TECHNOLOGY TOOLS TO ENHANCE THE ELEMENTARY WRITING PROGRAM Presentors: Sandra Costa and Tina Centurio
In the beginning...Creative Writing ● Typical Writing Club ● Paper Pencil ● Published Book EVOLUTION... ● Teacher types some pieces and adds graphics ● Published half/half handwritten/ PC/ Scanner INTO THE FUTURE...
Creative Writing & Technology Club TECHNOLOGY AS THE TOOL ● less paper for 1st drafts ● camera/editing photos/graphics ● publishing still paper documents/ ebooks. ● introducing web 2.0 tools
Wiki ● collaborative learning environment ● a place to embed and post their work ● easy access to resource links just a click away ● three important buttons in the wiki: wiki(home); edit and save. Link to our wiki:
Students are able to: ● create customized avatars ● add voice to your avatar ● link Voki to any wiki, blog or website using an embed code Valentine's Day
Students are able to: ● record written text using voice recording with no fixed limit of time ● no login required ● link to or publish recording to any wiki, blog or website with an embed code
Students are able to: â—? do up to 3 minutes voice recording â—? link or publish their Audioboo using the embed code
Spirit Week
Students are able to: â—? add voice to images â—? easily add to any wiki, blog, website, or profile with an embed code
Spring
Students are able to: ● create a digital flip book with stories ● save document as a PDF file and simply upload it ● convert PDF document into a flipping book ● link to or use the embed code to share with others
Free Stories
Students are able to: â—? create a word mosaic from text in different shapes â—? publish mosaic to a wiki/blog/website using the embed code Thanksgiving
Students are able to: ● create word clouds from text (words or sentences) ● use different fonts, layouts and colors ● embed easily in a wiki, blog or website.
Valentine's Day
Use "myebook" to: ● create an ebook from scratch or ● create a PDF document and easily turn it into an ebook ● link to, embed or share your ebooks easily Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
HANDS ON SESSION ● Link to our wiki ● Links to websites are available at the top of each slide ● Pick a web 2.0 tool to experiment with ● grab the embed code ● click on a test page in the wiki ● click edit: insert html/javascript, paste embed code, click next, insert plugin, save
GOOD LUCK!
THANK YOU FOR COMING
Our contacts: scosta@caislisbon.org tcenturio@caislisbon.rg