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Digital Curriculum jmcgee@opsb.net http://www.slideshare.net/jmcgee http://www.ladigitalimmigrants.wikiwpaces.com Jan McGee West Monroe High School Coordinator of Library Programs Ouachita Parish School System

The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century by Thomas L. Friedman Title is a metaphor for “leveling the playing field” by viewing the world as flat or level in terms of commerce and competition.

Flattening the Earth Historical shifts in perceptions—flat to round Similar shift in perception is required if countries, companies and individuals want to remain competitive in a global market. Shift Happens, Karl Fisch <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q>

The World is Flat Stresses the importance of an ability to adapt and specialize where there is a need Stresses importance of self-learning and learning to learn

21st Century Literacy Literacy in the 21st century includes all skills involved in learning to learn, learning to build with what you’ve learned, and to express compelling what you have built, utilizing all modalities of sense and expression, within today’s rich information landscape. –David Warlick David Warlick: Connect Learning Podcast <phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=78943916>

Digital Literacy So, that's just another way of saying that learners need to be more reflective and communicate their thoughts in ways that aren't exclusively tied to writing with pen-and-paper. Doug Belshaw :: Blog :: 21st Century Literacy March 1, 2007 <http://eduspaces.net/dougbelshaw/weblog/156405.html> Digital Literacy Model: <http://educationinnovation.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83533a43669e200e553c8d8b18833-800wi>

A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink Begins with a historical narrative outlining four major “ages” Agricultural Age (farmers) Industrial Age (factory workers) Information Age (knowledge workers) Conceptual Age (creators and empathizers)

3 Prevailing Trends Abundance Asia Automation Anand, Ashish. “ggazette_11_24_04_outsource.jpg.” Image. Versatilists’ Den Blog 7 June 2007. <http://www.gothamgazette.com/graphics/ggazette_11_24_04_outsource.jpg>

3 Crucial Questions for the Success of Any Business Can a computer do it faster? Is what I'm offering in demand in an age of abundance? Can someone overseas do it cheaper?

The Competitive Difference Creativity

Six Essential Senses Design Story Symphony Empathy Play Meaning

21st Century Learners (Marc Prensky) Visual Learners Multi-taskers Short attention spans Use technology to express themselves Information analysts Content producers Real-time Learners

Information Age Students as consumers of information Students as producers of content

Move from 20th Century Literacy to 21st Century Fluency To 21st Century Fluency where technology is seamless

Seamless Integration The Comprehensive Curriculum is a project-based curriculum designed for 21st Century Learning Designed for students to respond creatively Designed for students to collaborate Designed to get students actively involved in learning Integrates with Digital & Web 2.0 applications

Web 2.0: The Read-and-Write Web Web 2. tools are relevant, engaging, and give our students ownership in their learning. They promote creativity, collaboration, and collegiality. Garcia, Antonio Juan Delgado . PALE. Web2.0 Applications. Wikispaces . 2009. 25 Sept. 2009. <http://docentesenextremadura.wikispaces.com/PALE.+Web+2.0+Applications.+Wikispaces>

How to do this with the Comprehensive Curriculum Digital Connections to the Comprehensive Curriculum

Wikis A wiki is a website where users can quickly add, remove, and edit every page and invite other people to collaborate with you. You can create, or join as many wikis as you like. Each wiki can have an unlimited number of pages and files. Wiki is a Hawaiian word meaning “quick.”

Wikis and Wikispaces Most versatile and adaptable application available on the web Serves as a framework by which other applications may be shared Common Craft Show: Wikis in Plain English

Ouachita Parish Wikis Louisiana Digital Immigrants http://ladigitalimmigrants.wikispaces.com It’s Revolutionary Wiki http://itsrevolutionary.wikispaces.com Step Back to the Romantics Wiki http://stepbacktotheromantics.wikispaces.com Techie Tuesday & eThursday Wiki http://techietuesday.wikispaces.com/ WMHS Retirement Luncheon Wiki http://wmhsretirementluncheon.wikispaces.com/

Wiki Examples Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com Amistad Wiki (Mid. School) http://kmsamistad5.wikispaces.com/ Mr. Armstrong’s U.S. History Wiki (Mid. School) http://delmarhistory8.wikispaces.com/ Book Leads Wiki (Reading Resources) http://bookleads.wikispaces.com/ British Romanticism (High School) http://britishromanticism.wikispaces.com/ Wanda’s Wiki Wonderland (Mid./High) http://wandawiki.wikispaces.com/

