Mode/Platform Affordances Pedagogical ELA Objectives Software/Tools

Possibilities

Wiki -Keeps group work -Students can learn CE 1.2.2, -Computer

together from the work that CE 1.4.5, -Internet access
-Aids in other students are -Basic design skills
organization doing
CE 1.5.4
-Allows for -Students can learn CE 1.4.2
teacher to track how to format CE 1.3.1
progress and set findings for easy
deadlines reading by others
-Translates easy -Students can learn
from classroom to group dynamics
home that go beyond
-Allows students face-to-face
to show work interactions
without
printing/handing in
various artifacts

“Official” -Allows for -Students hone CE 1.4.1 -Computer

Website consumption of skills in reading CE 1.4.4 -Internet access
basic, non-biased professional -Web searching
facts. documents
CE 3.4.1 skills
-Provides -Students learn to
background recognize the
knowledge that obvious traits of a
further fuels credible, official
inquiry source

DIY website -Promotes -Students can feel CE 1.4.2 -Computer

such as Weebly simultaneous good about CE 1.4.5, -Internet access
creativity and publishing work -Web searching
(as organization online in an
CE 1.3.1 skills
presentation -Exposure to attractive, eye- CE 1.3.5 -Slight
mode) multiple “tech catching setting CE 1.5.1 organizational
tools” -Keeps research CE 1.5.4 skills
-Relatively easy findings organized CE 3.2.1
and free way to and asks students
publish an online to arrange items
document with purposefully
little to no -Calls on prior
experience knowledge of
multimedia skills

iMovie/WMM -promotes self- -students with CE 3.2.1 -Computer

reflection in a non- prior knowledge CE 1.5.4 -Possible Internet
written mode can help other access
-incorporates students without
CE 1.5.3 -Song clips (mp3s)
multiple genres of -students can CE 1.4.4 -Art clips
representation (art, reflective and CE 1.3.6 -Basic knowledge
music and written thoughtful in a CE 1.3.5 of the software
captions) non-traditional
-relatively easy to -further expose to
make new media
Visual -fosters -gets students CE 1.5.1 -Overhead to share
Representation appreciations for AWAY from CE 3.4.1 digital images
the arts and for art computers! -Access to images
(print and -students can
CE 3.4.2 (some may be
as text
creative art) -allows for discuss the CE 3.4.3 heavily
purposeful thought implications of CE 3.4.3 copyrighted)
on the power of how cultures and CE 3.4.4
representation groups are
represented
visually