Language Arts and Technology

https://voicethread.com/share/10033803/ I have used Voice thread before and I’m glad that I read the article about voice thread shared by Dr. Hsu.  It explained new ways voice thread can be implemented to help ELL students, visual students, and linguistic students. In today’s world of education, teachers are focusing on each student as an individual to help them learn. Voice thread is an online application where teachers and students can post presentations, their work or media. Everyone can collaborate and comment on each other’s work. You can choose to type a message or leave a voice message and include text. This makes it easy for students that have difficulty writing. Voice thread is an engaging tool that can really benefit teachers and students.

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Blogging has had a great impact on college students in reading and literacy. Blogging helped students learn from each other and become part of a learning community. The study found a positive correlation with a higher retention rate. The article did mention there were challenges for teachers when using blogging.  The teachers were not prepared to incorporate new literacies using blogging.

Second life is a super interactive fun and engaging way to make your classroom virtual and 3D! Students can collaborate with eachother in real time using text, voice notes and messaging. Students choose their own avatar and personalize it making it super engaging and real for the students. Second life has many great features for the teachers and students to collaborate and make learning personal exciting and make use of technology.

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Edomo has really great functions to help teachers and students. Messaging Communicate directly with your students and teacher connections. Badges  You can award badges from a group's Progress page or a student's Profile. Library Upload articles for your students Automatiicaly saves students and teachers work so it doesnt get lost in middle

Thanks for sharing these two great articles. Technology has really became a major part in society and everyday living. With the rapid pace and grow of ICTs it is crucial that teachers integrate new literacies in their classroom. Teachers are facing a challenge when bringing in new technology to their classrooms. Some of the challenges are that teachers aren’t so familiar with the use of ICTs or they are ineffectively using it. Schools should set up workshops for teachers and give them the correct tools to help them effectively integrate new literacies. The benefits of doing this are endless. The second article gave some examples of how teachers can use different social  networking and media platforms to integrate technology.

Candidate’s Name: Malka Wallerstein Grade Level: 3 Title of the lesson: Voice Thread Length of the lesson: 2 one hour lessons https://voicethread.com/share/ 9468113/ M – Many years ago China lived under communist rule A – A leader who rose to power in a fashion that was very cruel O – Opponents to his wishes for land and money were killed with iron tools. Z – Zealous was he to gain fame nationally. E – Education, transportation and industry, D – During his reign he improved tremendously. O – On October 1, 1949 Mao declared China as a communist state N – Noted as an important man in history to this date G - Gruesome were his actions to the people, he killed at an inhumane rate. Central focus Students will create their own poem using Voice Thread. Students will use their research from their China Unit and focus on a hero or Villain. Theory Base Gradual Release Framework Multiple Intelligence Knowledge of students to inform teaching ...