TWT+2012-Session+23

TWT 2012 - Session 23: Hamlet's Newsfeed: Using Technology to Teach Narrative in the English Classroom
Lisa Pritchard lpritchard@buffaloseminary.org† English Teacher Buffalo Seminary Grades 9-12 Subject areas: English/Language Arts Level of experience recommended: Basic to Advanced

To follow along with my presentation and see a list of links I will be discussing, please go to this site.

// Incorporating technology into the English classroom can sometimes feel like using technology for its own sake, often at the students //// ’ //// expense. However, it can enrich a curriculum in a manner that was unavailable to previous generations. This session will demonstrate how students can use technology to find a narrative in traditional and non-traditional texts and then to use that understanding to produce their own. //

// Students can learn to search for narratives in everyday technologies such as Facebook, texting, and blogging; visual rhetoric (illuminated manuscripts, advertisements); hypertexts (both digital and print versions) and Internet searches (Google Search Stories). Participants will learn how to teach students to create their own narratives from the elements above and others including creating an interactive QR code mystery and a virtual tour of a city //// ’ //// s architecture tied to a novel based in that location. //

// Participants in this session will learn how to effectively integrate analysis and production of narrative into an upper level reading and writing program. //

Instructions for attendees: No special software needed, but attendees may want to bring a laptop computer with them.