This document discusses ways to enhance reading class with technology by having students do activities like researching topics, responding to readings, collaborating, creating scripts and book trailers using apps, writing journal entries or responses that can be shared on discussion boards or blogs, conducting author studies where they learn about an author and create related multimedia projects, connecting with authors through video chats or social media, and allowing creative responses beyond traditional writing. The goal is to make reading come alive for students and engage them through technology.
9. There’s a Big World
Out There
• Use technology to connect with
authors and experts!
– Skype
– Twitter
– Facebook
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10. Author Study
• Students chose a favorite author
• Researched the author and read several
books by that author
• Created a video with Tellagami App
• Created a book trailer with iMovie App
• Wrote a letter to their author
• Created a wiki page on Canvas to
house their videos and information
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12. Voting
• Secret “ballot” using Socrative.com
• Socrative automatically tabulated
votes, but I didn’t report the results
until the following day
• Excitement builds!!!
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18. Connect
• Students received emails and tweets
from their favorite authors
• We skyped with several authors – all
FREE
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19. Try Something New
• Let your Students create! Not
everything needs to be written in
paragraphs.
• Don’t be afraid to use social media to
contact experts.
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