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Kelly Brown

The Writing Revolution - Peg Tyre - The Atlantic - 1 views

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  • The school’s success suggests that perhaps certain instructional fundamentals—fundamentals that schools have devalued or forgotten—need to be rediscovered, updated, and reintroduced. And if that can be done correctly, traditional instruction delivered by the teachers already in classrooms may turn out to be the most powerful lever we have for improving school performance after all.
    • Suzanne Tighe
      Suzanne Tighe on 29 Sep 12
       
      It is all about balance.  Some students need more help with understanding how to write.  Others need less.  I would not want writing to be reduced to a formula but we need to have ways to support student in their writing journey.  It is hard to write well if you believe you cannot write because you lack success.  The focus needs to be on what students need in the format that they need.
    • jeff brookes
      jeff brookes on 29 Sep 12
       
      So now the proverbial pendulum is threatening to swing back, back to the basics of writing instruction. Is there a way we can learn from the mistakes of our past over-reactions and consider the possibility that both the technical and creative aspects of writing can (and should) be taught? And that the qualities and skills involved in both can (and should) be taught explicitly and through immersion in the best examples of each genre.
    • Kelly Brown
      Kelly Brown on 29 Sep 12
       
      One strategy to use with ELLs is to provide them with sentence starters, similar to the ones the teachers at New Dorp are now using. The SIOP Model, a way to create lesson plans that encompasses strategies that support ELLs, benefits not only them but all students as well.
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    • Kelly Brown
      Kelly Brown on 29 Sep 12
       
      One strategy to use with ELLs is to provide them with sentence starters, similar to the ones the teachers at New Dorp are now using. The SIOP Model, a way to create lesson plans that encompasses strategies that support ELLs, benefits not only them but all students as well.
thebda

The False Digital Imperative | Teaching Writing in a Digital Age - 7 views

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digitalliteracy writing literacy blogging digital writing

shared by thebda on 16 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Digital media supplies information, but it also shapes the process of thought. 
  • My mind now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of particles.
  • Literary figures are openly admitting that they cannot engage in sustained critical reading, in a sense, they can no longer read for a purpose
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  • we should be moving towards, “a carefully employed pedagogy aimed at furthering students digital literacy, just as earlier, process-based composition emerged as a dominant pedagogical model”
  • being wary of public writing in the classroom.  He suggests that if not implemented properly, this public writing can have far reaching consequences.
  • “Before students can engage in the new participatory culture, they must be able to read and write
  • this intentional move towards brevity and away from sustained critical reading/writing is sure to negatively impact the future of our students, thereby impacting the future of our country. 
Suzanne Tighe

The Writing Revolution - Peg Tyre - The Atlantic - 4 views

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shared by Suzanne Tighe on 29 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • “How could they get passed along and end up in high school without understanding how to use the word although?”
    • Elizabeth Tewksbury
      Elizabeth Tewksbury on 29 Sep 12
       
      EXACTLY
  • Literacy, which once consisted of the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently, and express complex thoughts about the written word, has become synonymous with reading. Formal writing instruction has become even more of an after­thought.
    • Elizabeth Tewksbury
      Elizabeth Tewksbury on 29 Sep 12
       
      SO sad.
    • Hannah Rohner
      Hannah Rohner on 29 Sep 12
       
      What a bummer. 
    • Alyssa Littlefield
      Alyssa Littlefield on 29 Sep 12
       
      I think it's interesting that the focus is only on expository and grammar. Isn't there room for everything? 
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    • Alyssa Littlefield
      Alyssa Littlefield on 29 Sep 12
       
      I agree with early instruction, the how to, for writing. I can't help but allow creativity in there as well. 
  • Kids who come from poverty, who had weak early instruction, or who have learning difficulties, he explains, “can’t catch anywhere near what they need” to write an essay.
  • The harder they looked, the teachers began to realize, the harder it was to determine whether the students were smart or not—the tools they had to express their thoughts were so limited that such a judgment was nearly impossible.
    • Suzanne Tighe
      Suzanne Tighe on 29 Sep 12
       
      Sometimes its not whether a child is "smart" or not, but if they have the ability to express their thinking (verbally or written)
  • understanding
  • don’t learn how to teach writing
seth_mitchell

OMG! Survey, like, says digital-savvy students are good at writing! - latimes.com - 0 views

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technology texting writing collaboration digital writing twitter Social Networking

shared by seth_mitchell on 31 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • more than two-thirds of their students had fair or poor abilities to digest long and complicated texts and understand plagiarism issues
  • found such advantages as greater creativity, personal expression and increased collaboration
  • promoted a deeper interest in writing because students could see their works published in such online forums as http://www.figment.com
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  • Sometimes, good old-fashioned pen and paper are the best way
  • English teachers were far more positive toward digital tools for writing — nearly two-thirds said it made teaching easier — than colleagues teaching math, science and social studies.
  • technology is not the most important element in promoting good student writing
Alyssa Littlefield

The Writing Revolution - Peg Tyre - The Atlantic - 3 views

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shared by Alyssa Littlefield on 29 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • For the first time, elementary-­school students—­who today mostly learn writing by constructing personal narratives, memoirs, and small works of fiction—will be required to write informative and persuasive essays. By high school, students will be expected to produce mature and thoughtful essays, not just in English class but in history and science classes as well.
    • Elizabeth Tewksbury
      Elizabeth Tewksbury on 29 Sep 12
       
