 |
| |
|
Plan Ahead |
The planning form contains questions to help you plan the implementation of a Technology Literacy project.
See the planning form:
Microsoft Word* | PDF |
| |
|
|
Project Overview
In the Research, Write, Publish project, students develop the fundamental skills needed to use technology in support of research, creativity, and communication. Students become more effective researchers, writers, and publishers by learning and applying sound methods and processes. You help students understand how methods and processes reflect accumulated knowledge and result in accomplishing goals. You also facilitate as students apply methods and processes to tell meaningful stories and produce visually appealing publications. As students become more skilled, they begin to understand how an expert can sometimes bend or break “the rules” to make a stronger impact on an audience.
Project Questions
- What makes a story interesting and meaningful to an individual?
- Why is some information reliable and other information unreliable?
- How does process enhance or interfere with creativity?
- How does technology enhance or interfere with communication?
Narrative Writing >
How can you help students develop narrative writing skills? In this module, you help students explore how authors use the narrative style of writing to tell interesting and meaningful stories. Students examine and use literary elements to analyze and write narratives. You guide students as they choose a research topic that interests them, and then you help students understand the topic from the point of view of a fictional character.
Online Research >
How do your students react to assignments that involve the Internet? Whether your students are enthusiastic or hesitant, all students can learn to be savvy Internet users. In this module, you guide students as they develop sound online research skills by identifying and locating credible Web sites. You help students build their Internet knowledge by showing them how hypertext and hypermedia power the World Wide Web. Finally, you help students as they learn to summarize their sources with an annotated bibliography.
Writing Process >
Do your students sometimes feel that connecting their research to their writing is difficult? In this module, you guide students as they use online research to plan and write narrative essays. Your goal is to encourage your students to unleash their creativity when they draft their narratives. Then, you help students put themselves in the minds of their readers as they revise their first drafts. For this module, students must know how to use a word processing application to help them revise and edit their essays. Throughout the module, you monitor students as they complete their drafts and prepare to publish their narratives.
Desktop Publishing >
How can you motivate your students to improve their writing? Students usually put forth their best efforts when they have opportunities to publish their writing for authentic audiences. In this module, you guide students as they use templates to design and publish brochures based on their narrative essays. You also help students find and use images to enhance their brochures legally and ethically. Overall, students engage in developing visual literacy by applying basic principles of graphic design to make their brochures visually appealing and easy to read.
|