN @joellehttp://www.joellewrites.com

Melissa TechmanSchool Librarian @ Albemarle County Public Schools, VA.Twitter & Pinterest: @mtechmanADN @mtechmanhttp://mtechman.wordpress.com/

Students as Authors: Connected Learning

NWP, Online Study Spacehttp://connect.nwp.org/online-learning-connected-learning/

Mimi Ito, DML Central Report1st in series of reports on Connected Learning http://dmlhub.net/sites/default/files/Connected_Learning_report.pdf

Images: davidrumsey.com; Aerbook Paris guide: David W. Siu

How digital literacy fits with maker culture

● More opportunities for negotiation when writing, mixing on the web

● Reinforce and align with open resources● Building fluid understanding of context● Permeability - creative design needs thinking

made visible

Writing & making

Opportunities for students to:

● Make thinking visible● Make useful products● Solve authentic issues● See the value of writing ● Articulate narrative and design decisions● Model and share prototyping● Gain deeper understanding of habits of mindImage via Instructables.com user sajusa99

Quick & simple toolsPiclits

● Piclits.com ● Drag words or type (freestyle).● Useful for very short summaries or character

description. Quick comprehension check.

Quick and simple toolsBookr

● http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/ ● Grades 2 and up.● Use Safari or Chrome (WebKit)● Choose Flickr images, add simple text, get URL. ● Low on features, can't edit after publishing, no

font changes or image re-sizing, etc. ● Perfect for a fast, short product.

Bookr

4th grader's 10 pg eBook made with Bookr

Made with Book Creator

SimpleBook Creator on iPad

● Requires iPad running iOS 5.0 (some features require 6.0 or later)

● Complete a project start to finish on the iPad

● WYSIWYG Interface● Creates fixed layout ePubs● $4.99 US 50% in VPP program

Book Creator app

More Advanced Pages & iBooks Author

● Require a Mac running @ least 10.7.4● Fairly WYSIWYG, some programming

knowledge may be required● Following the template in Pages is a bit of a

must, very easy to diverge from = errors ● Pages makes free flowing ePubs which are

suitable for a variety of ePub readers● iBooks Author creates fixed layout which is

suitable for iBooks on iPad only

Pages

4th graders: History of Books and Libraries

iBooks Author

4th graders: History of Books and Libraries

iBooks Author

4th graders: History of Books and Libraries

4th graders: History of Books and Libraries

http://staffsites.caj.or.jp/ringulsrud/Classof2021/HistoryofBooks.pdf

Quite Advanced HTML5 + Newsstand or Solo Book App

● Supports, text, video, audio, & animation● Need basic HTML & CSS knowledge● Need an editor to write your pages like

TextMate, iWeb, Dreamweaver or Rapidweaver● Xcode!● WYSIWYG Alternatives: Aerbook & 29th St

Publishing● Publishing to the App Store will require an

iTunes Connect & iOS Developer Account

eBook Publishing ServicesAerbook

Web-based cloud publishing, lots of features, can export as KF8, iBooks, HTML5, as mobile app; one button build for iPad, Kindle Fire, Nook tablet apps.

Quite Advanced Newsstand

● Content lives inside of the Newsstand app on iOS devices

● Although they don't look like it, they're apps● Requires Xcode + content (HTML or ePUB)● Subscriptions & servers● iOS Developer Account + iTunes Connect● Baker eBook Framework 4.0 (open source)● Newsstand Publishers like 29th St Publishing

Newsstand

Trends

● Credentializing learning - badges one example● Hybridization of maker/writer spaces:

places for co-creation; linking of physical and virtual arenas

● Home-grown MOOCs, #etmooc● Buying & distributing books is challenging, one

reason why schools opt to make their own.● Schools leverage MDM to distribute eBooks

made in house to their iOS devices.

Connecting virtual & real worlds

Mitch Resnick, in 1/29/13 TEDx "Let's teach kids to code"

Creativity with Digital Publishing

● Graphic novels● DIY math textbooks● Science logs● Selling & sharing eBooks with the world● Mixed media storytelling● Enhances school community● Student curators● Research ● Infographics

Storytelling with data & beyond

● Students need access to examples and experts.● Provide and require "think alouds".● Lots of opportunities to edit, integrate.

image http://style.org/tapestry/ NYT Science Writer Richard Corum

People to Follow

@wfryer Wes Fryer@buffyjhamilton Buffy Hamilton@langwitches Silvia Tolisano@janeinjava Jane Ross@storytellin outstanding Delicious bookmarks@lizcastro Elizabeth Castro@fuglefun Tricia Fuglestad

People to Follow

Linking a Dropbox folder to a site without a student login. Tip from Tricia Fuglestad @fuglefun

National Writing Project members: @poh Paul Oh @hickstro Troy Hicks@seecantrill Christina Cantrill

Learn More

● http://www.redjumper.net/bookcreator/● http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-

easily-make-your-own-eb-156395● http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4168?

viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US● http://www.apple.com/support/ibooksauthor● Vicki Saumell's list of apps, sites http://goo.

gl/fd5yw

Learn More

● https://developer.apple.com/newsstand/● http://www.viggiosoft.

com/blog/blog/2011/10/17/ios-newsstand-tutorial/

● http://bakerframework.com● http://29.io● http://aerbook.com/site/#home● http://www.elizabethcastro.com

Resources/Research

Belshaw, Doug. "Why We Need a Learning Standard for Web Literacy | DMLcentral." DMLcentral. N.p., 18 Feb. 2013. Web. 26 Feb. 2013. <http://dmlcentral.net/blog/doug-belshaw/why-we-need-learning-standard-web-literacy>.

Eisner, Nadene, Nell Fleming, Nicole Kaffel, and Janet Vogel. "Research Supporting Digital Storytelling."Digital Storytelling. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. <http://courseweb.lis.illinois.edu/~jevogel2/lis506/research.html>. Digest of research on effects of digital storytelling on reading comprehension as well as motivation.

Forthcoming: Hicks, Troy. Crafting Digital Writing. http://www.heinemann.com/products/E04696.aspx

Kajder, S.B. (2006). Bringing the Outside In: Visual Ways to Engage Reluctant Readers. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Purcell, Kristin, and Lee Rainie. "Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project." How Teens Do Research in the Digital World. Pew Research Center, 1 Nov. 2012. Web. 04 Mar. 2013.

Joelle Alcaidinhojoelle@joellewrites.com@joelle_writes

Melissa Techmanmelissatechman@gmail.com@mtechman

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