#NZreadaloud

Connect and collaborate

in a digital community
Kaehlah Dawson, Crystal Hewett, Kerri Thompson,
Jemma Thorogood, Karen Wilson

TO VIEW SLIDES NOW: EDMODO CODE:

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Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever by Mem Fox

DID YOU KNOW?

 LISTEN
Night Vision by Ella West
Chapter 1
Pg. 1 - 2

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 The Beginning
2014: participated in the #GlobalReadAloud founded by Pernille Ripp in 2010.

“One book to connect the world”

Once a year only. I needed to have ‘connected literacy’ happening ALL the time!

2015: #NZreadaloud was born. New Zealand authors writing New Zealand stories
for New Zealand kids.

2016: Many teachers asking if #NZreadaloud would go across the year levels.

“One book to connect Kiwi kids”

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 Reasons for change: read it here
● I was bored!
● I had chromebooks and needed to make use of
them.
● I wanted to flatten the walls of my classroom
and get my kids connected; to learn with
others.
● Why did I have to ‘do reading’ the way it has
always been?
● Could I get more integrated learning through
reading aloud?
● Could I create reading/writing learning
experiences which were more authentic?
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 Digital technologies for learning: Findings from the NZCER national
survey of primary and intermediate schools 2016 (Bolstad, R. 2016).

DID YOU KNOW?

 YOUR TASK

Complete the Padlet (in

task folder in Edmodo) by
making some inferences
LISTEN about who the characters
Chapter 1 are in the forest and what
Pg. 2 - 4 is the backstory behind
what is happening.

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 Text Choices & Why NZ?

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 The Authors’ / Teachers’ Input / Comments
Teacher voice on #NZreadaloud

Author perspective

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 Try sketchnoting!
LISTEN... Copy off the board
Chapter 1 or do your own.
Pg. 4 - 7

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(Fisher, Flood, Lapp, & Frey, 2004) (Ariail & Albright, 2005, p.80)
Ariail, M., & Albright, L. K. (2005). A survey of teachers' read‐aloud practices in middle schools. Literacy Research and Instruction, 45(2), 69-89.

DID YOU KNOW?

 Other Tasks
Crowdsourced task slideshow

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 #NZreadaloud in action

Discussion:

What might this look like in your classrooms?

Take some time to chat with each other!

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 Programme Integration
Personal inquiries
Selection of Tasks
Author/expert visits
Competitions
Gamified questions
Virtual field trips
Field trips
Global Connections

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 How the Brain Learns to Read by David A. (Anthony) Sousa 2004

DID YOU KNOW?

 Come up with
your own mnemonic for
LISTEN the number plate.
PCH990
Chapter 1
Pg. 7 - 8 Practise posting into Edmodo.

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 Why do we use Edmodo as our platform?

(NB Edmodo is not used at lower levels.)

Why do we use small groups?

How do the children use Edmodo?

How the Year 1 & 2s connect

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 CORE Ten Trends:
http://www.core-ed.org/research-and-innovation/ten-trends/2017/

DID YOU KNOW?

 Why does this character
wake up at the end
of the day?
Why is it difficult for her
LISTEN to go with her mother?

Chapter 2 (These are the types of questions

Pg. 9 - 10 we would have our learners do
some think-pair-share about.)

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 Present some research
about Xeroderma
ACTION Pigmentosum in a way
your group chooses to.
Collaborative Task

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 Post your work into the
‘tasks’ group in Edmodo.
ACTION
View and comment on
Get into Edmodo
someone else’s post.

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 Teacher
Obligations
Are you ready?

Sign up
Book purchases
Prepare
Share
Connect
Communicate

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 Last Word…

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Free Digital Sketchnote Tool
Must do in one
sitting if you
want to save it.

Logos from
Logomakr.
 FINAL TASK

Please sign in and

evaluate this session.
ACTION
Your feedback is
Evaluation
appreciated, especially
since we are first-time
#uLearn presenters.

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Organisers’ Contact Details
Years 1-2

Years 3-4 Crystal chewett@stpatsnapier.school.nz @hewettcrystal1

Years 5-6

Years 7-8

Years 9-10 Karen kwilson@nbhs.school.nz @KaiakoWilson (never mention my

school if communicating with me here - thanks)

Years 11-12 tbc