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Jessica Russell

A Fuller Definition of Writing to Learn - 0 views

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  • Jessica Russell on 16 Sep 12
     
    It defines W2L in detail. This site is aimed to college professors, but I found some interesting troubleshooting advice on it for when W2L isn't working the best for you in your classroom.
  • Jessica Russell on 16 Sep 12
     
    At the top of the page it has a variety of questions people may have about W2L. I clicked on them and read some interesting answers. One question is had that spiked my interest was "How can I avoid getting lousy student writing?" If you have any confusion about W2L, I would suggest consulting this site to help you.
Drinda Williams

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

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ning education

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  • 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!
Duane Wiedenheft

What is Writing to Learn? - 0 views

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Ideas

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  • 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.
Jessica Russell

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

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  • 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.
Alison Puls

Write to Learn - 3 views

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  • 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.
April Cooper

"Let It Slip!"- Daily Exit Slips Help Teachers Know What Students Really Learned - 0 views

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W2L writing **admit exit slips

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  • April Cooper on 13 Sep 12
     
    A great article focusing on two W2L strategies - admit and exit slips. Great advice and ideas from teacher who regularly use admit and exit slips in their classes.
Jared Pospisil

Writing to Learn Resources | The Leadership and Learning Center - 2 views

www.leadandlearn.com/...writing-to-learn-resources

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  • Jared Pospisil on 16 Mar 12
     
    This site provides examples of W2L strategies, as well as various assessments related to W2L strategies.
Drinda Williams

Duquesene writing-to-learn.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 1 views

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  • Drinda Williams on 17 Mar 12
     
    This was originally shared by Ryan. Just reposted by me. :-)
  • Drinda Williams on 17 Mar 12
     
    Ryan's original comment: This article supports W2L and gives some basic examples and suggestions. The one part that really jumped out at me was the last paragraph-W2L is a way to help students practice thinking, which is something I hadn't thought about.
Jared Pospisil

Prewriting Strategies |KU Writing Center - 0 views

www.writing.ku.edu/...prewriting.shtml

pre-writing brainstorming

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  • Jared Pospisil on 19 Mar 12
     
    I've had great success with the KU writing system. Therefore, I thought I'd see if it included any strategies that we could incorporate into our W2L methods. This page of the KU site suggests various pre-writing strategies, which may modified to fit the intentions and methods of W2L.
Duane Wiedenheft

Writing for Learning--Not Just for Demonstrating Learning - 0 views

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learning

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      Duane Wiedenheft on 18 Mar 12
       
      This is a neat little reminder how easy it is to use W2L, especially using it a prequels to a test to help them review.
cindy weber

Bloom Taxonomy Book Review Questions - 0 views

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      cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
       
      I think you could use these questions easily for exit and admit slips and writing breaks. Love to have a reference like this.
    • cindy weber
      cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
       
      You could use this reference to make sure you are hitting more then one type of level. For example, not getting stuck asking all knowledge base questions. This reference makes it easy to choose a variety of leveled questions.
  • cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
     
    This is a quick referece for bloomstaxonomy questions over a book. I love to have these references to use when planning. The reference sheet is broken down by the levels of questioning, such as knowledge, comprehension, etc. levels with about 10 examples of questions you could use with any book. This can benefit the W2L group by providing teachers with a handy reference for questioning and using with various strategies that we have learned so far, such as exit slips, admit slips, and writing breaks.
Alison Puls

Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds - 1 views

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  • 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.
Pam Litterer

Why aren't we all teaching writing - 3 views

Writing to Learn for Preservice Teachers - National Writing Project

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  • Pam Litterer on 15 Mar 12
     
    This article talks about why teachers other than English teacher may not feel comfortable teaching writing. The article states that many teachers may not feel comfortable teaching writing because they don't feel very strong in their writing ability and don't want to lead students wrong. I would agree that I tend to overuse commas and my spelling could use some work, but that is why I like the W2L strategies because that isn't the primary focus
Drinda Williams

Comprehension Strategies - Making connections, questioning, inferring, determining impo... - 2 views

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  • Barb Melloy on 14 Mar 12
     
    There are lots of strategies developed here that can be used in reading classes and in content subjects. It looks elementary, but there are useful items for many levels. The site offers questioning techniques that fit right into Bloom's Taxonomy and our W2L strategies.
  • Drinda Williams on 15 Mar 12
     
    This was actually shared first by Barb. I was demonstrating the program, and used her example...now it says I shared it. However, it did come from Barb. Thanks, Barb!
Drinda Williams

SSWAC_225020_7.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 1 views

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  • Drinda Williams on 17 Mar 12
     
    This was originally shared by Ryan. Just reposted by me. :-)
  • Drinda Williams on 17 Mar 12
     
    Ryan's original comment: This website contains several writing activities geared toward social studies, but they could be used with a variety of classes. They progress from easier to more difficult. I think some fit well with W2L, others not so much
  • Leigh Sell on 18 Mar 12
     
    I defnitely believe that any sort of writing helps with handwriting skills, grammar even, and reading. I know, writing for me, I usually 'talk' differently in my writing than I do actually speaking. I have time to think about what I want to say, can look at it, and make changes if I think it's not right. Wish I could do that in real life! LOL
Anne Meester

Writing Across the Curriculum - 0 views

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writing education

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      Anne Meester on 20 Mar 12
       
      Folded books can make W2L activities fresh and can also help kids to make connections.
Patrick McAlpine

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

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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.
Holly Gerber

Write to Learn English Language Arts Concepts and Skills - 2 views

www.you-can-teach-writing.com/write-to-learn.html

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  • Holly Gerber on 19 Mar 12
     
    This is possibly one of the more relevent web sites I found for W2L strategies. Please scroll down on the homepage, and there is a list of links for informal writing ideas and strategies that help students develop a deeper understanding of what they're learning.
nschmitz

Writing to learn Activities - 1 views

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Several good ideas and new names for activities

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  • Holly Gerber on 19 Mar 12
     
    This site is almost like a quick one-page reference tool for teachers who are looking to refresh some of the basic W2L strategies...the admit/exit slips are mentioned, among others. I would use this site if I needed a quick refresher of a strategy I needed or wanted to implement for a particular lesson.
  • Margie Steinberg on 27 Mar 12
     
    I would agree with Holly's comments. This site would be a good one to pass along to content area teachers that are looking for some strategies to work with formative, writing pieces they do with their students.
  • nschmitz on 17 Sep 12
     
    Includes Muddiest Question (one most confusing), One Minute Papers (another name for exit/admit slips) and a nice list of tips at the bottom.
Heather Gould

Writing Next Research Report - 0 views

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W2L

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  • Heather Gould on 18 Mar 12
     
    This 2007 report highlights 11 effective, research-based elements of current writing instruction. Writing to Learn made the list!
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