1. Future Now! the is © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Digital Literacy for a Digital Age Liz Pape, CEO Tracy Sheehan, PD Specialist Virtual High School Global Consortium www.goVHS.org

2. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Purpose zModule Two: Project Showcase zOverview Module Three: Effective Digital Communication zSuggested Modification to Module Three zPost-course Feedback Surveys zRubrics for Module Three Projects zBest Practices Professional Development zFeedback zQ and A

3. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Syllabus Module 2: Technological Literacy and Web 2.0 is knowledge about what technology is, how it works, what purposes it can serve, and how it can be used efficiently and effectively to achieve specific goals.

4. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Project Showcase

5. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Project Showcase http://digitalliteracyforadigital age.wikispaces.com

6. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Project Showcase

7. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Project Showcase

8. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Project Showcase

9. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Syllabus Three Six-week Modules: zModule One: Information Literacy zModule Two: Technological Literacy and Web 2.0 zModule Three: Effective Digital Communication

10. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Syllabus Module 3: Effective Digital Communication Dec. 15 th – Feb. 1 st Understanding, managing, and creating effective oral, written, and multimedia communication in a variety of forms and contexts

11. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Module Three: Effective Digital Communication zEveryone completes Week 13 as an Introduction and Week 18 as a Wrap-up. zStudents complete one of the Units using one of the Tools from this Module over a six week period.

12. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Syllabus zWeek 13: From Consumers to Critics to Creators y(Dec. 15 th – Dec 21 st ) zWeek 18: The End(less) Development) y(Jan. 26 th – Feb. 1 st )

13. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Module Three: Effective Digital Communication zClassroom teachers choose which Unit they would like students to work on as part of the module. zClassroom teachers choose which Tool from each unit they would like students to work on as part of the module.

14. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Syllabus zClassroom Teachers Pick one Unit: yUnit D: Once upon a Time yUnit E: Paint by Numbers yUnit F: Multimedia Mania

15. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Unit D: Once upon a Time Tools

16. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Applications zUnit D: Once upon a Time zCreate subject-specific digital stories; zAnnotate pictures of famous works of art; zCreate a video dictionary for ESL or science class; zCreate digital stories about current events zShare, comment, and add notes to photos or images to be used in the classroom; zUse tools in Flickr Toys to create motivational posters, magazine covers, cd covers, and more, using shared photos; zCreate a storybook using shared images; zPost images to inspire writing and creativity; zFind resources to embed in blogs and wikis; zRepresent literature or poetry through photos.

17. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Syllabus zClassroom Teachers Pick one Unit: yUnit D: Once upon a Time yUnit E: Paint by Numbers yUnit F: Multimedia Mania

18. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Unit E: Paint by Numbers Tools

19. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Applications zUnit E: Paint by Numbers zCreating graphic organizers and Venn Diagrams using Excel can include any discipline – Ancient Civilization graphic organizer, cell organelle graphic organizer zCreate timeline; zAnalyze classroom data from science experiments zCreate single use spreadsheets to convert temperatures from Celsius to Fahrenheit, determine sales tax on an item etc; zCreate charts and graph or scatter plots for homework or projects in Math or Science lab reports; zCreate mindmaps; zReal-world student projects like predicting trends in real estate, mortgage rates, stock market, obesity in America.

20. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Syllabus zClassroom Teachers Pick one Unit: yUnit D: Once upon a Time yUnit E: Paint by Numbers yUnit F: Multimedia Mania

21. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Unit E: Multimedia Mania Tools

22. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Applications zUnit F: Multimedia Mania zFlash cards for foreign language; zField Trip Slide Shows - Develop field trip slide shows to review and apply knowledge learned on a field trip. Students can work together to make a slide show that presents what they saw, as well as what they learned; or better yet a virtual field trip; zAutobiographical Stories or Biographical Stories; zInteractive Book Reports; zPresentations of any type for any subject; zAuthentic student projects such as starting a new business zScreencasting; zeScrapbooking.

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29. Post-Course Teacher Survey zLink sent in email

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37. Best Practices zProfessional Development for Teachers zStart Jan 14 th z6 week online courses zRegistration is open zhttp://www.govhs.org/Pages/ProfDev- Homehttp://www.govhs.org/Pages/ProfDev- Home zGrad Credit available

38. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Feedback?

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40. Image Citations Feedback http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunep/2760954968 Silly Questions http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/223839049/