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Course Description

This innovative course is designed to equip teachers with the skills and knowledge to effectively integrate digital tools and multimedia resources into their literature teaching practices. Aimed at enhancing student engagement and deepening understanding, the course explores various methods for making literary analysis interactive, dynamic, and relevant for today's digital natives. Key ideas covered include digital literacy, digital storytelling, multimedia text analysis, interactive fiction, gamification, infographic design, and multimedia elements in storytelling.


Audience

This course is for English teachers who are keen to incorporate digital tools and multimedia resources into their classroom.  Examples provided are from Stages 4 and 5.  


Teaching Standards

2.6.2 Proficient Level - Know the content and how to teach it - Information and Communication Technology (ICT):  Use effective teaching strategies to integrate ICT into learning and teaching programs to make selected content relevant and meaningful

3.4.2 Proficient Level - Plan for and implement Effective Teaching and Learning - Select and use resources: Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning

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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome

    • Acknowledgement of Country

    • Learning Objectives

    • Teaching Standards

  • 2

    Module 1 – Introduction to Digital Literacy in the English Classroom

    • Introduction

    • Defining Digital Literacy

    • Importance in Education

    • Digital Literacy in the English Classroom

    • Relevance to Contemporary Students

    • Building Future Skills

    • Reflection Question
  • 3

    Module 2 – Digital Storytelling and Literary Analysis

    • Introduction

    • Introduction to Digital Storytelling

    • Narrative Structure in Digital Storytelling

    • Multimedia Elements in Storytelling

    • Storytelling Software

    • Class Activity – Creating a Digital Storytelling Project

    • Class Activity - Peer Review of Digital Stories

    • Article - An Exercise in Digital Storytelling

    • Suggestions for Collaboration

    • Reflection Question
  • 4

    Module 3 – Integrating Multimedia Text Analysis

    • Introduction

    • Strategies for Using Multimedia Resources

    • Multimedia Annotations

    • Utilising Digital Annotation Tools

    • Class Activity - Annotating a Piece of Multimedia Literature

    • Class Activity – Creating a Multimedia Presentation on a Literary Theme or Character Analysis

    • Reflection Question

  • 5

    Module 4 – Interactive Literature and Gamification

    • Introduction

    • Overview of Interactive Fiction

    • Overview of Game-Based Learning (GBL)

    • Examples of Gamification in Literature Education

    • Class Activity – Designing a Gamified Lesson Plan for a Literary Unit

    • Suggestions for Collaboration

    • Resources - Interactive Texts

    • Reflection Question
  • 6

    Module 5 – Visualising Literature: Infographics and Data Visualisation

    • Introduction

    • Basics of Infographic Design

    • Tools for Creating Infographics and Visualising Data

    • Visualising Literacy Analysis

    • Class Activity – Creating an Infographic on a Literary Analysis Topic

    • Reflection Question
  • 7

    Module 6 – Blogging and Literature

    • Introduction

    • Choosing a Blogging Platform

    • Creating a Blog

    • Writing Prompts and Guidelines for Student Bloggers

    • Class Activity – Launching a Class Blog

    • Self-Assessment Checklist for Blog Post Draft

    • Class Activity – Peer Review Activity

    • Suggestions for Collaboration

    • Reflection Question

  • 8

    Module 7 – E-Portfolios for Literature Projects

    • Introduction

    • Introduction to E-Portfolios

    • Best Practice for Creating E-Portfolios

    • Best Practice for Assessing E-Portfolios

    • Digital Tools for E-portfolio Creation

    • Class Activity - E-Portfolio for Literature Projects

    • Class Activity – Compiling Work in E-Portfolios

    • Reflection Question
  • 9

    Course Feedback

    • Course Feedback

Do you teach in NSW? If so, this is relevant to you:

Completing Bridging Texts and Technology: Engaging Digital Natives in Literary Analysis will contribute 4 hours of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Delivery and Assessment of NSW Curriculum/Early Years Learning Framework, addressing Standard Descriptors 2.6.2 and 3.4.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher in NSW.

 

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