Writing has been reinvented in 9 power ways. Learn how this has happened and how it can impact your classroom. Every teacher should be familiar with how to integrate electronic writing in their classroom. Make it simple... reinvent writing. Shared at #ucet15 in Utah in April 2015. Evernote, One Note, Dropbox, wikis, blogs, Twitter, Diigo, One Drive and so much more!
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Reinventing Writing April 2015 Edition #ucet15
1. Reinventing Writing:
How Transliteracy and EdTech Tools Create Successful
Student Writing Communities
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Vicki A. Davis
Teacher, IT Director
@coolcatteacher
www.coolcatteacher.com
Author, Reinventing Writing (June 2014)
Author, Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds
Host, Every Classroom Matters (itunes)
2014 BAMMY Award – Best Education Talk Show Host
2. Guidelines
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3. Poll: Who are you?
A.Teacher
B.Librarian
C.Curriculum
D.Principal
E.Other administrator
4. 1. 9 Ways Writing Has Been Reinvented
• Practical things students need to know
• