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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!
Sue Bestul

Learn Languages Online with Babbel.com - 0 views

www.babbel.com

Spanish writing listening_speaking_writing idioms refresher course

shared by Sue Bestul on 16 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Sue Bestul on 16 Mar 12
     
    This site helps people learn languages or improve on the language knowledge that they already have. I was attracted to this site because of the section on Writing Exercises and tried it out. Here is a summary: WRITING EXERCISES-Practice writing on various themes and prompts and get feedback from native speakers. LEVELS: Beginner (a journey or weather, discuss a trip or language course, write dialog for a telephone conversation); Intermediate (writing an e-mail, postcard and letter, describing people and everyday life) or Advanced (everyday topics and expressing opinions) OTHER COURSES; Level Courses, Spanish for the Holidays, Spanish Around the World, Numbers, Listen and Practice, Spanish Idioms, Express Training, Refresher Course, Themes and Situations, etc.
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.
April Cooper

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

www.educationworld.com/...profdev091.shtml

W2L writing **admit exit slips

shared by April Cooper on 13 Sep 12 - Cached
  • 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.
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
cindy weber

Bloom Taxonomy Book Review Questions - 0 views

theliterarylink.com/bloom_questions.html

shared by cindy weber on 15 Sep 12 - Cached
    • cindy weber
      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

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

Ten Terrific Mind Mapping Tools and Brainstorming Tools - 0 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...terrific-mind-mapping-and.html

*Mind Mapping* *Brainstorming*

shared by April Cooper on 30 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • April Cooper on 30 Oct 12
     
    Excellent ideas for mind mapping and brainstorming digitally. Several of the resources are for the iPad or iPhone I have used Popplet and Wallwisher several times in my classroom and both resources are popular with my students.
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.
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!
Drinda Williams

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

www.busyteacherscafe.com/...comprehension_strategies.html

shared by Drinda Williams on 14 Mar 12 - Cached
  • 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!
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?
Drinda Williams

Educational Technology Guy: Real World Math - ideas for using Google Earth in math class - 0 views

educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/...th-ideas-for-using-google.html

math educational technology

shared by Drinda Williams on 22 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • based on active learning and project based learning, including analysis and creativity.
  • This is a fun and interesting way to teach, and learn, math
  • Drinda Williams on 22 Mar 12
     
    I thought of Lori for this one, but others might fine uses as well.
Shannon Wurzer

PBS Teachers | Resources For The Classroom - 0 views

www.pbs.org/teachers

resources lessons

shared by Shannon Wurzer on 11 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Shannon Wurzer on 11 Sep 12
     
    Great resource for all grade levels and subject areas. Includes links to audio and video.
  • Shannon Wurzer on 11 Sep 12
     
    This provides some great mini lessons or add-ons to lessons that would be great before or after a Write to Learn strategy.
  • Shannon Wurzer on 11 Sep 12
     
    This provides some great mini lessons or add-ons to lessons that would be great before or after a Write to Learn strategy.
kellejohannsen

Double-Entry Journal - ReadWriteThink - 0 views

www.readwritethink.org/...ouble-entry-journal-30660.html

shared by kellejohannsen on 12 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • kellejohannsen on 12 Sep 12
     
    This page has a template for using double-entry journals. However, it also has more links to implementing double-entry journals and using KWL charts. I looked at all of the links listed and they would be awesome to use!!!!
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.
Shannon Wurzer

Exit Slips - ReadWriteThink - 1 views

www.readwritethink.org/...exit-slips-a-30772.html

shared by Shannon Wurzer on 14 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Shannon Wurzer on 14 Sep 12
     
    This page has links to print out exit slip templates as well as links to lesson plans using the exit slip. It explains what an exit slip is and gives other ideas on how and when to use it. Great website!
  • Shannon Wurzer on 14 Sep 12
     
    Exit Slips
Holly Gerber

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

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

shared by Holly Gerber on 19 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • 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

flightline.highline.edu/...writingtolearn.htm

Several good ideas and new names for activities

shared by nschmitz on 19 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • 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.
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