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Traversing the Technology Terrain

Supporting Literacy Learning

Traversing theTechnology TerrainSupporting Literacy Learning
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Focus on the Future: Connecting Books and the 21st Century Reader

2012 American Library Association Conference Presentation: LiveBinder: Focus on the Future by Susan Dee and Deanna Gouzie


Websites to Explore

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Especially helpful for fluency work, VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents and videos and allows people to navigate slides, narrate, and leave comments.


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BiblioNasium is a Goodreads-like "virtual reading village" for young learners. Providing a secure platform for organizing, tracking, and sharing experiences around reading, the site ultimately sets the stage for increased engagement with children's and young adult literature.


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Connecting the learning we do in our schools, our homes, and our communities, Wonderopolis walks the line between formal and informal education. Each day, this site poses an intriguing question and explores it in a variety of ways.


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Padlet

This virtual wall platform has so many uses within the classroom as it allows teachers & students to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. Padlet works like an online sheet of paper where people can put any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text) anywhere on the page, together with anyone, from any device.


Deb Frazier's Wild Readers

Where the Wild Things Are

Word of the Day

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ThingLink

Thinglink is an interactive image tool that provides users with the ability to turn any image into a multimedia launcher. Teachers can create media rich visual resources packed with content to engage students in deep learning experiences. Students can create a ThingLink to present knowledge and ideas or to document learning.

One for the Murphys

Standing Up By Sitting Down-Civil Rights

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Animoto

Animoto allows you to create professional looking videos in a matter of minutes! It combines photos, video clips, text, and music into creative slide presentations. There are a variety of ways you can use this platform to support literacy work. Here are a few examples:


Candy Bomber~Book Trailer

World Read Aloud Day~Highlights of Literacy Events

Mrs. Shea's Class Top 10~Celebrate Reading Accomplishments

Ignite a Spark~Additional Ideas & Resources

Ideas for Cultivating a Reading Community

Flipagram

Twitter

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@210BIS

Mrs. Dee's Class is a class of 5th graders who love to connect with other learners, authors, and illustrators from around the world!
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@LiteracyDocent

Grow your own Professional Learning Network through Twitter by connecting with other teachers, authors and professional associations across the country and the world! Participate in real time Twitter chats, find resources you can use right away, connect with experts in your field of interest...the possibilities have NO boundaries!
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Contact Information

Wife. Auntie. K-5 Literacy Strategist. Chairperson of #nErDcampNNE. Avid Reader & Recommender. Devoted to inspiring life-long reading habits!

Email: susan.readingteacher.dee@gmail.com
Website: www.thebookmavenshaven.blogspot.com
Phone: 207.229.9837
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Book-Mavens-Haven/117238354959540
Twitter: @literacydocent