EDLA615- Language Arts and Technology

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Glogster is a great technological tool to bring into the classroom and into new literacies. Glogster is not a complicated tool to use, after playing around with it for just a few minutes I got to see and try out many of its great features. When creating a glog there are many great tools to use; text, images, graphics, backgrounds and more. Teachers can have their students create glogs on their own or collaboratively. Glogs can be used by both the teacher and the students. The teacher can create a glog to teacher her students. The glog can give information and be used as to demonstrate different things. Glogster can also be used by the students. Students can make projects and do assignments for school using this tool.

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VoiceThread is an excellent online tool to use in school. In can be used in the regular classroom, self-contained class, small groups, and more. VoiceThread makes learning more interesting and interactive for students. The teacher can create an account for their class where students can post VoiceThreads as well as watch and comment on their classmates. Students who usually do not want to do school work and are uninterested will start doing their work when voice threads are used.  VoiceThread was made with features that make it classroom friendly and safe, such as no setting the VoiceThreads public. VoiceThread is an amazing, well-priced tool that will ake our unmotivated students motivated and achieve.

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The article "The Impact of Using Blogs on College Students Reading Comprehension and Learning Motivation", is an article that discusses using blogs in college. Research was done to see how effective the use of blogs are. The research was done in a college with some classes using blogs and others not. The results of the research was very interesting. Many teachers believe that using technology in the classroom will help improve there students academic level. That was not the case with this blogging research. They have found that the groups of bloggers and non-bloggers scored around the same area with the reading. They found the biggest difference between the two groups in the classroom unity, the blogging class became like a community. When using technology in the classroom we have to keep these results in mind. We do want to add technology as there are benefits and that is what is in the world now, but we do need to make sure we have good and clear instructions for our studen...

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Second Life (SL) is a great tool to use in the classroom. There are many features and parts that can help enhance an ELA lesson. Second Life welcomes you into a virtual world. Students will have a chance to explore and see things on SL that they really would not have an opportunity to see otherwise. While exploring I have found a few different ways you can use SL in an ELA lesson. The first way is by going on an virtual field trip using SL and then have the students do some sort of writing or activity based on what they have seen an explore. This can make the lesson interesting and exciting and also open up to the teachers many more topics that they can have their students writing about. Another way to have ELA go along with SL is, when you teach your class a unit in English SL can be used to explore different places and things that go along with your unit. This will help the students get a super clear picture of what they are learning. Using Second Life can really benefit your ELA les...

Article 1:  Theories and Practice of Multimodal Education   This article describes the multimodal aspect of education. Education has recently began to implement multimodal into the classroom lessons. When using multimodal in the classroom instead of just focusing on print when reading a story the class will focus on print along with images and graphics. So multimodal is combining the modes of texts along with the modes of the sociocognitive reading process. When using multimodal in reading everything has meaning; the text, the font, the colors and the images. It is important to use multimodal text in the classroom. There is many different ways for teacher to incorporate it into their lessons. This article has given me a very clear understanding on the topic and ideas of how I can use it in the classroom. Article 2:  Using the ADDIE Model to Design Second Life Activities for Online Learners Second Life (SL) is a 3D online virtual environment. SL gives it's user...

Edmodo is a great tool for teachers to use in their classrooms to enhance ELA instruction. There are many great features and tools on Edmodo that are both teacher and student friendly. The first great tool that Edmodo has is assignments . Under assignments the teacher is able to post an assignment for her class, she can have the due date there and write the description of what she wants her students to do for the assignment. Poll is also another exciting feature on Edmodo. With poll teachers can ask their students questions and receive answers from their students super fast. Badges , is also a great tool to use. This helps keeps the students motivated and gives them positive feedback for their achievements. There are many different badges to choose from, each representing a different accomplishment. Another great feature is library . Library is where all the assignments, files, links, and much more can be found. Students can type in their search and find whatever it is that they nee...

