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| Skyping with Annie |
Skype in the classroom: During skyping with Annie earlier this week, we discussed several implications for classroom use. One of the many ways to use skype in the classroom is to video chat with experts in a certain field. (e.g. scientists, artists, authors). Skype could also be used to video chat with pen pals from another class. This would allow students to meet students from other countries as well learn about different cultures. Students would benefit from interviewing professionals or getting to know the their favorite author. Our skype session went very well and was an easy way to communicate information.
Readings discussed: Our reading this week by Leu et al focused on new literacies and how they are multimodal and constantly changing. New literacies are defined as "strategies and dispositions required by the internet that are essential for online reading comprehension" (Leu et al 2007, pg 6).
This influences the definition of reading because it requires online and offline comprehension. Examples of such online literacies are identifying important questions, analyzing, navigating information, and synthesizing information.
I love the idea of talking to authors over skype. I think it would be a great idea to talk to authors of students' favorite books to allow them to ask any questions they might have about the plot or even writing in general.
ReplyDeleteGreat post..and I love the pic!! Shanna and I discussed much of the same information from Leu and colleagues article. I like the idea of using skype to talk to pen pals, espcially because writing to a pen pal usually never invovles meeting face to face.
ReplyDeletehate this big picture of my face haha but we did have a good conversation!
ReplyDeleteGood so you are noticing that readers today require online and offline reading skills!
ReplyDeleteI liked the online reading comprehension article because it was a topic that I knew little of but ties into students being able to successfully navigate the digital world. The change in reading from pleasure to analytical does change instruction, but change is imminent.
ReplyDeleteI actually Skyped with an author of the book we used in our methods class last semester. It was kind of interesting, but depends on the author. I would be careful doing that with high school kids and do a lot of research first. I think it can and should be a valuable activity for students, but the author we Skyped with was kind of egotistical and demeaning.
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