LI+09+Literacy+Tools

=Innovative (and fun) Tools = =for 21st Century Literacy Classrooms =

Is 21st Century Literacy really different from 18th Century Literacy? What is it that we want students to be able to do? Read, communicate, analyze, write. What is the difference? In the 21st century we want everyone to be able to do these things, using tools that seem to change daily, if not hourly.

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 * Great motivator for pre reading activities. ||
 * To make a connection between theme in a literary work and real world issues/themes ||
 * It's interesting to see what's available! ||
 * Video clips to demonstrate abstract social studies concepts like nationalism, patriotism, civilization, etc. ||
 * Using film clips to introduce historical topics ||
 * Great for ESL students who need to visualize. ||
 * Using Audacity to give verbal feedback to students on electronic documents and projects. ||
 * increasing motivation ||
 * I've played a beatles song to inspire them to paint a picture. We have an art show during which other students walk around the room and write down a word on a post it that they think of when they see the painting. Those words will become a poem inspired by the painting inspired by the music. ||
 * I love the idea of using both music and video (YouTube)to motivate and engage students in concept learning! ||
 * helps to visualize ||
 * Writing Prompts, social discussions and problem solving ||
 * You can get the same ideas across in a short clip versus a 2 hour video. ||
 * Using music to create impressions ||
 * I'm thinking of the different ways that this is so much more powerful...for engaging students. ||
 * I am thinking of the endless possibilites: videos, presentations with interaction, etc...... ||

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Link to 6th grade class wiki.

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[|Calculating readability statistics] for a document
 * Literacy Tricks with Microsoft Word** (these are all screencasts made with [|Jing])

Use [|Audacity][| to record yourself reading a document aloud]. Simple [|written directions] for using tracking changes on eHow. A [|YouTube video] for tracking changes in MS Word 2007.
 * Writing**


 * Social Bookmarking**. [|Diigo] offers free educator accounts. Use this tool to teach close reading and collaborative note-taking.


 * Blogging**. Why blog with students?