Use of Images in Literacy Instruction
This week our reading for class focused on using digital images in literacy instruction. In their book Bridging Technology and Literacy: Developing Digital Reading and Writing Practices in Grades K -6, Hutchison and Colwell argue that using digital images in literacy instruction can help support literacy goals and images can be used by students to convey understanding and main ideas of a reading
Two digital tools that can support this are Thinglink and Doodle Buddy. ThingLink is an online platform that can be used for making interactive images. ThingLink is a well-known platform for making interactive images, videos for educational channels, web, social, and advertising. Using ThingLink, students can turn their own images or images they find online into an interactive graphic. by creating“hot spots” on specific parts of an image that turn that part of the image into a multimedia launcher that can open video, audio or website links with just the click of a mouse Doodle Buddy is an iPad app that allows students to draw digital pictures using their finger and digital paintbrushes. Once images are created that can be shared with others over the Internet or downloaded to be posted virtually anywhere.
These tools can be used to support CCSS standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. Students can use DoodleBuddy to show their understanding of the main components of a story by drawing characters or the setting of a story and then using ThingLink to add further supporting details to the image using videos, other images, or weblinks.
Two digital tools that can support this are Thinglink and Doodle Buddy. ThingLink is an online platform that can be used for making interactive images. ThingLink is a well-known platform for making interactive images, videos for educational channels, web, social, and advertising. Using ThingLink, students can turn their own images or images they find online into an interactive graphic. by creating“hot spots” on specific parts of an image that turn that part of the image into a multimedia launcher that can open video, audio or website links with just the click of a mouse Doodle Buddy is an iPad app that allows students to draw digital pictures using their finger and digital paintbrushes. Once images are created that can be shared with others over the Internet or downloaded to be posted virtually anywhere.
These tools can be used to support CCSS standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. Students can use DoodleBuddy to show their understanding of the main components of a story by drawing characters or the setting of a story and then using ThingLink to add further supporting details to the image using videos, other images, or weblinks.
I actually had some of my students use Doddle Buddy to draw what they saw during a science experiment. They absolutely loved it and their pictures came out amazing. They were also able to label parts of the experiment and then I had them download their images and we printed them out and put them in the science center. Definitely a great tool to use with almost any grade level. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI like Thinglink as a technology for expressing student ideas - it's like a digital collage or pasteboard. I will definitely keep this in mind in my future classroom. Thanks for the share!
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