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 zReview Digital Literacy for a Digital Age course zAdministration zQ and A zdel.icio.us tutorial zWrap-up

3. © 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 Communication

4. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Syllabus Module One: Information Literacy the ability to evaluate information across a range of media; recognize when information is needed; locate, synthesize, and use information effectively; and accomplish these functions using technology, communication networks, and electronic resources.

5. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Syllabus zWeek 1: Orientation and Digital Citizenship and Technoethics zWeek 2: A del.icio.us Concept zWeek 3: Tools of the Trade – Search Engines, Search Directories, and Metasearch Engines zWeek 4: I’m the Map, I’m the Map, I’m the Map – Search Strategies! zWeek 5: Truth or Consequences – Validating Sources zWeek 6: Risky Business

6. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Module One: Information Literacy zStudents complete Weeks 1-6 of this Module over a six week period. zFinal product is a class website of resources using the social bookmarking site del.icio.us. zStudents add valuable resources to the site, by using the tools and exercising the skills they reviewed and enhanced during the Module. zClassroom teachers assign what topic(s) students are responsible for contributing to the site.

7. © 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.

8. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Module Two: Technological Literacy and Web 2.0 zStudents complete one of the units from this Module over a six week period. zEveryone completes Week 12 as a wrap- up. zClassroom teachers choose which unit they would like students to work on as part of the module.

9. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Syllabus Classroom Teachers pick one Unit: yUnit A: Blogs, Blogger, Blogging and the Blogosphere yUnit B: It’s a Wiki, Wiki World yUnit C: Podcasting Week 12: The Cite is Right!

10. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Applications Unit A: Blogs, Blogger, Blogging and the Blogosphere zReflective writing; zJournals, which could be science laboratory notebooks or a journal for Language Arts class; zShare course-related resources; zLiterature circles; zReal-world writing about current events; zHold discussions outside the classroom after class by having students post questions and answers; zGuest Speakers blogs; zPoetry blogs; zSubmit homework assignments through blogs; zWrite in a foreign language; zAs a classroom discussion and debate area. zRole playing; zBlog newspaper; zContinuing Story;

11. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Applications Unit B: It’s a Wiki, Wiki, World zCollaborative writing; zPeer-based projects; zGroup study guides; zStudent-created books; zPresentation tool for projects zClass website; zA student-made glossary of terms with illustrations and definitions; zDesigns of experiments (and resulting lab reports) for a science class; zA travelogue from a field trip or virtual field trip; zA local history wiki; z “Advertise” for different literary, historical, or cultural locations and time periods

12. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Applications Unit C: Podcasting zNarratives; zOral histories; zVocabulary lessons; zPod-tours – of the school, community or museum; zOverview of a unit – podcast class notes on a unit or topic zOral reports; zClassroom radio show; zCreate audio books; zInterviews of guest speakers; zPeer review of work submitted as audio;

13. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Syllabus Module 3: Effective Digital Communication Understanding, managing, and creating effective oral, written, and multimedia communication in a variety of forms and contexts

14. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Module Three: Effective Communication zStudents complete one of the units from this Module over a six week period. zEveryone completes Week 13 as an introduction and Week 18 as a wrap-up. zClassroom teachers choose which unit they would like students to work on as part of the module.

15. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Syllabus zWeek 13: From Consumers to Critics to Creators Classroom Teachers Pick one Unit: yUnit D: Once upon a Time yUnit E: Paint by Numbers yUnit F: Multimedia Mania Week 18: The End((less) Development)

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. 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.

18. © 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.

19. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Q & A

20. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Administration Send class lists tsheehan@govhs.org

21. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Administration Get to class on Monday: http://vhs.blackboard.com/

22. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Administration NYCOOL Sandbox http://vhs.blackboard.com/ Community for Face-to-Face NY Teachers and VHS Facilitators

23. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Administration Best Practices Professional Development courses Register Classes start October 15, 2008

24. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Administration Additional Webinars Week of October 20 th Week of December 1 st

25. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Q & A

26. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. del.icio.us Tutorial Class Website of Resources Final Project for Module One

27. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. del.icio.us Tutorial Online Class supports: Development of a search strategy. Locating Resources. Selecting the best resources. Extracting relevant information. Validating Resources. del.icio.us and Tagging.

28. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. del.icio.us Tutorial Face-to-Face Classroom Teacher Specifics of a bookmarking activity. (i.e. topic to find resources for, research assignment.) Number of resources each students must contribute. Web address of the del.icio.us account. Username and Password information for site. A special tag that indicates which student tagged and added the site. (student initials, screen name)

29. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. del.icio.us Tutorial Go to http://delicious.com/

30. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. del.icio.us Tutorial Register for an account They're free! Strict Privacy Policy

31. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. del.icio.us Tutorial Send URL tsheehan@govhs.org

32. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. del.icio.us Tutorial Give students del.icio.us account info and activity details.

33. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. del.icio.us Tutorial

34. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. del.icio.us Tutorial

35. © 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Q & A Wrap Up