From the Ohio Educational Technology Conference 2012

1. eTech Ohio Teacher Planning Grant
Digital
Text
Ini-a-ve

2. What is DigiTXT?
• The
University
of
Akron
awarded
funding
from
the
eTech
Ohio
Commission
for
the
purpose
of
expanding
the
use
of
technology
in
the
teaching
and
learning
environment.
• DigiTXT
serves
to
increase
informa@on
and
communica@on
technology
(ICT)
usage
among
an
es@mated
250
K-­‐2
students,
40
pre-­‐service
teachers
and
20
prac@cing
teachers
and
administrators
in
Summit
County.

3. DigiTXT Key Components
1. Science-­‐based
Prac@ce
2. Core
Early
Literacy
Skills
3. Knowledgeable
Prac@cing
Teachers
partnering
with
Pre-­‐service
Teachers
4. Suppor@ve
Learning
Environment

4. DigiTXT Goals
1. Develop
Best
Prac@ces
in
Shared
eBook
Reading
2. Integrate
Core
Early
Literacy
Skills
with
Digital
Literacy
Skills
3. Design
21st
Century
Learning
Spaces

5. DigiTXT Partners
The
Coventry
Green
Tallmadge
University
Local
Local
City
of
Akron
Schools
Schools
Schools

6. DigiTXT Participants
1. Center
for
Literacy
Staff
2. Teachers
3. Administrators
4. UA
College
of
Educa@on
Faculty
5. UA
Students

7. The eBook at School
• Quality
of
children’s
first
eBooks
• Poten@al
of
good
eBooks
• Pedagogy
of
first
and
good
eBooks
in
K-­‐2

8. Our BIG Question
What
might
e-­‐book
pedagogy
look
like?

9. DigiTXT Research Process
Phase
1:
Phase
2:
Phase
3:
eBook
Environment
Instruc@on
4
weeks
4
weeks
4
weeks

10. eBook Shared Reading
• Teacher
shares
eBooks
with
small
groups

11. eBook Shared Reading
• Takes
place
in
the
eBook
Nook

12. eBook Shared Reading
• U@lizes
touchscreen
PCs
and
mobile
learning
devices

13. Procedures
• Pre-­‐selected
eBooks
– Iden-fied
target
words
– Pre/post
CBDM
on
vocabulary
• (repeated
rreadings
2x
per
week
eBook
eadings)
• Individual
re-­‐reads
on
mobile
• Video-­‐taped
observa@ons
– Lesson
Plans
• Debriefs

14. District Equipment
Classrooms
1. Asus
EeeTop
Touchscreen
PC
2. External
Webcam
3. Kodak
Digital
Camera
w/
tripod
4. Four
8GB
iPod
Touch
5. Headphones
Administrators
1. One
16GB
iPad

15. Pre-Service Teacher Expectations
1. Par@cipate
in
year-­‐long
professional
development
2. Par@cipate
in
teacher
surveys,
debriefs
and
interviews
3. Field
Experience
in
a
kindergarten,
first
or
second
grade
classroom
4. Collect
video
data
5. Complete
a
class
project

16. Teacher Expectations
1. Par@cipate
in
year-­‐long
professional
development
2. Par@cipate
in
teacher
surveys,
debriefs
and
interviews
3. Complete
eBook
instruc@onal
protocol,
lesson
plans
&
@me
log
4. Facilitate
CBDM
Assessment
5. Mentor
pre-­‐service
teachers
during
observa@on
periods

17. Administrator Expectations
1. Provide
ongoing
support
teachers
in
their
effort
2. Par@cipate
in
year-­‐long
professional
development
3. Par@cipate
in
surveys,
debriefs
and
interviews
4. Facilitate
Classroom
Walkthrough
Observa@ons
5. Mentor
pre-­‐service
teachers
during
observa@on
periods

18. Questions
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