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Expanding Literacy with Technology: Preparing Students for Their Literacy Future
//We live in a time when the very nature of information is changing: in what it looks like, what we use to view it, where and how we find it, what we can do with it, and how we communicate it. If this information is changing, then our sense of what it means to be literate must also change.//

** Today's Outcomes **

 * Generate ideas about how to use web 2.0 tools, such as podcasting, blogging, and wikis, to design meaningful learning activities for all students
 * Discover how web 2.0 tools can be used to increase students’ interest in reading and writing in the classroom
 * Explore how to help students create, produce, and publish their projects for sharing online



Upcoming Workshops
** Hold the Date! **  **Thursday, October 29, 2009 – Literacy 2.0: Wonderful World of Wikis Friday, December 4, 2009 – Literacy 2.0: Potential of Podcasting Wednesday, December 16, 2009 – Literacy 2.0: Digital Storytelling Friday, January 15, 2010 – Literacy 2.0: Comic Life**

//Workshop descriptions and registration information will be available online at// [|//http://www.eastconn.org//] //soon.//

About Us

 * Donna Drasch** is a Service Learning Coordinator at EASTCONN. **Rebecca Pilver** is an Education Technology and Literacy Specialist at EASTCONN. Between the two of them, they have 40+ years of experience in the field of education. As staff developers, they are committed to providing authentic, meaningful learning experiences where children learn to problem solve, think critically, collaborate, communicate, and care.

Both Donna and Rebecca believe that Web 2.0 tools can be a way to change the level of student engagement, increase student satisfaction, and enable students to take responsibility for their own learning. They believe that while the old Web allowed us to be consumers of information, the new Web provides us with the opportunity to be information producers and collaborators on a global scale.

Some of the benefits that Donna and Rebecca foresee happening by using Web 2.0 tools in the classroom include:

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 * Students write for a real audience.
 * Learning expands beyond the classroom walls
 * Parents can participate in the learning experiences.
 * Students are motivated by the authentic learning environments they
 * They allow for purposeful reading and writing across the curriculum.
 * They foster communication and collaboration.
 * Students have voice and a sense of ownership.

Donna Drasch ddrasch@eastconn.org Rebecca Pilver rpilver@eastconn.org
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