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Drinda Williams

Ning and Writing to Learn (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE - 1 views

www.educause.edu/...192956

ning education

shared by Drinda Williams on 18 Mar 12 - Cached
  • The social networking site Ning offers a variety of Web 2.0 tools that can help students learn to write as well as write to learn.
  • educators now often view writing not only as a means of evaluating what students “know” but also as a powerful tool that fosters learning, the ability to understand new material, and the ability to think critically.
  • Ning is a social networking site created by Gina Bianchini and Marc Andreessen. The first networks appeared in February 2007, and today Ning has approximately 1.6 million networks and 36 million registered users.4 Although it shares some features with other social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, Ning sets itself apart by focusing on groups and common interests rather than individuals’ personal pages.
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  • helps students understand concepts and formulate their own ideas
  • student contributions would be visible to a global community through the Ning network,
  • With a public forum, students would be required to stand behind their work, encouraging them to take the activity seriously and put forth their best efforts.
  • multimedia capabilities.
  • I would say seeing what other people wrote in their posts helped my writing. I could also see a different perspective on the topic which helped me by knowing what other writing styles students were using.”
  • Ning gave them the opportunity to hear other opinions on the material covered in class. It helped them prepare for class discussions. It sparked new ideas for paper topics.
  • students appreciated the chance to learn from each other, which helped them learn to develop ideas — an important element of any write-to-learn activity. Instead of periodic peer-editing sessions, our students were exposed to each other’s styles of writing on a daily basis and could always refer back to any posting.
  • the online conversations spilled over into classroom time because students regularly initiated class discussion with their thoughts about the postings. In essence, their work on Ning fueled the level of participation inside the classroom, creating a link between the online written work and oral discussion. Having the opportunity to read their fellow students’ opinions led them to feel more prepared for class, and in effect class time became an extension of the online work, with both elements simultaneously nurturing each other.
  • Its ability to help students prepare for class Their perception that their writing improved over the course of the semester
    • Margie Steinberg
      Margie Steinberg on 27 Mar 12
       
      This article shows that writing to learn is a viable piece of evidence for teachers to use as they work with this mode of expression.
  • this element of the tool helped create a sense of community and encouraged what Barbara Ganley and Barbara Sawhill term social learning, “the forming of close bonds with the learning community itself and with the outside world.”6
  • the course Ning site ended up being largely their own creation.
  • Duane Wiedenheft on 18 Mar 12
     
    A quick read article about the history of W2L (I didn't know it has been around since the 60's) and a study done at UCONN with college students using W2L.
  • Drinda Williams on 19 Mar 12
     
    The social network Ning was used for an on-going W2L activity. Students found it helped them be better prepared for class and that it improved their writing. Interesting idea to consider!
Drinda Williams

SL_Ch5_2011.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 5 views

teachingasleadership.org/...SL_Ch5_2011.pdf

shared by Drinda Williams on 15 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Pam Litterer on 15 Mar 12
     
    This article talks about how many schools are putting a lot of focus, time, and energy into improving reading scores and that as a result students ability to write is suffering. Thought it was an interesting read and could relate. I have been at my current school for 4 years and the main focus has been reading with the push to improve reading scores getting bigger each year.
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  • Drinda Williams on 16 Mar 12
     
    I like the "Stop and Jot" strategy--like a Writing Break.
  • Drinda Williams on 16 Mar 12
     
    The Magnet Summary is very interesting, as well. We might need to add it as an option for the class!
  • Leigh Sell on 18 Mar 12
     
    I think journal writing can be a very useful tool at any age-we do math journals and even though it's mostly done with pictures, those pictures tell me a lot about what they know about the math topic we covered that day.
Leigh Sell

Why consider collaborative writing assignments? - 1 views

wac.colostate.edu/pop2l.cfm

shared by Leigh Sell on 18 Mar 12 - Cached
  • By working in groups, students learn from each other
    • Leigh Sell
      Leigh Sell on 18 Mar 12
       
      Many times, my students and I write together. Not only because they are emerging writers and need support, but because it is the an easier way to learn for the majority of my students. Not many of my 5 and 6 year olds can write independently and need a lot of modeling. I have found that sometimes their best teacher is their peers. They spend a lot of time immitating what they see, wanting to have or do the same thing as their friends, so why not incorporate that idea into their learning of academics?
Holly Thompson

Teaching Writing Strategies - 1 views

gse.buffalo.edu/...steps.htm

shared by Holly Thompson on 18 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Holly Thompson on 18 Mar 12
     
    While we have already learned many strategies, this web page gives us a 4 step instructional process for teaching these strategies. It also gives a video example how to complete each step.
  • Heather Gould on 18 Mar 12
     
    This is a nice site, Holly. The highlighted steps would make a nice handout for this course -- I can see how it might be helpful to keep it handy as a constant reminder not to rush when implementing new strategies.
nschmitz

The Believing Game and the Doubting Game - 0 views

wac.colostate.edu/pop5p.cfm

Opinion - Each Student Thinks

shared by nschmitz on 17 Sep 12 - Cached
  • nschmitz on 17 Sep 12
     
    Good use for any type of persuasion activity - speech, paper, or discussion.
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