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CCSD Technology Integration Intermediate Writing Workshop

Day 1: Thinking about BOYS and BRAINS - The Impact of Visual Literacy on Writing

Writing Activities and Resources for Day One

Day 2: Thinking about the 21st Century Learner- Writing Across the Curriculum

Writing Activities and Resources for Day Two

Workshop Goals and Objectives:

• What are the facts about boys that makes them "at risk" in school?

• What are the differences in the brain development of boys and girls?

• What are some effective instructional practices that can support both boys and girls to become great writers?

- How can the use of technology tools and resources support both teachers and students?

• How can you use a collection of online visual images that can be used for writing activities?

• How can create slide shows and photo books be used to engage all writers?

Workshop Documents, Surveys, Assessments

21st Century Education Survey

Please take this survey

Here's What, Now What, So What?

Use this 3 column note guide to identify the facts and ideas that are important to you while reading about boys and learning. What implications does the Here’s What have for the learning of both boys and girls, and what activities and applications of technology can best support the Now What’s?

Here's What Notes

Consider This

A collection of research notes about boys and girls and their learning differences

Continuing your work for Day 2 ...

Prior to Day 2 Workshop complete these activities:

1. Try 3 activities: slide shows, other writing activities that integrate visual images to engage your students' interests and skills in writing and / or blogging with your students.

2. Reflect on your focus students' levels of engagement during your activities/lesson(s).

Comments (25)

I am so excited to bring back these great tools into my classroom. I've used ComicLife before, but now I have some ideas that can really get my kids thinking and using their creativity. As well, I know my students will be so excited to find out about Flickr Toys. My enthusiasm will be contagious and I know they'll be psyched to get started! Thanks!

A Ha' moment: Discovering Flickr, the power of images in writing, and learning how to intergrate images into a writing lesson.

I loved how easy it was to turn the photos on Flickr Storm into iPhoto to create a slideshow. I made one today to use tomorrow!

This was great. I enjoyed all of it. I will spend more time working on visual vocabulary development.

Flickr is cool. I can't wait to try this with my class.

I enjoyed learning about how I can improve student writing by giving kids pictures & visuals to help create word banks! Thank you!

Great to realize how quickly some of these techniques can be utilized.

The resting female brain is as active as the activated male brain. A-HA!

It can be beneficial to use music while observing visual information.

AHA - I am still stuck on the facts from the beginning of the day: I did not realize that boys are deductive and girls are inductive. hmmm :)

It has been a great aha to realize that I am able to create a comic life page in a few minutes. I think that my students will be able to do the same thing with whatever project they are doing. :)

I can't wait to create a Comic Life activity for my students. I know they will love it. They will especially love to print and take home their finished product.
Thanks for everything!

I love the way that flickrstorm directly connects to iPhoto for easy sorting and slide shows. The use of Flickrstorm and ComicLife for retells and vocabulary will be very motivating for all kids, boys especially.

Great learning for all of us..... even for the coach. Thanks for all your hard work today. Relax and brain dump tonight.

I really enjoyed the flickr activity. It is something that I can use in the classroom and with my family. Love it!

Great resources! The kids will love using technology to do activities in a far more entertaining way. Thanks for a good day!

A picture is really worth 1,000 words. Flickr will be a great tool!

Drawing can be viewed as a powerful beginning to writing.

My a ha moment was realizing that there are tools that I can use that will not only motivated my students, especially the boys, but tools that can lead to very meaningful lessons.

AHA! I am excited to use provocative pictures and my own descriptive sentences to improve student writing. I am also excited to use Comic Life to extend students who get finished early.

Thanks for a great day filled with practical classroom application.

Aha for the day: I can't wait to get to school tomorrow and put on my slide show with music during our writing time!

Aha! I was so intrigued by the learning differences between boys and girls. I am excited to use flickr to bring pictures into their writing and can't wait to start blogging :)

Whoa, too much for me to process! I'm exhausted! Loved the action lesson, loved the building of slide shows. I I wish I had known the schedule because I was in Joel's Comic Life class a month ago.

Learning about and creating a podcast was really insightful as well as fun. I also enjoyed browsing other teachers blogs for ideas.

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