      I love this, because usually when a student cannot write, everyone (including fellow teachers) simply point fingers at the English teachers and blame us.  
    • Alyssa Littlefield
      Alyssa Littlefield on 29 Sep 12
       
      Where does the information for the Nation's Report Card come from? 
  • he new writing standards are meant to reverse a pedagogical pendulum that has swung too far, favoring self-­expression and emotion over lucid communication.
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  • Although New Dorp teachers had observed students failing for years, they never connected that failure to specific flaws in their own teaching.
  • “Most teachers,” said Nell Scharff, an instructional expert DeAngelis hired, “entered into the process with a strongly negative attitude.”
    • Elizabeth Tewksbury
      Elizabeth Tewksbury on 29 Sep 12
       
      Big surprise.  I KNOW this would happen at my own school as well.  :-/
    • Alyssa Littlefield
      Alyssa Littlefield on 29 Sep 12
       
      This seems like a pretty broad statement...
  • seth_mitchell on 29 Sep 12
     
    Interesting conversation starter.  
seth_mitchell

Common Core State Standards Initiative | English Language Arts Standards | Anchor Stand... - 3 views

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Standards common core Technology writing

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    • seth_mitchell
      seth_mitchell on 27 Feb 12
       
      These three standards hit all four of our tech PD focus areas: reflection, collaboration, publication, and revision.
  • 6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
  • 5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
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  • 10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Rebecca Redlon

Lesson Plan | Writing Fiction Based on Real Science - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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literacy science writing

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  • Rebecca Redlon on 10 Dec 12
     
    A great way to infuse science classes with literacy and writing
thebda

inkle » inklewriter - 1 views

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writing interactive story

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  • thebda on 25 Jul 12
     
    Allows students and teachers to create a "choose your own adventure" style story.  I see possibilities existing for creative writing and assessments.  I also see this as a possible template for multi genre writing with the "choices" being the gateways to other pieces.  Of course, I have yet to fully explore the tool.  
  • thebda on 26 Nov 12
     
    Here is a blog entry connected to inklewriter with a link to an example: http://dougpete.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/creating-interactive-stories/
seth_mitchell

At the Teacher's Desk: Blogging Isn't the Answer to Your Students' Writing Needs - 2 views

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blogging writing feedback technology digital writing blogs

shared by seth_mitchell on 26 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • for teaching writing, blogging isn't the best choice. Your students will learn much more and be less likely personalize their mistakes if you have those conversations face to face. Where blogging shines is through the ideas shared and the conversations created by posting online. If that isn't the goal of your writing assignment, perhaps you need to rethink the medium you have chosen for your students to use.
    • seth_mitchell
      seth_mitchell on 26 Jul 12
       
      Blogging as shared thinking -- an excellent point.  Makes me rethink some things before leaping back into blogging projects next year.
thebda

TOP TEN REASONS TO HAVE STUDENTS BLOG ABOUT THEIR READING EXPERIENCES by Russ Anderson ... - 2 views

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blogging literature audience TechTools

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    • thebda
      thebda on 10 Mar 13
       
      I see text blogging and video blogging as the same and both can generate the positive behaviors described in the article.
  • By having students blog, you are giving them a place to share their love of reading
  • When students write deeply, about ideas they care about (in this case, books and reading), their voices organically begin to take shape. Their words start to sound like them and represent them as readers, but more importantly, as people.
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  • Not to say that writing for a teacher contains no value, it does, but when a student writes for an audience of 100 or 1,000, neat things start to happen. The ownership they feel over their words increases.
  • Thanks to the wonderful world of social media, students have a closer connection than ever to their literary celebrities.
  • Online writing is a 21st-century skill
seth_mitchell

digitalwritingworkshop - Websites_And_Apps - 2 views

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writing digital writing digital tools technology collaboration web2.0

shared by seth_mitchell on 24 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • seth_mitchell on 24 Feb 14
     
    Digital tools for writing. Comprehensive list.
seth_mitchell

why teach digital writing? > foreword - 2 views

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Teaching Digital Writing Technology

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  • seth_mitchell on 10 Jun 10
     
    Why teach digital writing?
smithfraney

trAce Online Writing Centre - 4 views

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ATI

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    • smithfraney
      smithfraney on 05 Aug 12
       
      Each of the questions asked here are useful ones for us to explore in the Digital Institute.  Hopefully by the end we will all have our own answers. 
  • smithfraney on 05 Aug 12
     
    Survey of why digital writing.
thebda

Education Rethink: Ten Thoughts on Photo Prompts - 0 views

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prompts writing photography images

shared by thebda on 21 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • thebda on 21 Feb 12
     
    An idea to generate writing in the classroom.
seth_mitchell

Are We Learning the Right Lessons From New Dorp High School? - Jim Fredricksen - The At... - 4 views

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writing teaching grammar WAC WTL PD

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  • seth_mitchell on 29 Sep 12
     
    Great response to Peg Tyre's "The Writing Revolution"
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