Technology and Teens Symposium
Reading Activities Spiced up with Web 2.0
ABSTRACT
‘My students don’t read the books I assigned.’ Isn’t it a problem for many of us? If only they could realise how much they would improve themselves when they read. How about motivating them with fun activities? When they find something interesting, they will love it. In this session we will look into some fun activities to be used with class readers, short stories or novels.
SUMMARY
The session aims to focus on the importance of reading in our lives. How stories are important for us. We can’t experience many lives but through other characters we can learn many things. Thus, reading enables us to see the world with different eyes.
Our students are surrounded by too many stimulants. The only way to catch their attention is to challenge them.
Inthe second part of my talk, I will introduce web 2.0 tools. The participants will see how I use web 2.0 tools with reading based projects. These tools will enable our students to have a real audience. I will also share my students’ projects.
Why do I want my students to digitalise the stories:
Projects of my students and my introductions
Pre Reading activities
My animoto as a pre reading discussion starter for The Great Gatsby
http://animoto.com/play/5cx1NlzN3G6y7EewmcU0rg
My poster for a quick web quest
http://www.glogster.com/sevna/jamaica-inn/g-6meqsc9fei55jnarsgp3dgi
My introduction for the Grapes of Wrath
http://grade11fld.edublogs.org/2010/02/10/the-grapes-of-wrath/
An interview in the street
http://grade11fld.edublogs.org/2009/10/30/the-great-gatsby-and-a-great-survey/
Another web quest with wallwisher
http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/nHRF6FR3Vt
A dictogloss with google search stories
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y65FbAYP5fo&feature=player_embedded
Assigning a task with google search stories
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUgxO2uARvc&context=C3755950ADOEgsToPDskIlSvxPbxb_OsEULEfB3hvg
While and After Reading Activities
A Book Review as a blog post
http://burag.edublogs.org/2009/12/24/the-great-gatsby/
A Day’s Wait an entry written from Schatz’s point of view
http://prezi.com/f0kwrr52vllm/present/?auth_key=2b5hk5k&follow=mgoubdxk4qmi#9
http://goanimate.com/videos/08YkWBwoThsk?utm_source=linkshare
Waiting for the Police, a biography ( Mr Penbury)
http://www.glogster.com/cynthiau/mr-penbury/g-6llv79ukuokql8qrv08aqa0
Summary and quiz for Gift of the Magi
http://englishwithgrade10fld.blogspot.com/2012/01/digitalising-gift-of-magi.html
Gift of the Magi adaptation to 21st Century with bookr
Christmas Massacre by Karin
Chapter summaries for Jamaica Inn
http://englishwithgrade10fld.blogspot.com/2011/06/jamaica-inn.html
Book reviews, posters, word clouds and animations for About a Boy
http://englishwithgrade10fld.blogspot.com/2011/02/reading-challenge.html
posters, poems, interviews for The Fun They Had
http://englishwithgrade10fld.blogspot.com/2012/02/fun-they-had.html
Fakebook page of a fictional character (The Landlady)
http://englishwithgrade12fld.blogspot.com/search/label/digitalising%20the%20stories
The Landlady
http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/?id=35886
Animation based on the Eveline adaptation of the students. Eveline in 21st century.
http://goanimate.com/videos/0_NCXTgtKkQE?utm_source=linkshare
Projects for The Grapes of Wrath
http://grade11fld.edublogs.org/2010/02/12/the-grapes-of-wrath-your-contribution/
Presentations for our Comenius project- The magic of reading, The power of discovering ourselves
http://englishinesayan.blogspot.com/p/our-comenius-project-magic-of-reading.html
http://prezi.com/hgzpcjbgunip/pinocchio/
More ideas on this blog
Fun with Class Readers 1
Fun with Class Readers 2
Fun with Class Readers 3
Reading Challenge
Handout
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