Assignment+3

**Possible iPad Lesson Plan**

__Title of Lesson__: Literacy Research Project

__Instructor__: Amy Patterson

__Time Allocated__: Three class periods

__Grade Level / Subject Area__: 13+ / Introduction to College Writing

__Learning Objectives / Goals__:

A. Analyze the role of literacy in our lives. B. Conduct interviews using mobile device. C. Synthesize and analyze information. D. Compose and summarize. E. Reflect on experience.

__iPad Application(s) Used__: **Camera App** – Already installed on our school iPads. The Camera App will allow students to capture a video interview with their iPads.

__Learning Activities__ //(Indicate where / when iPad is used)://

A. Students are first introduced to literacy narratives (i.e. What is a [|literacy narrative] ?). Students will then explore the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives: []. The DALN is “a publicly available archive of personal literacy narratives in a variety of formats (text, video, audio) that together provide a historical record of the literacy practices and values of contributors, as those practices and values change.”

B. Students will read and/or watch up to three literacy narratives (possible using Safari App on **iPads**). Those narratives might include these samples from the DALN website:

 [|Anonymous "Memory Work"] (Audio 1.86 MB) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;"> [|Valerie Lee "My Literacy Narrative"] (Video, 550 KB) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;"><span style="color: #00ceff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;">[|Susan Miller] [|"A Story about Reading in School"] (Video, 3.67 MB) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;"><span style="color: #00ceff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;">[|Yusuf "Everyone Has a Gift"] (Video, College) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;"><span style="color: #00ceff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;">[|Katie Piper] [|"Literacy Story"] (Print, College) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;"><span style="color: #00ceff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;">[|Anonymous "My First Email"] (Audio, 4th Grade)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;">Class will discuss the sample literacy narratives. What can we learn from them?

<span style="color: #ff5600; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;">C. Students will read and discuss handouts from the DALN: [|Conducting an Interview, Basic Literacy Questions, and Why We Need the Forms].

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;">D. Armed with these resources, each student will conduct an interview with another person on that person’s literacy experiences (interviewee can be a friend, student, family member, etc.), and they will record those interviews using the Camera App on the **iPads**. If possible, they will obtain release forms from interviewees to submit the narratives to the DALN.

<span style="color: #f60998; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;">E. Students will watch the videos on the **iPads** and write a one-paragraph summary of the video. Students will also write a personal reflection on the experience. This experience will lead students into reflecting on the role of literacy in their own lives and creating personal literacy narratives.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;">__Evaluation__: Both summative and formative assessments will take place through these activities. Written work will be evaluated with a rubric.