LITERACY SKILLS are the key, transferable skills required to process, and understand the multitude of TEXTS we encounter every day. From VISUAL to AUDITORY, from video games to novels, we rely on our skills to make meaning and ascertain messages. Like all skills, they must be developed, honed, and practiced. One of the best ways to INTRODUCE or REINFORCE these skills with your students in … Continue reading Literacy Skills: Short Stories
ThingLink is a free online tool to digitally annotate images. There area wide variety of reasons for using ThingLink in your classroom, ranging from visualizing complex ideas, to streamlining presentations. Here you will find a number of tutorials that walk you, step-by-step, through the tool. You will move from complete beginner to expert in less … Continue reading Video Tutorial Series: ThingLink, the Digital Annotation Tool
The Media Triangle was first created by Eddie Dick, and has since been used as a way for people to fully analyze the messages and meanings of media texts. By focusing not only on the text itself, but also the audience, and the production, one is able to tease out complex concepts that might otherwise go … Continue reading Introducing The Media Triangle
There are few things more important than teaching students to view the world through a critical lens. "How individuals construct their social identities, how they come to understand what it means to be male [or] female ... is shaped by commodified texts produced by media for audiences that are increasingly segmented by the social constructions … Continue reading Teaching Gender Representation in the Media
Now that you have learned all about Choose Our Way tales and how to create them using Twine 2 you may want to print physical hardcopies of the tutorial. Feel free to distribute my sheets for non-commercial purposes. Examples of apps made using this method can be found at: Sammi's Quest: Google Play Store A Free Demo … Continue reading Twine 2 / Choose Our Way tale: Downloadable Resources
Choose Our Way tales (COWtales) are stories where the reader gets to make a choice about the direction the story will follow. By being an active participant in the story, readers are more engaged and willing to press forward through the text. COWtales have a number of branching plot threads, as well as a variety of endings. … Continue reading Introduction to Choose Our Way Tales
Now that you have learned all there is to learn about Google Forms you may want to print physical hardcopies of the tutorial. Feel free to distribute my sheets for non-commercial purposes. DOWNLOADS Google Forms - Tutorial Book - WhatBinder.pdf PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO GOOGLE FORMS PART 2: CREATING A BASIC GOOGLE FORM PART 3: … Continue reading Google Forms Downloadable Resources
In the last part you learned how to create a self-marking Google Forms quiz. Now we will see that there is always more to learn, and always more to explore. Even though you have learned how to create self-marking forms, your journey is not at an end. Sadly, your journey with me has all but reached … Continue reading More to Learn About Google Forms
In the last part you learned how to make an Advanced Google Form. Now that you know how to create a number of different types of forms, you will be putting those skills to use in an effort to make your life easier. If you have not read the previous chapters, please familiarize yourself with that … Continue reading Creating a Google Form Quiz
In the last part you learned how to make a basic Google Form. This section will expand your knowledge of Google Form creation. Not only will you create a form with a variety of question types, we will also add images, videos, titles, and sections. Finally, you will create multi-branching forms where specific responses will … Continue reading Creating an Advanced Google Form
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