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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!
cindy weber

Writing to Learn - Learning & Teaching Tips - CELT - 1 views

www.humboldt.edu/...writing_to_learn

shared by cindy weber on 15 Sep 12 - No Cached
    • cindy weber
      cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
       
      Good points to remember
  • On 3×5 note cards, students write a quick response to a question you pose at some point during class. The question might be on the previous night’s reading, or it might ask students to link two recent lecture topics. You might post the question on the board for students who arrive early and want an extra few minutes to consider and write.
    • cindy weber
      cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
       
      This reminded me of the admit slip.
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    • cindy weber
      cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
       
      Exit slip
  • At the end of the class, pose a minute-write question about the day’s material. If students seem to be confused, you know immediately and can send a clarifying email or begin the next class addressing the issue.
  • After collecting the cards, you can quickly review a few before launching the day’s lecture or activities to see how well students understand.
  • a microtheme of five minutes or so. Used mid-class, a micro-theme serves as a break between activities. After students write, usually on both sides of a large note card (5×8), they turn their responses in, or trade them with a classmate in a think-pair-share activity
    • cindy weber
      cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
       
      Writing breaks
    • cindy weber
      cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
       
      This would be very non-threatening. You could really reach more students this way and clear up any questions right away.
  • cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
     
    This site has some writing to learn strategies that can be easily integrated into your curriculum with ease and purpose.-Cindy Weber
Alison Puls

Write to Learn - 3 views

writing2.richmond.edu/...wtl.html

shared by Alison Puls on 16 Mar 12 - Cached
  • business of education rather than that of schooling,
  • help students become life-long learners.
  • Language is the most powerful learning tool we have.
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  • so often teachers use writing as a way of testing.
  • a way of encouraging them to find out.
  • is demonstrably a process of learning.
  • do not include copying or filling in the blanks-
  • limited learning value.
  • writing activities help students discover connections, discern processes, raise questions and discover solutions.
  • incorporating the writing activity into the lesson, allowing students to see directly or indirectly how the writing seeks to enhance the learning objectives.
  • call on several of them to read,
  • orces them to pay attention to how they have stated their ideas and encourages them to look at their written words.
  • Do not make judgmental comments
  • either good or bad,
  • A simple "Thank you for sharing"
  • Lori Willert on 16 Mar 12
     
    The following write-to-learn activities have been excerpted from Writing Across the Curriculum's Resource Binder for participating faculty. Many of the activities listed are so common in composition theory and pedagogy that their original source cannot be traced.
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  • Sue Bestul on 16 Mar 12
     
    Provides Write-to-Learn activities from the Writing Across the Curriculum's Resource Binder. Its topics include: Free Writing and Focused Free Writing, Entry Slips/Exit Slips, Reader-Response Writing, The Sentence/Passage Springboard, Writing Definitions to Empower the Student, Student-Formulated Questions, The Short Summary, Group Writing Activities, Dialectical/Double Entry Notebooks, Microthemes, Answer the Question!, Clarification/Review Letters The section on Questions challenges students/teachers to write questions that "explore" rather than provide quick responses. The Sentence/Passage Springboard shows an example of a sentence from a literary text that is difficult to understand, and different people adding their interpretation of that passage as well as commenting on the previous person's interpretation.
  • Holly Thompson on 18 Mar 12
     
    This website gives many examples of write to learn strategies.
  • Jill Hulsing on 15 Sep 12
     
    The main page has some basic information about W2L, similar to what we have been discussing, but at the end there are some suggested activities that look good. 
  • Alison Puls on 16 Sep 12
     
    This website provides an overview of some of the information from out text. It might be a great way to share some of the W2L strategies with colleagues without the book.
Jill Hulsing

TweenTribune - 1 views

tweentribune.com

shared by Jill Hulsing on 16 Sep 12 - Cached
  • Jill Hulsing on 16 Sep 12
     
    This website has many different current event articles that are short and on a wide variety of topics.  We are using this with our students and having them add comments.  
  • April Cooper on 22 Sep 12
     
