| Purpose
For teachers to create instructional reading material for
bilingual students in their own dialect, based upon classroom
experiences .
For the teacher and
students to use a digital camera and Microsoft
PowerPoint to create a slideshow book which can be read electronically,
or be printed to read. |
| Level
Adult |
| Essential
learning areas
Language and Languages - English |
Essential
skills
Communication |
| Strand
Writing, Presenting:
Exploring Language |
| Participants
Teachers
Bilingual students |
| Description
The production of these
books meant that students who were bilingual in English and Māori
language, had access to printed language models in the Ngāpuhi
dialect.
- Professional development
sessions occurred where teachers learnt how to:
- use a digital
camera to take and save photos,
- import photos
into computer files,
- create slideshows
in Microsoft PowerPoint, incorporating the photos they had
taken with the camera,
- add text to
the slideshow to accompany the photos,
- print the slideshow.
- Teachers and students
chose a class context or activity on which to base the story.
- Photographs for
the story were taken with the digital camera and then imported
into the computer. Note: Photos could be posed shots, or shots
of class activities, depending on the story.
- Microsoft PowerPoint
software was used to create the book. The photographs were inserted,
and original text
written in the students' dialect was added.
-
Some teachers included sound to enhance the slideshow books,
for example, animal sounds in a "Trip to the Farm"
book, or the text was read aloud.
- Teachers presented
their digital books for peer review with a focus on dialect
and visual impact.
- The books were used:
- electronically
– the class computer was used as an independent and
pair reading learning centre;
- in print
form – the slideshow was printed, the pages laminated,
the books were bound, and then placed in the class library.
|
| Evaluation
The technology allowed the teachers to create resources which
were not already available in the school. The teachers were also
able to produce visually appealing, well-presented books.
These books provided
appropriate language models in the students' own dialect. Material
based on the students' own experiences and activities was extremely
engaging to the learners.
With the addition of
sound, students were receiving multi-sensory cues to support learning. |
| Additional
comments
This activity could also be used to involve community members
in the school. Ask for volunteers to help write and make the books
in their languages. The school will benefit by gaining valuable
reading material, while the volunteers benefit by developing computer
skills.
 For
more information on making and printing books using Microsoft
PowerPoint see "Starting
School Booklet in PowerPoint" (pdf, 127k). This pdf file
is part of the ICT Learning Experience "Starting
School Book", which was developed by Greymouth ICT PD
Cluster.
|
Resources
Computers
Microsoft
PowerPoint (http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/default.htm)
Printers
Digital camera
Laminator
Binder |
Author/s
Kay Rye kayr@paihia.school.nz |
Cluster
Paihia
School |
Published
August 2002 |
