Teaching NonFiction in a Digital Space

1. Teaching Nonfiction in a Digital Space Presented by Angela Maiers Angelamaiers.com

2. Agenda/Goals I. What is Information? II. Digitally Literate III. Reading/Writing the Web IV. Lesson Planning

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5. STUDY

7. ©Maiers, 2008

14. Explore? • Extend? • Enlighten? • Engage? • Exchange? • Empower?

15. Knowledge is Power

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17. Technology Digital Literacy

19. Is Our Audience There? • 93% youth, 94% parents online1 • 64% on-line teens (12-17) have participated on social sites1 • 59% on-line teens have shared ALL of the following2: • Artwork (videos, photos, stories) • Blogs or Webpages for Member Groups • Online Journals or Personal Blogs • Personal Webpage • Remixed Content 1 – Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2008; 2 – Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2007

20. Is Our Audience There? • 45% Youth 7-17 in <$15K households have computer at home (2003)1 • 52% of connected families go online together for shared experiences2 • Lower income youth download more study guides1 • Lower income youth more apt to visit conversational sites to express opinions1 • 80% of households in demo own game systems1 • 94% of parents present when video games bought3 • 63% teens, 89% parents have cell phones2 1 – G. Knell, National Literacy Summit, 2007; 2 – Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2008; 3 – Entertainment Software Association, 2008 Essential Facts

21. Is Our Audience There? • 56% low-income Hispanics are on-line1 • 78% English-dominant; 76% Bilingual; 32% Spanish-dominant1 • 59% of Latino adults have cell phones; 49% w/text1 • Hispanic audience share growing 2X U.S.1 • Low-Income Hispanics2 • 5 of top 10 Websites are Social Media Sites • 4 of top 10 are search sites • Other is Univision • No. 1 is MySpace (1.1 million Hispanics there) 1 – Pew Hispanic Center, March 2007; 2 – Quantcast 2009

22. Is Our Audience There? • Low-Income w/Children1 • 4 of top 10 Websites are Social Media Sites • Other 6 of top 10 are search/ISP sites • MySpace No. 3; YouTube No. 4; Facebook No. 8 • Low-Income Minorities w/Children1 • 6 of top 10 Websites are Social Media Sites • Other 4 of top 10 are search/ISP sites • MySpace No. 1; YouTube No. 4; Facebook No. 9 1 – Quantcast 2009

24. Understanding the Read/Write Web

29. The Basics

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31. Conventions • Language • Syntax • Semantics

32. Letters

33. Words/Symbols @ edu .net

34. . __ // ( ) Punctuation

35. Language delicious digg tweet tinyurl

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37. Text User • Genre • Form • Format • Medium

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42. Ask Q • Schema • Inference • Det Imp • Visualize • Monitor • Synthesize

43. Strategy Left/Right Link Forwards/Backwards Up/Down

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45. Purpose • Intention • Motivation • Bias • Viewpoint • Credibility • Reliability • Craft

46. New Literacy Lessons

47. Find it Decode It Analyze it Organize it Use it Share it

48. Google • Google Image

49. Find it

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