Is poetry instruction still relevant in a time when we are preparing students for high-stakes testing in school while we read and write on cell phones, iPads, and laptops out of school? According to this study, the answer is, “Yes.” Digital poetry bridges new literacy skills with traditional poetry instruction in a collaborative environment. Any opportunities educators can build a bridge between out of school and in school literacies could increase student motivation and engagement to learn. I am confident that the affordances of digital poetry instruction can provide the collaborative digital environment students’ desire while meeting the academic demands of the CCSS.

2. Statement of Problem
CCSS has changed curriculum:
RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements
contribute to the meaning, tone or beautify of a text
(e.g., multimedia presentation of poem).
W.5.6 Use technology to produce and publish writing as
well as to interact and collaborate with others;
demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills
to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.
SL.5.5 Include multimedia components
(e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in
presentations
Technology has changed the:
definition of literacy
composition process

3. Traditional Poetry
Author relies on WORDS to create meaning first and
images, sounds, and motions second.
Written on paper and read in a book.

4. Digital Poetry
• Author relies on images, sounds, and motions
to create meaning first and words second.
• Written on the computer and read online.

5. Purpose of Digital Poetry

6. Benefits
 Free
 Easier than iMovie
 Cloud storage
 Novel way to convey
meaning by combining text
with visual, audio, and
spatial modes
 Differentiate process and
product to meet a wide
range of learning profiles
 Facilitate critical
thinking, collaborations, and
research skills
 Increase media literacy
Challenges
 Time to learn software
 Access
 Music & pictures aren‟t always
relevant
 Can‟t control time between
slides
 Need permission if using student
pictures
 Time to process video

8. WAVES
Waves, waves, how are you?
YAY, YAY, wish, wash, waves are
fun. But at night everything
is fun until…..SPLASH!!!
waves in the air and on the
ground, they splash and splish.
but everything is fun,
wish, wash, splish, splosh,
waves are fun when
you believe in fun. But everything
you love goes away
really, really, fast.
splish, splosh, wish, wash.

9. WOLF PAINTINNG
Swish, Swash
Dot, spot
A picture being painted
the painting of majestic wolves.
Drip, drop of a wet paint brush.
Scribble, scrabble
of paint drying,
poke, stroke imagining a wild and free
wolf running in the picture.
Staring… then three more appear
1… 2…3…. FINISH! The beauty of these
paintings, they might still be wet
but I still LOVE them!!!!

10. A Calm Evening By The Shore
Caww!
Caww!
Seagulls by the shore.
Splash!
Splash!
Waves crashing on shore.
Dip!
Dip!
Kids ploping their feet in the cold water.
Wishhh!
Wishhh!
Salty wind in my face.
Ha!
Ha!
Laughter rings in my ears.
Twoo!
Twoo!
Whistles in the same rhythm
The constant ROAR of rides.
A calm evening by the shore.

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Reading Writing
Before Intervention After Intervention
Summary of Findings
o Students‟ perceptions:
o Reading: increased engagement in
analysis
o Writing: improved generation process
o Revision: enhanced peer review
o Teacher‟s perceptions:
o Provided an alternative method
o Struggling students became experts
o Shift from direct instruction to facilitator

12. SOFTWA
RE
BEGINNER - PowerPoint
One slide to several slides
AVERAGE – Animoto.com
Images, words, and music
EXPERT – iMovie
Use templates and check lists

13. REFLECT
Before - Pique their curiosity
Introduce yourself or a concept
During - Grab their attention
Science Verse
After - Tutor support (QR Codes)
Review a class, text, or a unit

14. Dream Land
The fluff of a pillow
The light of the moon
The noise from a TV
The darkness looms
The words from a book
The purr of a cat
Laying in my bet
I stretch out real flat
My eyes getting heavy
As much as they can
I start to snore
And fall into Dream Land

16. Dream LandThe fluff of a pillow
The light of the moon
The noise from a TV
The darkness looms
The words from a book
The purr of a cat
Laying in my bet
I stretch out real flat
My eyes getting heavy
As much as they can
I start to snore
And
F
A
L
L
into
Dream
Land

17. Hello
He ran this same track,
On the same days,
Somehow him and I met,
For what seems like 100 years ago.
Hello was the first word we ever said to each other,
Hello was the best 2 syllable word,
And then after Hello,
We both thought the same thing,
The same 4 words.
It rang a bell I my head….
LOVE
AT
FIRST
SIGHT!
Breezy Harris

18. Hello
He ran this same track,
On the same days,
Somehow him and I met,
For what seems like 100 years ago.
Hello was the first word we ever said to each other,
Hello was the best 2 syllable word,
And then after Hello,
We both thought the same thing,
The same 4 words.
It rang a bell I my head….
LOVE
AT
FIRST
SIGHT!
Breezy Harris

19. Hello
He ran this same track,
On the same days,
Somehow him and I met,
For what seems like 100 years ago.
Hello was the first word we ever said to each other,
Hello was the best 2 syllable word,
And then after Hello,
We both thought the same thing,
The same 4 words.
It rang a bell I my head….
LOVE
AT
FIRST
SIGHT!
Breezy Harris

