"Keeping Literacy in 21st Century Literacy" by Drew Schrader
The target audience for this presentation is high school teachers who are new to 2.0 tools. Schrader pairs three reading strategies with 2.0 tools. It is a somewhat informative video but the volume disappears with about a minute to go.
Schrader pairs "Think Alouds" with Screentoaster. He pairs "Mind Mapping" with Prezi. After pairing a tool with a strategy he goes into introductory details about each tool. I found his second pairing, "Annotating Text" with Diigo, the most informative.
Diigo is a site that can be shared, so once text is posted it is available to any social network. The teacher can highlight and post sticky notes into the texts. Basically, the teacher is providing annotation and context clues for the students. This helpful when teaching students "how" to read.
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I too listened to the same online conference. As an English teacher, I'm curious whether you would use any of Schrader's ideas. Prezi does appear a little advanced for younger students but perhaps a high school student would prefer it. They could also see the benefit of using it for a presentation before a class or club. As a reading teacher I liked the idea of using Diigo to model what good readers do. However, all students would need a Diigo account. I could use it with my remedial reading students and that would total about 50 instead of 120 students in my advanced reading classes. I've never heard of Screentoaster so I'm curious to learn more.
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