The document describes RAW INK Online, a digital learning space created in 2008 to connect students, authors, and educators. It highlights several key aspects of RAW INK Online including expanding beyond the classroom through initiatives like CLUB INK; incorporating play through student-created book trailers and games; varied types of collaboration; and connecting students to authors through chats, Skype sessions, and author visits. The document provides examples of what student engagement looks like, including accessing titles digitally, responding creatively to works, and gaining early access to popular young adult books.

1. Reading and Writing in Kentuckiana

2. The Idea. . .
In the fall of 2008, we had an idea to
create a digital learning space:
Accessible to Students
Accessible to Young Adult Authors
Accessible to Teaching Professionals.
The idea became what is now
RAW INK Online

3. 
Pitching the Idea to Real Kids
in a Real Classroom

4. 
RAW INK Online: Adapting to
“Brave New Options”

5. 
Expanding Beyond the Classroom:
C.L.U.B INK

6. 
 In the fall of 2009, we took the RAW INK Online Concept
and Created CLUB (Collaborative Learning Utilizing
Buddies) with a 5th grade classroom on the Silver Creek
campus.
 In the winter of 2009, we hosted our first RAW INK
sponsored poetry reading in cooperation with our local
IndieBound bookseller, Destinations Booksellers.
 Working on plans for a Community Shared book with the
Local Community Foundation of Southern Indiana hosted
in part by RAW INK Online.
#1: Creating Relevance by Expanding
Beyond the Classroom

7. Providing Input to the Local Newspapers
Invited by columnist, Erin Keane, Mr. Hankins comments on Kelly
Creagh’s new novel, set in Louisville, KY, Nevermore.

8. 
RAW INK: Incorporating Play

9. 
 Book trailers allow students to really stretch out their
creative/remix abilities.
 Mitch Donahue created a game based on the first
two chapters of James Patterson’s Maximum Ride
using Little Big Planet. He was able to demo his
game at Indiana University Southeast.
 Jon, a Room 210 student created a book trailer for his
short story, “Gods Among Men.”
#2 Incorporating “Play”

10. 
#3: Varied Types of Collaboration

12. 
#4 Shared Authority

13. 
Shared Authority: The INK Board

14. 
 RAW INK Online students read/interact with blogs from
authors and other students.
 Our regular chats with authors is a popular feature. This
year’s chats have been with: Chris Crutcher, Kimberly
Willis Holt, and Vordak the Incomprehensible (Scott
Seegert).
 Skype chats this year include: Riley Carney and Tom
Angleberger.
 Tyler and Jin (RAW INK Managers) were part of
EdTechTalk in February.
#5: Incorporation of Multi-Modal
Communication

16. 
#6: Critical Awareness of Technology

17. 
Our Reading/Literacy Community

18. From the Digital Learning Space Back to the Classroom
After our students read The Art of Racing in the Rain, we were
able to enjoy a Skype interaction with the author, Garth Stein.

19. Garth Stein and Our
AP English Language and Composition Students

20. 
Students Interact with
Our RAW INK Online Authors

21. 
From Purposeful Networking to
Nurturing Partnerships

22. 
From the Author’s Lair to the
Author’s Chair
Jessica Leader (Nice and Mean 2010) Read Across America Day 2010

23. 
Reconnecting with Old Friends via
the Digital Learning Space
Jonathan Rand
(American Chillers Series)
Christopher Knight Talks about
the Writing Craft- March 2010

24. What It Looks Like
Room 210 students created this
“Floor Storm” (Wilhelm 2006)
for the first part of Laurie Halse
Anderson’s Speak.
We posted this to RAW INK
Online and Facebook, where
this project elicited a powerful
response from Laurie, herself.

25. What It Looks Like
Our Room 210 students
enjoy:
Access to Titles
Access to Digital Learning
Space
Access to Authors

26. What It Looks Like
After a book talk in
class on the previous
day, Abbie comes back
to class with that title
on her Sony E-Reader.

27. What It Looks Like
Students in Room 210 enjoy
many of the popular YA titles
months in advance of their
release.
Here, Chris reads from a signed
copy of Dirty Little Secrets by
C. J. Omololu.

28. What It Looks Like
Emily used the web-based,
Polyvore.com to create this
collage inspired by the
#SpeakLoudly campaign.

29. What It Looks Like
Hannah Bigler, a Room 210
student this year is among the
first American teens to read
Veronica Roth’s Divergent, a
book that does not release until
May 2011.

30. What It Looks Like
Hannah Sheffield made a
contact to Brad Cohen, author
of Front of the Class after being
inspired by his film.
Here Hannah stand with Brad
before his keynote address at
Bradley University.

31. Where to Find More
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Twitter: @PaulWHankins
Facebook: PaulWHankins
Email: PaulWHankins@aol.com
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