Glogster Like a poster, but better Import images, video, YouTube videos, music, hyperlinks Generate html code to embed in wiki http://www.glogster.com

Example: Book/Author Project Text Hyperlinks Images Video

Literary Glogs Step Back to the Romantics (Cindy Lemoine) http://stepbacktotheromantics.wikispaces.com It’s Revolutionary Wiki (Karen Hayward) http://itsrevolutionary.wikispaces.com Twilight Literary Glog (Student Project) http://xbritt20.glogster.com/glog-2632-618 Year-Round Schooling http://s007.jmcgee.edu.glogster.com/

Wordle Generate word clouds from text that you supply Word size based upon frequency of usage Tweak with choice of fonts, colors, word positions. Print or generate html code to embed http://www.wordle.net “communicate ideas visually in powerful ways” Word List

Tips for Using Wordle in the Classroom Use a screen capture tool (such as Jing) or online venues such as BigHugeLabs or Smug/Mug to create posters, etc. Use a ~ between words to group words together such as We~the~People PPT: Ways to Use Wordle in Your Classroom http://www.slideshare.net/JenniferW/wordle-ideas 61 Ways to Use Wordle

Wordle Example Loading Text Presendential Inaugural Speeches http://www.vuvox.com/collage/detail/015dbb1aa7

Big Huge Labs.com Import images into a huge variety of templates to create cereal boxes, magazine covers, motivational posters, trading cards, etc. Images may be saved to computer for use in PPT, on wikis, etc. http://www.bighugelabs.com

BigHugeLabs: Magazine Cover

Publishing to the Web

SlideShare Upload and store PPT Presentations to Share View Only Download Creates unique url Generate html code to embed in blog, wiki, etc. http://www.slideshare.net

Slideshare / SlideBoom Create an account Allows you to Upload PPT to Slidesharing site Creates a unique URL for each PPT Creates embedding code to post to wiki or website http://www.slideshare.net/jmcgee/presentations

SlideShare Slidesharing Site Creates unique URL for each PPT Also creates embedding code for embedding in Wiki or website http://www.slideshare.net/jmcgee/minime-creating-a-digital-presence-online

SlideBoom Creates web-ready presentations from PPT slides Maintains slide transitions and animations http://www.slideboom.com

PPTs with SlideBoom http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/47663/Oliver-Nocturne-Presentation Link to Wiki

Issuu.com Find, share, upload web publications Upload pdf format magazines, brochures, documents Creates link or html code to embed http://issuu.com/jmcgee/docs/sample_brochure http://www.issuu.com

Digital Storytelling Digital storytelling is a digital explanation Present a collage Introduce a lesson Explain a concept Present as a product for research findings University of Houston. Alignment to Standards, Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling. 6 10 2009. http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/alignment.html

MixBook: Online Books Students may create an online books to share research, etc. Allows collaborative projects Select background, design, theme, and add text. Upload images from files, PhotoBucket or other image sites. Arrange photos on pages and add text Program generates html code for embedding. http://www.mixbook.com

MixBook Student Project http://www.mixbook.com/books?bid=2358975

Vampire Kisses Example of Mixbook embedded into wiki http://ladigitalimmigrants.wikispaces.com/Publishing+to+the+Web

PPT for MixBook– Project Guidelines Rubric MixBook PPT & Rubric Created by Ashley Ellis, Language Arts Teacher Riser Middle School

8th Grade ELA Student Work Ashley Ellis, ELA, Riser Middle School

PhotoStory3 A free application that allows users to create presentations using digital images. Uses Ken Burns Effect Allows adding narration, effects, transitions and background music to create a Windows Media Video movie file with pan and zoom effects.

Fever, 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson

Evernight, by Claudia Gray

Animoto Automatic Completely customized Special effects created by TV and film producers No two alike Education version available with multiple gmail accounts. http://www.animoto.com Link to Wiki

Animoto to Introduce a Lesson May be downloaded to computer Provides embedding code to embed to wiki Upload directly to YouTube Give Credit-- Cite Your Sources! By Elizabeth Dumas, LMS Good Hope Middle School

Animoto The gathering of multiple pieces to create new context Create a collage showcasing student work or art Gather historical images and relevant music to: introduce a time period Introduce a writer or poet and his/her work Introduce paintings and/or music to represent an artist or artistic movement

Sample Animoto Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening http://lhshonorsla9.ning.com/video/stopping-by-the-woods-on-a

