Writing has been reinvented. Instead of paper-based writing, we now have simple online equivalents we should be using in every classroom. Based upon Vicki Davis' Fall 2013 book, Reinventing Writing
4.18.24 Movement Legacies, Reflection, and Review.pptx
Reinventing Writing
1. Reinventing Writing
Writing
Vicki A. Davis
Teacher, IT Director
@coolcatteacher
Co-founder, Flat Classroom™ Projects
Author, Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds
The Essential Collaborative Writing GuideBook
Eye on Education
December 2012
2. John Seely Brown,Visiting Scholar, University of
Southern California
“…you can’t just drop new
innovations into a classroom
and hope that the instructor
will invent effective ways to
use them.To fully utilize a
new teaching technology, you
often need to invent new
teaching practices as well.”
Flat Classroom Conference 2011
Beijing, China
“Web 2 Kung Fu” speedsharing invented
3. Fosters community (Elbow 373)
Helps see problems from multiple viewpoints (Howard 10)
Co-authoring impacts the writing of individual authors (Aghbar)
Improves Learning Experiences (wolf 2010)
“Ideal model for constructing, reorganizing and acquiring new
information” (Janssen et all 2010)
Global collaboration is essential in today’s workplace (Friedman)
Shorten time required to solve pressing world problems (Tapscott)
Benefits of Collaborative Writing
Hong Kong 2011
Students edit wiki with virtual partners
4. WHAT IS “THE CLOUD?”
A location on the Internet where common files are stored.
28. Common Core in the Cloud
Writing
Vicki A. Davis
Teacher, IT Director
@coolcatteacher
Co-founder, Flat Classroom™ Projects
Author, Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds
The Essential Collaborative Writing GuideBook
Eye on Education
December 2012
Notes de l'éditeur
One drop is a drop of water. Many drops of water together make rain. Rain makes the grass grow. One person writing is one workbut multiple people make change. Change can improve our world.