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Cultivating Community & Collaboration via Digital Media Literacy: A Project-based Approach to ENL1W
Presenters Alexandra (Xan) Woods [email protected] Blog: https://medium.com/the-reciprocal-teacher X handle: @xanwoods Amanda Potts [email protected] Blog: https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/ X handle: @ahpotts Summary The OTF Connects webinar entitled “Cultivating Community and Collaboration via Digital Media Literacy” was presented by Zan Woods and Amanda Potts. The session focused on integrating digital media literacy into the curriculum to enhance student …
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Voicethread
Archived recording (Nov. 15, 2012) Archived recording (Feb. 12, 2012) Voicethread is a free tool that can be used by teachers to support students with accountable talk, descriptive feedback, providing alternative ways of demonstrating their understanding or digital storytelling. The tool allows you to upload images, video, word documents or powerpoint and then leave audio, …
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Visual Literacy through Digital Authorship: From Hesitation to Creation
This workshop explores the power of alternative assessments and assignments that level the field for diverse learners and uncover the importance of tapping into student creativity. This session will bring together a sampling of student work from both academic and applied English classrooms to study the efficacy of digital storytelling, movie making and other technology tools …
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Supporting Student Learning with iPads
Archived recording (April 9, 2013) Archived recording (May 1, 2013) Do you have access to iPads in your classroom, but are struggling to make use them to support student learning? This session shares ideas on how to manage and make effective use of a variety of apps in your classroom. An extensive wiki is available for …
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Publishing with Technology
As part of the Media Literacy Strand students are expected “to create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions and techniques” (Ontario Language Curriculum 1-8, 2006). What technology tools are available to Ontario students and teachers to meet this expectation and to publish research results? What knowledge and …