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Susan Lee, teacher at Te Kura o Kutarere shares how using Storybird, a free digital story writing tool, in her classroom has made a significant impact on the literacy development of her students. She explains that using Storybird has meant reluctant writers are now "constantly reading their own work and reading other students stories and the writing is just flowing because its not pen to paper its keyboard, choose a picture and tap away." She describes how students have become self motivated and proud of their work.
View more of Kutarere's stories and read about their student's learning process on their website.
In this video clip, staff at Te Kura o Kutarere talk about the change in students' attitude to learning that has occurred as a result of using Storybird in the writing process. Teacher Susan Lee describes how the focus has moved away from classroom management to students taking responsibility for their own learning, developing confidence in themselves as learners and wanting to share their writing with others.
Central North Literacy Group
This group in the Virtual Learning Network supports the e-Learning aspect of raising student achievement in literacy. Join the discussions.
Research supporting the benefits of technology in reading and writing.
This bookmarked item from the Enabling e-Learning teaching community links to a compilation of research that outlines the benefits of technology in supporting readers and writers, from the Innovative Educator blog.
Literacy teaching and learning in e-learning contexts
This report presents the findings of a research project on literacy teaching and learning in e-learning contexts carried out by CORE Education and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) for the Ministry of Education in 2009.
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