Teaching & Learning in the 1:1 ELA Contemporary Classroom

Hiller A. SpiresProfessor & Senior Research Fellow

College of Education

NC State University

October 29 & 30, 2008

What is the New Literacies Collaborative (NLC)?

A multidisciplinary team of researchers and educators who promote research, professional development, and global connections around new literacies. (visit newlit.org)

New literacies emerge from the theoretical and practical intersection of literacy, technology, and media.

NLC Research:Having Our Say - Students

• Results from a study conducted with 4,000 NC middle grade students

– Growing trends among students demonstrate an increased passion for and reliance on technologies for entertainment & communication.

– In many cases, out of school technology use had “lapped” in school technology use, even in rural and underserved schools.

– Students demonstrated a sophisticated knowledge about what they want do in school and what activities interested them.

• (Spires, Lee, Turner & Johnson, 2008)

What you said you wanted from the workshop:

• To have time to explore and play with the tools.

• To learn about new tools that are appropriate for the ELA class.

• To take back specific ELA lessons that can be taught in your classroom now.

Getting Attention wor

One technology

deserves another!

From Now On

http://fno.org

Guiding Questions for the Workshop

• What does it mean to be literate in the 21st century?

• How do I harness the power of emerging technologies to prepare students for 21st century work and life in a global society?

• How do I facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity in the 1:1 ELA class?

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1:1 ELA Workshop

Let’s inspire a generation of students to be global citizens and lifelong learners.

1:1 ELA Workshop

LET IT BE . . . Be curious

Be a hard-worker

Be a risk-taker

Be patient

Be collaborative

Be creative

Technological Pedagogical Content

Knowledge (Mishra & Koehler, 2008)

Problem-Based LearningThe Buck Institute bie.org

Bloom’s Taxonomy, revised

Creative Synthesis -- A 21st Century Skill

Have you read?

What do I do in ELA Design Studio?

Collaborate with a partner who has similar interests.

Use Project – Based Learning as a lesson framework (or another framework of your choice).

Design a lesson using ELA content—use your wiki as your canvas!

Creatively use technology tools—as process and/or product components of the lesson.

For the Design Studio Showcase, post your wiki url on your participant page.