Smilebox Upload images or video from computer or the web Select a theme Select copyright-free music Publish to web Program generates html code to embed http://smilebox.com/

Smilebox: Native American Projects http://smilebox.com/play/4e5441344d4463314f513d3d0d0a&sb=1

Windows MovieMaker Naomi Bates, Northwest High School Digital Booktalks http://www.nisdtx.org/120820731141528687/lib/120820731141528687/Airman.wmv Airman by Eoin Colfer Create video using Images Video Titles and Credits Transitions Music Special Effects Airman by Eoin Colfer

Once considered to be a financial impossibility for the average classroom teacher, flipcams, webcams and the free software such as iMovie & Windows Movie Maker have made student video productions imminently doable. Flipcams & Free Video Editing Programs

Podcasts and Avatars Conduct interviews Role play Write and present a book review Analyze a character and create a visual representation Use Podcasts or Avatars when the curriculum calls for students to:

Audacity Free download Audio Only Creates mp3 recordings Needs only a microphone File Will load easily to wiki or glog The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Kidd Monk

Voki and Webcam Avatars Audio & Video using a digital representation Voki Online Avatar Logitech Webcam Insert video here

Cartoons & Animation

GoAnimate: StoryBoards, Political Cartoons, Book Reviews Create your own cartoons Add animation Add speech and/or thought bubbles Add music Add narration http://www.goanimate.com

ToonDoo Create your own comics. Click, drag and drop illustrations. Add dialogue, etc. Great for creating original political cartoons or social commentary. Create, share, embed in blogs or website. http://www.toondoo.com

Web Tools & Resources

YouTube & TeacherTube Unlimited Resources and Examples Grammar Punctuation Literature Student Projects Teacher Productions (time savers)

Citing YouTube No official MLA Citation format for videos. NoodleTools*, has recommended the following format for citing videos: Norton, Robert. "How to Train a Cat to Operate a Light Switch." YouTube. 4Nov. 2006. 7 Nov. 2007 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs>. *Printed with permission from Debbie Aycock, NoodleTools.

Other Video Sites SchoolTube http://www.schooltube.com Content created by teachers and students All content is screened before release May be uploaded to Glogster Next Vista for Learning http://www.nextvista.org Teacher and student-made short videos

Zamzar Zamzar Downloads YouTube files and converts to most formats Allows YouTube files to be saved as WMP file (Windows Media Player) for easy insertion to PPT.

iSpring Free Free Download add-in for PPT Does not require an account Adds a toolbar on the PPT Screen http://www.ispringsolutions.com/products/ispring_free.html

Resources LA Digital Immigrants Wiki http://www.ladigitalimmigrants.wikispaces.com Techie Tuesdays & eThursdays http://www.techietuesday.wikispaces.com Digital Curriculum Presentation Available for Download: http://www.slideshare.net/jmcgee

Works Cited “07_SmartboardTraining.jpg.” Image. 7 October 2009. Lehman College SmartBoard Training December 13, 2006 & January 23, 24, 25, 2007. <http://www.lehman.edu/deanedu/share/images_events/07_SmartboardTraining.jpg>. Anand, Ashish. “ggazette_11_24_04_outsource.jpg.” Image. Versatilists’ Den Blog 7 June 2007. <http://www.gothamgazette.com/graphics/ggazette_11_24_04_outsource.jpg> Belshaw, Doug. : Blog: 21st Century Literacy. March 1, 2007 <http://eduspaces.net/dougbelshaw/weblog/156405.html> Belshaw, Doug. “information_literacy.gif.” Image. Blog: 21st Century Literacy. 1 March 2007. <http://eduspaces.net/dougbelshaw/files/-1/16184/information_literacy.gif>. “Digital Literacy Model.” Image. Education Innovation <http://educationinnovation.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83533a43669e200e553c8d8b18833-800wi> Ellis, Ashley. MixBook PowerPoint. Riser Middle School, West Monroe, LA. 2009. Ellis, Ashley. MixBook Rubric. Riser Middle School, West Monroe, LA. 2009. Fisch, Karl. “Did You Know: Shift Happens.” The Fisch Bowl. 28 March 2007. August 2007. <http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/08/did-you-know.html>. Friedman, Thomas. The World is Flat Pink, Daniel. A Whole New Mind Chambers, Phil. “whole_new_mind.gif.” Image. Mind Map Summary of a Whole New Mind. 2007. 18 September 2009. <http://www.learning-tech.co.uk/whole_new_mind.gif>. Warlick, David. Connect Learning Podcast <phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=78943916>