Notes

__Research Questions __: (a) Do teachers self-report an increase in the frequency of computer use to enhance their pedagogical goals? (b) Do teachers use technology more purposefully to support students’ learning after a year-long professional development initiative? Data sources: Monthly meeting notes Some teacher observations Digital artifacts of students’ work Lesson Plans ||
 * Computers in the Classroom Notes **
 * (a) Do teachers self-report an increase in the frequency of computer use to enhance their pedagogical goals? || Pre- and post-study survey ||
 * (b) Do teachers use technology more purposefully to support students’ learning after a year-long professional development initiative? || Pre- and post-study survey

__Goals of the Institute __: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cool Applications __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">• Glogster <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">• Voice Thread <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">• Google Docs <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">• Wikispaces <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">• Animation: Animoto / Xtranormal <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">• Digital storytelling <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">• Word Clouds <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">• Wall Wisher <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">• Other possibilities: Collaborative learning projects, blogging
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">To explore and discover possibilities for digital technologies in the classroom
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">To see how these uses enhance the curriculum and address the common core standards in deliberate ways
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">To develop at least one project for the year that integrates digital technologies in purposeful ways
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">To establish at least one ongoing use of digital technologies that is an integral part of the classroom community

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 1, 2, 3: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">9:00-9:30 Welcome and Process the reading of the professional article <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">9:30-11 Digging Deeper Session (Day One: Teacher websites, Day Two: collaborative learning, blogging, or video etc. Day Three: Internet Workshop) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">11-12:00 Cool Tool Session One <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">12:30-2:30 Design Studio <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2:30-3:15 Cool Tool Session Two

3:15-3:30 Process our work for the day

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 4: (not sure about this one) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">9:00-10:00 Common Core and Digital Texts and Tools. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">10:00-12:00 Mapping <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">12:30-2:00 Mapping <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2:00-3:30 Showcasing teacher products

Pages we need are:
 * 3 digging deeper sessions
 * One page for our cool tools. Pages off of that main page for each of the 8 cool tools
 * Curriculum mapping page
 * Teacher product page

Day 1: Focus is on websites Does the school already have an internal system for teacher websites?
 * Google sites
 * Edmodo (more like social networks)

Google sites
 * The purpose
 * The procedure (how-to)

Post on our wiki Google sites tutorials

Day 2: Video (online content construction) Windows MovieMaker Apple iMovies (Rely on the information in the Massachusetts New Literacies wiki)
 * The purposes
 * The procedures (how-to)

Day 3: Online reading comprehension (including Internet inquiry work)
 * Rely on the information in the Massachusetts New Literacies wiki)

Day 4: Curriculum mapping
 * Refer on the information from Greg's work

Note: If we go in the direction of a teacher website (Google Sites), then wikispaces can become a "cool tool," and vice versa!

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">To Do List __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: line-through;">Work on the SurveyMonkey
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Play around with the "cool tools": Xtranormal, Animoto, Wall Wisher, Voice Thread, Word Cloud, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Set up our Wiki for participants
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Learn our "digging deeper" applications and functions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">e-mail Survey to all participants, plus initial professional article


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Online collaborative inquiry: **

Lee, J. K., & Young, C. A. (2010). Building wikis and blogs: Pre-service teacher experiences with web-based collaborative technologies in an interdisciplinary methods course. THEN: The Journal About Technology, Humanities, Education and Narrative. Retrieved from: [].

Zawilinski, L. (2010). HOT Blogging: A Framework for Blogging to Promote Higher Order Thinking. To appear in: //Reading Teacher.//.

[|Download for personal use only.]


 * Online Reading Comprehension:**

Coiro, J. (2011). Talking about reading: Modeling the hidden complexities of online reading comprehension. Theory Into Practice, 50(2), 107-115.
==== [|Download for personal use only]. ==== ==== McVerry, J. G. (in press). TPACK and the new literacies of online reading comprehension. In S. Kadjer & C. Young (Eds.), //Research in ELA and technology: An edited collection//. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. [|Download for personal use only.] ====

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Spires, H., Hervey, L., Morris, G., & Stelpflug, C. (In press).[|Energizing project based inquiry: Middle grade students read, write and create videos.pdf]. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy.
 * Online Content Construction:**

Young, C. A., Long, S., & Myers, J. (2010). Editorial: Enhancing english language arts education with digital video. //Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education//, //10//(1). Retrieved from []

Barone, D. & Wright, T. E. (2008). Literacy instruction with digital and media technologies. //The Reading Teacher, 62// (4), 292-302.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Link to Massachusetts New Literacies Institute Wiki __

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http://newliteraciescurriculum.wikispaces.com/

__Notes from 7/20/11__: Assignments: Sunghee is teaching the following Cool Tools; Google docs Xtranormal and Animoto Voice Thread

Ted is teaching the following Cool Tools: Wikispaces Digital Storytelling Glogster

To Do: (a) Find out from Greg what is Internet workshop (b) Walk through the PP of the New Literacies talk with Greg (c) Modify the PP accordingly (d) Curriculum Mapping: What should it include? What should it be? (e) We need to practice each of the digging deeper and cool tool applications. (f) We need examples of each tool in use. (g) We need to continue building our Wikispace and be ready to make it public the week of Aug. 8th

__Notes from 7/21/11__: (a) I need clarity on what approach to Google Docs we're using and that page off of Cool Tools definitely needs work. I do not know how to lift the assessment forms and the spreadsheets from the MassInstitute wikispace for our use. The work on the MassInstitute is also geared towards older students (middle and HS). Perhaps we want to take a more basic approach to the use of Google Docs for younger children (b) For Internet Inquiry (Digging Deeper, Day 3), Greg recommends showing the participants Diigo, as a simple site for this kind of inquiry work.