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Learning Journeys with ICT: Digital literacy

Take the guess work out of ICT. Learning Journeys with ICT is a comprehensive, enlightening and user-friendly series. It covers a wide range of topics that are useful and up-to-date from ICT in the early years and ICT and the Creative Arts to best practice learning, mastering technologies for learning purposes and harnessing ICT advances. The series' resources are designed for practical application in the classroom and include unit plan templates, posters, rubrics and charts.

Ages: 5-11 | Pages: 56 | Code: 0387 | ISBN: 9781877478000

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Angie Simmons

Angie Simmons is interested in current best-practice learning approaches that encompass thinking skills, collaboration and problem solving. As an experienced educator, she has worked broadly across the educational sector of New Zealand. She worked as a primary school teacher for many years and as a university lecturer, when she was head of an educational technologies programme and taught prospective teachers. In another significant educational role, she was a digital technologies professional development facilitator working with schools across the Auckland area to integrate future-focused learning within the curriculum.

Contents

Introduction 4
The new world of digital literacy5
A. Using ICT to teach the reading process 8
Pick-a-path stories8
Cloze reading tasks8
A reading group learning centre8
Create a WebQuest9
Character web10
Guided reading of nonfiction material11
B. Using ICT to teach the writing process 12
Teaching the concepts of literacy12
Stages of the writing process13
C. Using ICT to teach expressive writing 15
Blogging15
Planning with mind mapping16
Word processing throughout the story writing process17
Debating17
Making digital stories19
Movie-making: creating an audiovisual story20
Digital letter writing20
D. Using ICT to teach creative writing 22
Creating digital stories24
Writing poetry for a multimedia presentation27
E. Using ICT to teach transactional writing 29
Podcasting31
F. Using ICT to teach oral language 32
Dialogue activity32
Speeches33
Interviews33
Creating plays as animations34
Recording written work34
G. Using ICT to teach visual language 35
Creating a class newspaper36
Viewing famous art works in detail36
Creating a travel brochure36
Creating an advertising campaign36
Creating a virtual trip around the world37
Designing a CD cover37
H. Sample plan and resources 38
KWHL chart38
PMI chart39
Y-chart40
Decision chart41
Multimedia planning storyboard42
Sample rubric43
Sample unit plan44
Computer tips and tricks46
Using the Internet: some tips for students47
Using drawing tools: some tips for students48
Creating a podcast: some tips for students49
Further online resources 50
Reference 54
Index of ICT tools 55