    I used this site over three years ago with my 5th grade social studies students. I like the enhancements they have made by have a section for teens now. In addition, since the articles are shorter that a typical news article I feel like students are more likely to stay engaged. When looking through the comments made by other students, it is easy for students to see examples of strong and weak writing. A plethora of great learning experiences!
Alison Puls

Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds - 1 views

www.wordle.net

shared by Alison Puls on 16 Sep 12 - Cached
  • Alison Puls on 16 Sep 12
     
    I was thinking this page ties into W2L because if students put in their work, they could easily see themes. Or if the teacher had the work electronically submitted, the teacher could copy and paste and show the class what common themes they all wrote about.
  • April Cooper on 18 Sep 12
     
    I taught my students to use Wordle this year. I gave students a choice of using Wordle as an ice breaker activity at the beginning of the year. They typed in words and phrases that described them. Students who chose Wordle had fun selecting themes, fonts, colors, and layouts. After they finished their word cloud, the students presented their Wordles to the class by explaining why they selected 15-20 of the words they placed in their word cloud. I also used Wordle to build/teach the vocabulary for one of the stories we read earlier this year. There are many great uses for Wordle in a variety of content areas.
April Cooper

Writing Frames - 0 views

www.ocps.net/...WritingFrames.pdf

W2L **writing frames

shared by April Cooper on 13 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • April Cooper on 13 Sep 12
     
    This is a great idea for helping those students who struggle with writing because they can't think of what to write. In addition, the connective words (i.e. first, then, next) provided in the writing frames help students understand how to use words to transition from one idea to the next. The article provides the steps to create a writing frame as well as elementary and secondary examples of opinion writing frames and compare-contrast writing frames.
April Cooper

Popplets - 0 views

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concept mapping

shared by April Cooper on 03 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • April Cooper on 03 Oct 12
     
    A collaborative online tool where students can create and personalize concept maps. Students can even web images related to those concepts.
Duane Wiedenheft

Focusing a Discussion - 1 views

wac.colostate.edu/pop5g.cfm

discussion

shared by Duane Wiedenheft on 16 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Duane Wiedenheft on 16 Mar 12
     
    Since I use discussion a lot with my students I thought this was a good idea to refocus. It could be tied in with an exit strategy to find out what students thought the main focus of the discussion really was supposed to be.
Drinda Williams

Sentence/Passage Springboard - 3 views

writing2.richmond.edu/...sprngbrd.html

shared by Drinda Williams on 21 Sep 11 - Cached
  • They then spend whatever time you allot to exploring in writing their thoughts about the sentence or passage.
  • Drinda Williams on 21 Sep 11
     
    This has the student determine the initial "prompt" for writing. The activity calls for students to write about their own prompts, but they could also use this to start a Write Around.
  • Drinda Williams on 16 Mar 12
     
    I like this activity because it is so student centered. The part I highlighted could be altered--giving students 3 minutes to write about it and then using it as part of another W2L strategy. I think it would be a great way to start a Write Around or Written Conversation.
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

How to Adapt Your Teaching Strategies to Student Needs | Reading Topics A-Z | Reading R... - 1 views

www.readingrockets.org/...370

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  • Holly Thompson on 18 Mar 12
     
    This website is great for any special needs teacher that may have come to a block on different ways to adapt or let student express themselves. It gives you examples on how a student could submit work if they are having a hard time expressing themselves, spelling, writing legibly,or reading. Lots of examples!!
Angie Wessel

Teaching Kids News - Kid-friendly news articles for teachers, parents and kids. - 0 views

teachingkidsnews.com

shared by Angie Wessel on 12 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Angie Wessel on 12 Sep 12
     
    This is a great website for students to catch up on current events. Students find the articles interesting, and they are not very lengthy. I especially like the writing prompts at the bottom of the page. What a great way for students to learn about, analyze and reflect upon current events.
Jessica Russell

Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute | Write-To-Learn Strategies - 0 views

blsci.baruch.cuny.edu/...write-to-learn-strategies

shared by Jessica Russell on 16 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Jessica Russell on 16 Sep 12
     
