VTNEA Workshop
Welcome teacher participants in the 2010 Digital Writing Workshop with the Vermont Chapter of the National Writing Project and the Young Writers Project
NEA -- NWP/YWP Workshop
Thanks to teacher participants in the Vermont NEA conference.
Well that was fun. Carly Bennett, Cate Lamb and Lisa Italiano of the Vermont Chapter of the National Writing Project and Geoffrey Gevalt, executive director of the Young Writers Project really appreciated your patience, energy and focus at the workshop Thursday Oct. 22. We hope you will continue to use this space to BUILD COMMUNITY. You will see you have a new option -- Digital Teacher's Space -- which is a more public space that we are hoping you will help get started on this site. Or, just go to the NEA workshop space to get to know the other participants more. Also, you'll note that we've posted out front the resource piece for you to link to knowledge, apps and digital classroom software and ideas.
How to -- Comment
Peer-to-peer feedback is an extremely important part of any Digital Writing Classroom project. Commenting helps students hear what their audience thinks of their work; in turn, they get to look at writing with an objective, constructive eye. They also learn how to receive criticism and to give it in a positive, constructive yet truthful way.
Each piece of writing on YWP Schools Project sites have a comment box at the bottom that allows other students, the teacher or a mentor (if one is assigned to the school) to post feedback. Other sites and software work differently. Regardless, students should preview their comments before submitting them to check for spelling and grammatical errors.
Why comment?
YWP surveys have shown that:
