Where do you see transliteracy? You see it in 21st century classrooms. Teachers are now starting to use technology more and more every year. Teachers are finding new ways to deliver content, engage students, and use adaptive programs for differentiation within a classroom.
I looked at the Power of Video in the TesTeach website. This was a great reminder of how to use educational videos as a way to connect content, engagement, and motivation all at the same time. The Power of Video suggests that teachers gather content related videos that are 5 minutes or less in length. Finding short videos may pose a problem for teachers. These videos become a reward for the class based on their behavior. They select a video to watch from the bank of preselected videos. I can already see how powerful this strategy can be in science. When teaching a unit that is social studies based, finding engaging video might show to be more challenging. While this is a great brain break activity, it should also be connected into the unit that you are teaching. I plan to create a hyperdoc with links to videos for each GLAD unit that I create. This is a great addition to unit that I have already started working on.
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Diana Moore
4/21/2018 05:24:08 pm
Stephanie, you are right. Transliteracy can be seen everywhere in our classrooms. Teachers are masters of differentiation and teaching students to learn using multiple resources. Do you find that some teachers are still struggling with this concept? I do! I think there are still many teachers content to teach "the old fashioned way" that haven't given thought to the affect that this will have on their student outcomes. The world is moving too fast, as teachers we must be able to keep up.
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Jane Adams Gallagher
4/21/2018 08:44:25 pm
I haven't heard of the Power of Video. Something new for me to check out. I'm glad you have found something you can use with your units. Finding a video to go along with each unit is a lot of work, but how nice when you're done to have it ready to go the next time around. Your fellow teachers may kiss your feet for doing this.
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helen
4/23/2018 05:37:52 pm
I love this idea, I remember using it in a more limited way with our summary projects. I think it will become an important addition to our GLAD units. Please bookmark this idea!!!
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Teresa Barron
4/23/2018 11:01:50 pm
You caught my attention with your hyperdoc idea! I think this will be a fantastic aspect to include in your GLAD units! Not only will you be engaging students, but also giving them choices, as well as, keeping a running document for yourself. Each time you teach the unit you can add new (possibly more updated) links to your hyperdoc. I think you should share this idea with our colleagues; I'm sure many would love to hear about it and try doing the same thing.
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