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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!
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.
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.
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

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.
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.
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
Laura Doerfler

http://michigan.gov/documents/mde/SSWAC_225020_7.pdf - 2 views

Great site to use for ideas for teaching in different content areas using W2L strategies. I especially liked the Social Studies ideas to use in class. Laura Doerfler

started by Laura Doerfler on 29 Sep 12 no follow-up yet
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

fas.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 2 views

weblink.scsd.us/...fas.pdf

shared by Drinda Williams on 13 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Anne Meester on 13 Mar 12
     
    Quick formative assessment ideas; some can be Write to Learn strategies
  • Drinda Williams on 14 Mar 12
     
    The Index Card Summaries/Questions would make a nice Exit Slip. If used often, the students would become more metacognitive and able to articulate their thinking.
Anne Meester

ScienceFix: RAFT Writing Prompts for Science - 1 views

www.writingfix.com/...s_Curriculum_RAFTS_Science.htm

writing raft science

shared by Anne Meester on 20 Mar 12 - Cached
    • Anne Meester
      Anne Meester on 20 Mar 12
       
      I know RAFT is a future strategy, and this website could help me to come up with ideas for framing RAFT assignments. There is similar page for social studies.
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.
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 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.
Duane Wiedenheft

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

www.ntlf.com/...writing.htm

learning

shared by Duane Wiedenheft on 18 Mar 12 - Cached
    • Duane Wiedenheft
      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.
Heather Gould

Check for Understanding - 1 views

learningisgrowing.wordpress.com/...check_for_understanding

shared by Heather Gould on 27 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Heather Gould on 27 Mar 12
     
    Here are several ideas for formative assessment, many of which are Write to Learn activities!
Laura Doerfler

Writing Centers in 3rd grade - 0 views

I found this site earlier this summer and am excited to implement some of the ideas this year in my classroom.I hope you can find it useful in your room.Laura Doerfler

http:__www.vrml.k12.la.us_victery_New08_learning_Stations_writing_writing_station.htm

started by Laura Doerfler on 09 Sep 12 no follow-up yet
Angie Wessel

WritingFix: Writing Across the Curriculum...RAFT Writing Assignments - 1 views

www.writingfix.com/RAFT.htm

shared by Angie Wessel on 12 Sep 12 - Cached
  • Angie Wessel on 12 Sep 12
     
    I chose this site because I have always found RAFT activities to be great for use in all curricular areas. Students get to a deeper level of thinking when they are prompted to connect their learning using the RAFT strategies. I also have like using the writingfix.com for many writing ideas. -Angie
Anna Lind

ReadWriteThink - 0 views

www.readwritethink.org

shared by Anna Lind on 11 Sep 12 - Cached
  • Anna Lind on 11 Sep 12
     
    I frequently visit this website for different lesson plan ideas. Rarely do I use them as they are- I usually tweek a bit for my students, but nonetheless, this is a fabulous website to help you get a jump start!
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