Here is the word cloud I made using Tagxedo. It's in the shape of a key to symbolize literacy being the key to success in the future!
Our paper can be found here.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
New Literacies
I worked with Melodie on this assignment, first on Popplet, then on Google docs. This was my first experience collaborating and it was really fun! It was an interesting process we went through, putting all the literacies in order; I wish you all could see what we started with, and the progression as we moved things around to get to our final product below. It would be nice if Popplet had a chat feature; we used a popplet bubble to talk, but it was annoying have to delete our comments each time. We used the chat feature on Google Docs, and it was nice. I believe you can also go back and see your revisions as well in Google Docs.
Here is the word cloud I made using Tagxedo. It's in the shape of a key to symbolize literacy being the key to success in the future!
Our paper can be found here.
Here is the word cloud I made using Tagxedo. It's in the shape of a key to symbolize literacy being the key to success in the future!
Our paper can be found here.
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Hi Lana,
ReplyDeleteYou and Melodie did a great job on this assignment. I love the word cloud and that it’s in the shape of a key - very clever! I’ve never used Popplet, but it looks very interesting. I like that you can embed video in it.
Nicole
Thanks Nicole! Popplet was fun, especially working with someone. It was easy to learn; I watched a short tutorial on youtube to get started. That's the first time I've used Tagxedo; I like the different shapes you can pick. I was originally looking for a book or computer shape, but the key was very appropriate :)
ReplyDeleteI had no clue Google Docs had a chat function and I use it all the time! Tagxedo is a new tool for me, too. It's so interesting to see how different people view the connections between the many types of literacy. How have you been using some of these in your own media center/library (or do you mostly help the other teachers to use them in their curricula - I'm new to schools)?
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like something that would happen to me :) Ah well, you learn something new everyday!
ReplyDeleteI've used Wordle in the past, but I really like the shapes in Tagxedo.
Last year was my first year as a media specialist, so while I aspire to be someone who helps teachers use technology in their classroom, I'm not there yet. (I feel like they know more than I do!) We are going 1:1 in 2014 with Google Apps, and that's the book I chose, so hopefully I'll be able to help teachers transition into it.
Last year, I mostly worked with Language Arts teachers, and taught 12-15 minute mini lessons (I used Prezi), supporting their curriculum. At times I felt more like a LA teacher, but I know they appreciated what I was doing. Towards the end of the school year, when many classes were doing research papers, I did lessons to support that, like website evaluation. Our district bought a subscription to Overdrive e-books, and I made a video tutorial on how to check one out; I think the kids really liked that. And I'm planning a QR code scavenger hunt for my orientation in the fall.
So to answer your question, I felt like as the year progressed, I did more digital literacy, and hope to do even more next year. I'm excited about the Chrome books were getting, and think it would be fun to plan a lesson with Popplet or voicethread.
You mentioned the process that you went through putting the literacies together and how your final "product" is different from the original; I can totally relate! It was interesting to study and look at how all of the literacies are interconnected. Your popplet looks great! I also had no idea that Google Docs had a chat function so I am excited to get to try that out!
ReplyDeleteMelodie and Lana,
ReplyDeleteI love your popplet! It looks great! Great collaboration and insight. Thanks guys!
Thanks Ella! I thought Melodie and I worked together well. I can see students might need a little instruction (not sure if it would be called digital citizenship, maybe "collaboration manners"?) when they work together on a project. We were good about asking each other what we thought about something (in a chat box), before going going ahead and moving something. I can see middle school students moving things and adding things without chatting about it first, and some students might get a little upset about it. I think it is great as a teacher, to experience and play around with something before using it in the classroom; it has given me a lot of insight!
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