Composing online is not writing alone, as students have done. When he produces an artifact, the networked student creates a communal effort on the Internet.
it seems clear that Project-based learning (PBL) groups—I'm thinking literature circles--should be an excellent vehicle for their learning in a large classroom (next year 30+ sizes)
Problems with CC media literacy standards:
" focus marginalizes uses of a range of other media/digital literacies associated with social-networking sites, blogs, wikis, digital images/videos, smartphone/tablet apps, video games, podcasts, etc., for constructing media content, building social networks, engaging audiences, and critiquing status quo problems.And, other than a mention of the need to "evaluate information from multiple oral, visual, or multimodal sources," there is no specific reference in the common standards to critical analysis and production of film, television, advertising, radio, news, music, popular culture, video games, media remixes, and so on. Nor is there explicit attention on fostering critical analysis of media messages and representations."
the expert from Drexel, letting us know how to teach writing online--the same amount of work, but perhaps better results (more and better student writing)