1 Preparing Students for the 21st Century with New Literacies How Teachers Learn and Implement New Literacies Polly Parker, Teacher Leader/Co-Chair, MA NLI (Director of Curriculum and Professional Development, LPVEC) Mary Moynagh, 8 th grade History teacher, Ashland Middle School Sue Labonte & Kevin Jones, Special Education, LPVEC December 7th, 2010
2 Introduction Welcoming Remarks (via cool tool – XtraNormal) Acknowledgements – Mary Moynagh – Sue Labonte – Kevin Jones – MA New Literacies Logistics Team: James Walker, Online Technology Instructor Zachary Smith, Online Technology Coordinator - Anne McKenzie, Executive Director of the LPVEC
3 Learning at the NLI TPACK model Teacher Leaders are paired with presenters. Participants choose a Cool Tool workshop. Design Studio Presentation day Retrieved from: (December 6th, 2010)
4 Implementation Process Mary Moynagh’s work a6bd ee5&mId= a6bd ee5&mId= The Declaration of Independence is embedded into this animation in the shape of the United States. She used Tagxedo to create the word shape. She downloaded the pictures from the internet Uploaded them into Animoto for the video. Total time = 10 minutes.
5 Teachers in Progress –Kevin Jones: – 5911e399c2aed2cc4&mId=549615http:// 5911e399c2aed2cc4&mId= – Sue Labonte: – bc8bdaeb4f a1&mId=549611http:// bc8bdaeb4f a1&mId=549611
6 Teachers in Progress What is a Hero? (Sue Labonte, Kevin Jones) –Our Twisted Hero by Yi Munyol –Pre-assessment video of each child defining the word “HERO”. - “Wordle” was created of a brief passage from the novel.
7 Example of WORDLE (
8 Students in Progress Example of art show in Animoto ( GA?autostart=true
9 References for Web Tools
10 References The New Literacy Research Team at UCONN: The New Literacies Collaborative at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation of NC State University: collaborative/publications collaborative/publications Lisa Harvey blog post “TPACK Meets New Literacies”. Posted July 27, 2010 at 9:00am, retrieved December 6 th, ck-meets-new-literacies
11 Thanks! Polly Parker Director of Curriculum/Professional Dev’t LPVEC Mary Moynagh Sue Labonte 8 th Grade Teacher Special Education Teacher Ashland Middle School Autistic High School (AHS I) Ashland Public Schools LPVEC Kevin Jones Special Education Teacher Brush Hill Academy LPVEC