    It explains what W2L strategies are about and that research has shown that they are a great thing for students.
  • Jessica Russell on 16 Sep 12
     
    This site is from a communication institute. It gives some examples of strategies that go with W2L, but they seem as though they would be longer writing assignments. Check it out and let me know what you think. I am wondering if it is geared more towards using W2L strategies with college students.
Drinda Williams

Search Education - Google - 0 views

www.google.com/...searcheducation

education google googlesearch resources

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  • Drinda Williams on 08 May 12
     
    Google's site for teachers: helping students to become skilled searchers at beginning to advanced stages.
Drinda Williams

So you wanna be a rock star fashion designer? | tweentribune.com - 3 views

tweentribune.com/frontpage

shared by Drinda Williams on 14 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Barb Melloy on 14 Mar 12
     
    Kids can read and write about current, sometimes quirky and interesting events. On the right side there are topics to choose from, like Health. The articles can also be read in Spanish! You can sign up if you want, but you do not need a login to read the articles.
  • Drinda Williams on 16 Mar 12
     
    The new Iowa Core standards call for students to write opinion (K-5) and argument (6-12) essays, and I can see that some of these articles might lend themselves to this type of writing. Appendix A of the English Language Arts standards call for us to "teach the issues" so students learn how to analyze and form opinions.
Patrick McAlpine

In Search of Shakespeare . The "Punny" Language of Shakespeare | PBS - 0 views

www.pbs.org/...lessonplan2.html

Writing Slips listening_speaking_writing

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  • Patrick McAlpine on 18 Mar 12
     
    I love this activity when starting Shakespeare with new students, or one like it. It combines lots of opportunities for W2L strategies, specifically admit and exit slips. It's a great way to get students thinking and writing about Shakespeare's language.
Duane Wiedenheft

What is Writing to Learn? - 0 views

wac.colostate.edu/pop2d.cfm

Ideas

shared by Duane Wiedenheft on 18 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Duane Wiedenheft on 18 Mar 12
     
    I went back today to the Colorado State web site on W2L. The more I look at this site the more I like it. If you want a quick list of strategies to use - its there. If you want to have additional ideas when/where/how to use W2L - its there. It like a second reference to our textbook.
  • Margie Steinberg on 27 Mar 12
     
    I totally agree with the above comment. This site would be another good one to share with colleagues that are looking for a way to work writing into what they do with students as they explore more strategies that are useful in the classroom. Too many of the content area teachers do not see the possibilities of writing as a vehicle for students to get more out of the learning and curriculum.
Shannon Wurzer

TeacherTube - Teach the World | Teacher Videos | Lesson Plan Videos | Student Video Les... - 0 views

www.teachertube.com

resources

shared by Shannon Wurzer on 11 Sep 12 - Cached
  • Shannon Wurzer on 11 Sep 12
     
    Another great video resource. A great addition to lessons.
  • Shannon Wurzer on 11 Sep 12
     
    So many great videos to share with your students.
Alison Puls

Tagxedo - Word Cloud with Styles - 1 views

www.tagxedo.com

shared by Alison Puls on 16 Sep 12 - Cached
  • Alison Puls on 16 Sep 12
     
    This website will turn your composition into a visual. For instance, you could write about Frida Kahlo and it would turn the words into her image. This seems like a good follow up activity to some writing. It may be good motivation to get students writing because they'll want to make this visual.
nschmitz

Writing to Learn Overview - 0 views

www.csulb.edu/...WritingtoLearnActivities.pdf

Overview of WTL

shared by nschmitz on 17 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • nschmitz on 17 Sep 12
     
    This site covers assumptions about academic writing, writing myths, examples of write to learn activities, why it is effective, etc. I would use this site to present at a faculty meeting to help other teachers realize that writing across the curriculum is NOT research papers, it is learning about students and their knowledge by having them write short things such as an exit slip to check for understanding. WTL personalizes instruction.
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