Week 13 - Prezi

Here is my prezi about our course...

               

Keystone Project

Here are the dropbox links to my Keystone Project pieces...

ELA Teacher Interview

Keystone Lesson Plan

Student Alphabet Chart

Implementation Report

Reflection of New Literacies

   

 Starfall                                          Game Goo

Week 12 - Affordances of Glogster

Glogster!!

Week 12 - Glogster

Here is my Glogster (such a funny word) :)

I've been working on research with the kids in the computer lab and chose exotic/endangered animals to keep them interested. I adapted a worksheet to guide them through the research and my end goal was for them to create a PowerPoint (based on a template I'll make). I think I'm still going to do that but when we start our next mini-research project I think I'm going to have them play around with Glogster because they would definitely love it!

Enjoy learning about the --->Okapi <---

Week 9 - Initial Keystone Draft

Initial Keystone Draft

Subject: Literacy using Game Goo and Starfall to develop students' phonics skills, letter recognition skills, and reading skills. In this unit students focus on practicing their phonics skills through listening and answering questions through game form using Game Goo. Using Starfall students will focus on mastering their letter recognition and letter-sound association. Students will also practice their reading comprehension skills and work on their reading fluency through fiction and non-fiction stories on Starfall.

Grade level: Kindergarten in a non-graded, non-profit school designed for students on the autism spectrum.

Standards addressed: 
Reading:

• (1) With prompting and support, ask and nswer questions about key details in a text
• (3) With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story
• (4) Ask and answe questions about unknown words in a text

Foundational Skills:

• (3a.) Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-tone letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound of many of the most freqeunt sounds for each consonant.
• (3c.) Read common high-frequency words by sights (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
• (3d.) Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
• (4) Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding
  
  Intended results of the proposed technology integration: The intended results of this technology integration is to introduce the teacher to the two technology resources that can be used to introduce, teach, and support letter and sound recognition and association. It is to provide variety in the instructional methods used in the classroom to keep the students engaged during repetition of topics which are necessary for mastery.

Support and format of training needed: I will meet with the teacher and the classroom team to guide them through the Game Goo and Starfall website and highlight the sections that will be the focus of the unit. I will answer any questions the team has and will be available to assist them during any classroom implementation during prep periods, before school hours, and after school hours.

Requirements: Most of the the technology integration will be completed in the computer lab during computer class which consist of 2 - 30 minute periods a week. Additional optional integration is encouraged in the classroom as well as extension into the student's home.

Evaluation plan: I will evaluate the unit based on teacher observation (myself and the assistants) to see how successful the students have become in the Game Goo games and how much of the alphabet the students have completed on the Starfall. I will also attempt to observe and rate any increase in reading fluency through Starfall stories. 

Week 11 - Voice Thread

Here's my Voice Thread...

It's the first I've ever created so don't mind the simplicity. It's obviously targeted towards some of the students I work with but I hope you enjoy guessing too!

-----> Voice Thread - Karma's Adventure <-----

Week 10 - New Literacies

A bit late but finally done...

Jing seems like an awesome tool, unfortunately it kept freezing up my (older) laptop so I used it to capture the images of my PowerPoint slides and add some highlighting features and then put it together in Windows Movie Maker and uploaded it to YouTube. Here it is...

-----> New Literacies <-----