Digital Literacy for K - 5

This wiki has been developed to support my ISTE Webinar from May 20, 2008.

You may leave questions or comments on this wiki - there is a thread for discussion below... or email me: gail@GailLovely.com

Thank you for learning with me!

The slides from the Webinar are here:





Links

For "By the Great Horn Spoon!"

Historical Background

http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/index.html
http://www.calgoldrush.com/
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/sec02.html

http://californialegacy.org/podcast/podcast.xml

Simulation

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/sfeature/game.html

Author Background

http://www.hornspoon.info/sid_write.htm
http://www.sidfleischman.com/biography.html

Skills Practice (bingo card example)

http://www.educationalpress.org
http://print-bingo.com/print-bingo-cards.php

Motivation - food!

http://tiredtwang.blogspot.com/2007/11/november-book-club.html

http://www.calgoldrush.com/

http://www.googlelittrips.org/

Resources for Areas of Literacy

Phonemic Awareness

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

Phonics

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/picturematch/

http://www.soundpuzzle.com/index.html

http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/index.html

http://www.lightupyourbrain.com/stories.html

http://www.bookhive.org/

http://www.storylineonline.net/

http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm

http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/

www.bubbl.us

http://www.mind42.com/mindmaps

Things to Read

http://kids.mysterynet.com/

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

http://www.epals.com

http://www.spaghettibookclub.com/

http://www.technospudprojects.com

http://barwellroades.wcpss.net/toothtally/08tooth.html

Skills Practice

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html

http://www.classtools.net/

http://www.readwritethink.org/

Creative Tools

http://www.voicethread.com

http://www.kerpoof.com/

http://www.pikikids.com/

Communication Tools

http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337&l=1143592742

http://middlej.pbwiki.com/Minibeasts

http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/home

http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~csinger/projects/braveirene/bravememories.htm

http://www.yackpack.net/yackpack/index.jsp

Non-Internet Tools

Keyboarding Resources (For learners less than 12)12 years old)

Please remember that the emphasis is on technique not on speed when first learning to type. We want students to be efficient typists and this means we need to encourage using two hands from the very first. Try placing a ribbon or yarn on each keyboard to "divide" the two hands' territories. Hunting and pecking with TWO fingers (one on each hand) is FAR better than using only one finger. Teach students to press spacebar with thumbs at an early age as well. The use of CAPS LOCK for upper case letters should be avoided - instead teach them to use the shift key.

Given my views here, I am not listing any typing or keyboarding games where the focus is only on speed. These speed-based games tend to encourage students to hit keys with any available finger and technique goes flying out the window!

Finding the Keyskeys on the keyboard from ABCya
http://www.abcya.com/standard_keyboard.htm

The BBC's Typing Dance Mat: (Thanks to Linda Perry for reminding me of this one!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

Tux Typing is Opensource (a free program to download) Has tutorials and games
http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/

Other keyboarding resources online:
http://www.typing-lessons.org/ (not as exciting or fun - perhaps for slightly older students)

Typing Pal School is not free (about $.55 per student) but well-designed
http://education.demarque.com/visualiser.php?id=32

Paper Keyboards to print:
http://www.teachnet.com/graphics/powertools/neattools/keyboard.pdf (has return key not enter key)

Poster of Finger Chart
http://www.zeeland.k12.mi.us/cgreshaw/Keyboard_Finger_Chart (this keyboard includes number pad)