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= = //**USING DIGITAL TOOLS TO TEACH NEW LITERACIES**// Teachers participating in this “High Quality Teacher Sharing Activity” have all attended the July 18-22 Massachusetts New Literacies Institute, and have committed to sharing their experiences going forward in using digital tools in their respective classrooms.

We will continue to investigate, both individually and collaboratively, Web 2.0 digital tools such as wikis, blogs, glogs, google apps/docs and/or video generation applications to enrich students’ critical thinking, collaboration, research and communication skills. We plan to utilize these tools in our classrooms, and explore opportunities to build “social networks” among our varied-grade students to interact with one another, thus exposing them to a wider array of opinions and ideas in a creative and “non-threatening” online environment.