Digital Writing Practicum -- 2010/11
This space is for teacher participants in the Digital Writing Pracitcum 2010/11. This space is where you will share fears and plans, ideas, failures and successes. We all will learn.
Commenting Success!
To follow up on my "commenting" post http://digitalteachers.net/node/1126, I wanted to share a few examples from my students that have really put effort into letting their peers know how they feel about their writing and give specific advice on how to make their writing better. This commenting session was a direct result of much practice commenting with our classroom developed student help rubric (see above link).
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Students Taking Ownership of Meaningful Commenting
Having used the Young Writers Project for part of the 2009-10 school year, I already knew how important it was for students to feel safe and comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback from their peers. I decided to hold off on talking about and setting the standard for commenting on each other's blog posts until we had a few pieces of writing (per student) saved. As a classroom, we then spoke extensively about supporting one another with positive comments about each other's writing. I modeled this verbally on a few volunteer's blog posts and quickly had other students wanting to chime in as well. It was great to see how my students were picking out great things about their peer's writing to mention and give praise for.
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Web conferences
UPDATE: We are starting this week with OPEN Web conferences for anyone who'd like to join us to ask questions or show us a problem or an idea you wish to discuss. Go to ywp.webex.com at 3:30 Tuesday or Thursday of this week and join.... It will require a computer, Internet, a phone or phone connection from your computer AND an ability to allow a small piece of CISCO software to be downloaded to your computer. ... JOIN anytime between 3:30 and 4:30 on Tuesday or Thursday.
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YWP Schools Project participants,
Michael Wesch's latest...
So this is an interesting new video from Michael Wesch, an anthropology professor from Kansas State University who is a leading user of digital technology to turn his teaching methods upside down AND, in his summers, studies a primitive tribe in New Guinea... Now there's a contrast! Thoughts?
Web conferences starting
Hi Practicum and Schools Project participants,
We have begun a Web conferencing service as part of the YWP Practicum and the Schools Project service.
We will be holding a Schools Project Site Q&A session on Mondays at 3 p.m., the next is Monday, Dec. 13. THIS WEEK we'll look at revisions and how to use them. They will be held each subsequent Monday (Christmas/New Years break.) We will be scheduling other types of conferences on different days. Access by going to ywp.webex.com (more info below.)
These are computer-screen centered conferences with the ability for us to give any of you control so you can show us, or others, issues you've been having OR great things that are happening.
Twitter... and becoming digital teachers
One of the things that the YWP Practicum asks of the participants is to spend time surfing, exploring the Web, learning about tools other teachers are using. This is how you become a digital teacher.
From time to time, I'll post something that I hope will help.
Twitter. A lot of press to Twitter these days, but what the heck is it and who has time? I use it in this way: I occasionally post to it, but mostly to highlight cool things a kid has done on youngwritersproject.org. But when I can I will track the posts of people I follow -- leading digital educators -- and I am amazed at what I learn. Just by following their links.
Bio for Matt Allen
My name is Matt Allen. I am a writing teacher at St. Albans City School. The class is actually called "21st Century", but many of us are trying to get this changed, as we believe it is a misnomer. Our thought is that we teach writing using 21st century tools, as all teachers should; we do not teach "21st Century".
I love being a writing teacher. I believe writing is one of the only options students have to truly express themselves in their school day. I believe writing, in general, is undervalued in our society. This worries me, as it is one of the easiest ways for people to communicate truths that may not be common knowledge. Because of this writing is a great way for citizens to be involved in their communities.
Master's Level Digital Writing Practicum 2010/11
