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  1. Mind-Blowing Digital Literacy Integration Part 2

    April 8, 2018 by 2TechSavvyLibrarians

    Technology makes the world a new place. – Shoshana Zuboff

    Overdrive

    Overdrive is the premier provider of digital ebook, audiobook and video content for over 30,000 libraries in more than 40 countries.  Public libraries and School Libraries are using Overdrive’s collection of over 2 million titles for learning, discovery and enjoyment.  If you have a public library card, check to see if your library has Overdrive for free access to current popular titles as well as standards.  Many school districts have Overdrive as well, offering the most up-to-date, available titles in an easy-to-use format. School Librarians are able to connect patrons with print, audio and digital information. Here are some digital literacy integrations that are easily accomplished with Overdrive:

    *Students can easily read anywhere allowing them to be more mobile and creative – Titles can be checked out, downloaded, or accessed in the Browser instantly (Overdrive Read/Overdrive Listen).

    *Book Clubs – Students can access free ebooks and audiobooks, then share their reflections on a selected title in an afterschool format or an online format such as Flipgrid (See previous post).

    *Classroom Learning – Teachers can assign a title to a student for reading.  A student can read the book and create notes, highlight important phrases, manipulate the text size and background, and even put the book on a sleep timer to end after a certain period of time.  The notes/reflection that a student creates can be easily saved to their Google Drive for submission to the teacher.  In addition, the student can speed up or slow down the audio book delivery as needed.  Finally, students can check word meanings by just clicking on the unknown word (Dictionary.com).

    *Number of Minutes Read – Overdrive keeps track of how many minutes a title was read and/or accessed.  There is also a feature for estimating how long the book will take to read at the rate the student is currently reading.  This can be very helpful to a teacher in some situations.

    *Libby – This is the upscale downloadable app for Overdrive.  It is much more sleek and user-friendly than the original Overdrive app.  Continual improvement is a standard at Overdrive; a new app called Soria will be replacing Libby sometime this summer.  Check out Overdrive – You won’t be disappointed!

     

    How are you using Overdrive?

    TechSavvyLibrarian Jan

     

     

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  2. Mind-Blowing Digital Literacy Integration Part 1

    April 7, 2018 by 2TechSavvyLibrarians

    Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories. – Laurie Anderson

    Whether you are a teacher or student, becoming digitally literate is a valuable life skill and a necessity in our global economy.  We must all continue to want to learn, being open to new ideas and possibilities in order to be successful in a digital society.  Like many other states, my state of Texas now has a Teacher Evaluation System called T-TESS which is a technology integration rubric.  Texas Teachers are expected to facilitate student-driven learning with technology at the highest levels.  Therefore, I will be sharing several blog posts about how various digital literacy integrations can be fabulous teaching tools and time-savers as well.

    Flipgrid

    You may have already heard of Flipgrid or are the Flipgrid Guru by now.  Flipgrid is a fabulous tool to access student voice in a very easy, user friendly way.  And, Flipgrid is free if you use it in the manner they suggest.  So, what can you do with Flipgrid?  As a teacher, you can create a Flipgrid that is basically a grid with your proposed question or activity.  Your students can then easily upload a short video of their response that will populate grid-style.  You can use Flipgrid to:

    *Create Book Talks – Have students talk up a great book and encourage others to read it as well.

    *Show Your Genius – Have students share a short tutorial on something they enjoy and have mastered.

    *Living Library – Have students tell their story so that others can check out (view) as a Library Book.  Teacher can assign X number of checkouts.

    *Virtual Poetry Slam – Students read their favorite poem and/or read an original poem.  Class selects favorites via secret ballot or Google Form.

    *Who Am I? – After researching a character, student uses costumes, props and any type of support to present their learning – other students try to discover who is being portrayed  (You could also do What Am I? or Where Am I?).

    *Do Class Introductions – This is great for getting to know everyone at the first of the year, or beginning of a course.

    *Reflections/Exit Tickets – Recap the learning and/or allow students to own their learning.

    Use the Topic Discovery Library to access fabulous ideas already created!

    Feel free to share even more great ideas!  How are you using Flipgrid?

    TechSavvyLibrarian Jan

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