20. Hello
He ran this same track,
On the same days,
Somehow him and I met,
For what seems like 100 years ago.
Hello was the first word we ever said to each other,
Hello was the best 2 syllable word,
And then after Hello,
We both thought the same thing,
The same 4 words.
It rang a bell I my head….
LOVE
AT
FIRST
SIGHT!
Breezy Harris

21. It’s cold
It’s cold!
I can’t get warm,
I’ve drunk a gallon of hot chocolate.
I think I’ll put snow boots on,
And sit around in the sun.
It’s cold!
My back is freezing,
I have ice hanging from my ears.
I think I’ll put another layer on,
And sit around in that.
It’s cold!
I’ve tried electric heaters,
And ward showers and hot tubs.
I think I’ll put a fourth layer on,
And sit around like a marshmallow.
IT’S STILL COLD!
Darren Sciortino

22. It’s cold
It’s cold!
I can’t get warm,
I’ve drunk a gallon of hot chocolate.
I think I’ll put snow boots on,
And sit around in the sun.
It’s cold!
My back is freezing,
I have ice hanging from my ears.
I think I’ll put another layer on,
And sit around in that.
It’s cold!
I’ve tried electric heaters,
And warm showers and hot tubs.
I think I’ll put a fourth layer on,
And sit around like a marshmallow.
IT’S STILL COLD!
Darren Sciortino

23. Pets and Parents
can be soft,
can be sweet,
can cheer you up,
can make you sad,
can rip your clothes,
can boss you „round,
can be hard work,
or make you frown,
could be small,
could be heavy,
can make you want,
to go away.
Jumpy, cheery, warm sometimes.
Other times, they are sour like limes.
Although, I cannot come to think
my world would be better
without them.
Mary Price
Pets and Parents

24. Pets and Parents
can be soft, can be sweet, can
cheer you up, can make you
sad, can rip your clothes, can
boss you „round, can be hard
work, or make you frown, could
be small, could be heavy, can
make you want, to go away.
Jumpy, cheery, warm sometimes.
Other times, they are sour like
limes.
Although, I cannot come to think
my world would be better
without them.

25. Pets and Parents
Pets and Parents
can be soft,
can be sweet,
can cheer you up,
can make you sad,
can rip your clothes,
can boss you „round,
can be hard work,
or make you frown,
could be small,
could be heavy,
can make you want,
to go away.
Jumpy, cheery, warm sometimes.
Other times, they are sour like limes.
Although, I cannot come to think
my world would be better
without them.
Mary Price

26. Grandma
My Grandma loves to cook Italian:
manicotti, veal cutlet parmesan,
Crusty bread like you‟ve never had.
Over the years she‟s cut so much garlic
The smell is soaked forever
Into her warped cutting board.
Now she‟s losing her memory.
But she still remembers
The summer I was three.
“You loved to play with the garden hose
But you kept turning around to say:
DON‟T SHUT IT OFF, GRANDMA!”
She nods off while we‟re talking,
The skin on her hands so white
It could almost be made from clouds.
I slide a pillow behind her head,
Wrap the old blue blanket around her,
Whisper: Don‟t shut it off, Grandma.
Ralph Fletcher

27. SHARE

28. CREATE
Reading – book
trailers, vocab, retelling, summarize, visualize
setting,
Writing – prompts, process writing (how to wash
hands), build an argument, digital poetry, digital
story telling
History –
timelines, biographies, amendments, bill of
rights, regions of the us
Math – order of operations, solve a
problem, present a new formula, word problems
Science – weather, experiments, scientific
method, periodic chart, chemical vs physical
changes
Teacher – introductions, back to school
night, field trips, class trips, highlight student
achievements

29. Check out my youtube channel to see
examples of video-based projects!
www.youtube.com/juliebwise

30. Further Research
Expose students to multi-modal tools.
As a reader
As a writer
Multimodal Composition Process
Paper to screen
Screen only
Technology Pedagogy Knowledge
How do teachers plan for Animoto
Access to software and devices

31. Discussion
What video-based environments have you already
established?
How could you use digital poetry in your classroom
as an entry point into the genre?
Why would multimodal composition be effective in
teaching a poetry?

32. References
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Dalton, B. (2012). Multimodal Composition and the Common Core State Standards. The
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McVerry, J. G. (2007). Power of Posting Poetry: Teaching New Literacies. Language Arts
Journal of Michigan, 20(1) 52 – 56.
Morgan, H. (2013) Technology in the Classroom: Creating Videos Can Lead Students to
Many Academic Benefits Childhood Education (January 2013), 89 (1), pg. 51-53.
Hughes, J. & Dymoke, S. (2011). “Wiki-Ed Poetry”: Transforming preservice teachers’
preconceptions about poetry and poetry teaching. Journal of Adolescent & Adult
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Stuart, D. (2010). Cin(E)-Poetry: Engaging the digital generation in 21st century response.
Voices in the Middle, 17(3) 27 – 35.
Wickline, K (2011). Bringing Lessons to Life with Animoto.
http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/bringing-lessons-
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