Technology and ICT's are advancing rapidly and taking over the world. Students are now proficient with their technology and find the traditional classrooms boring and unstimulating. The only way we can change this and motivate our students is by adding ICT's into our classroom and lessons, and by using the new literacies. In order for teacher to teach using technology comfortably and confidently they have to know the technology well and be able to use it properly. This is very important for teachers in this day and age. There are many different and great technological tools that can be used in the classroom. These tools will make the class exciting yet still be educational at the same time.

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Technology is changing the face of the earth. Everything that used to be pen and paper is now done technologically. We have almost forgotten what the world was like before technology started taking over. Our students, are born into this technologically advanced world. For them pen and paper and traditional classroom lessons are boring and not stimulating. They would much rather go home where they can play their games and be busy on their devices. We can change this and help motivate our students by adding technology and Gaming Literacy to our curriculum. Gaming in education will make the students  interested and want to learn more. Besides for just being fun and interactive, the games are also educational, Students will learn many new and important skills when using games in the classroom. There are many different options of gaming literacy, one such option is Scratch, where students can use digital storytelling. Both students and teacher will gain from gaming literacy. Students wi...

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Grade Level: 1 Common core standards and learning outcomes: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2.A Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words Instructional Activities This game will help students read see pictures of things that have either a long  or short vowel sound, the students will then have to click on the word that says what the picture is students will have previously learned the long and short vowel sounds teacher will review with the students the different sounds that vowels can make students will have a chance  to play the game as a review- the game is a mix of short and long vowel sounds- the game will show a picture and the students will click on the cloud that spells out their picture the students will then review toge...

1. What Gaming elements provide users the learning content and how? Text:  students need to know how to read text in order to play the game. the games usually have text to give instructions, tell rules, narrate stories, and more. students have a chance to identify the main point of the text as well as analyze textual information- thy will do this by reading the text and coming to understand what the text is telling them.  Visual:  Graphic Elements: When playing a game one has to understand the message being given over through animation and graphics. They also have to understand where they are in the game and what the other objects around them are and what they are considered. The puzzle sort of games help strengthen ones mind in the visual imagery techniques, as they have to put pieces together and create a picture. 3D games help with spacial skills as you have to know where you are and how much room you have in order to complete the next step.  Audio Elements...

Which ideas from the PPT reflect what the ELA teachers you interviewed are currently doing to integrate technology with their literacy instruction? The ELA teacher that I interviewed does use some technology but not much as they don't have the proper resources for it in the school. The power point did reflect that the teacher will use technology to help her students better understand the literacy that they are learning. How can you help change their instructional practices to include the use of technology and the Internet in their literacy and content-area curriculum? I think that the school needs to learn more about new literacies and the importance of teaching our students about it. I think it would be very beneficial if the school would have someone give their teachers a workshop on  new literacies- what to teach the students and how to use all the technology. Being that I am familiar with the concept of new literacies I can tell the principle about it so that she can br...

Article 1: It is very important to teach our students new Literacies. New literacies includes digital and media technology. It is important that students should not just learn the traditional way, this new way of learning is needed for everyone student as this is the literacy of the world now. Students must know how to communicate using email, text and chats, know how to use search engines, and more. Though almost all classroom have computers and technology for the students to use, they do not go into use for a lot of the time. This is because teachers are nervous for various different reasons to use technology in their lessons. One teacher, Mr. Todd has used lots of technology in the classroom. His students all receive their own laptop which they are constantly using. Their has to be more teachers teaching like Mr. Todd and that way new literacies will be taught and the students will have the skills they need for life.  Article 2: Students must learn using new litera...

I have interviewed Mrs. C. S. Yudkowsky a first grade teacher in a school in Lakewood NJ. Her students are still young and the school does not have much technological integration, Mrs. Yudkowsky says, but she still uses some technology to enhance her ELA lessons. One thing Mrs. Yudkowsky does is she has listening center. The girls sit in a circle around a CD player and plug in headphones. The students then listen to a book being read while following in their own hard copy. This helps the students with fluency and print concepts. Mrs. Yudkowsky also uses songs and video's as necessary. Mrs. Yudkowsky uses technology, such as the web to help create and plan her lessons. She finds different ideas and sheets to use for her class. She can also check up which books and skills to use for her class. Mrs. Yudkowsky says that technology is definitely very helpful for her ELA lessons.