HOW TO USE PHOTO STORY 3:
1. Scaffold / Motivate learning
2. Teaching the genres and grammar of school writing
• The genre of explaining
• The genre of instructing
• The genre of arguing
• The genre of narrating
3. Assess learning and understanding
Use Photo story to
4. Teacher modelling
• Student application of modelled knowledge
• Proofreading
• Publishing
• Independent writing
• Shared writing
• Bilingual text
• Mother tongue.
Ideas of how to use the Newsmaker in the
classroom:
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Shift the locus of control
Empowerment through ownership of learning
Self or Co-constructing of text
Proofreading / Editing
Publishing
Conferencing with Teacher
Reading of own text
Recording of student voice
Ideas of how to use the
Jing in the classroom:
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To record student’s learning story
To shift locus of control
To archive student’s voice
To track student’s knowledge and
understanding
• Jing connects the learner and
parent to the Key Competencies,
The National Standards, School
Curriculum and the New Zealand
Curriculum Framework.
References
Powerpoint presentation
 http://www.theteacherscorner.net/forums/showthread.php?3435-How-doyou-use-your-multimedia-projector-in-yourclassroom&s=60d06f8b7c50b2bb825f59fddb76823d
 Below is a link to a journal article written by several teachers regarding the
importance of using multimedia projectors in the classroom
 http://thejournal.com/articles/2002/06/01/multimedia-projectors-a-key-
component-in-the-classroom-of-the-future.aspx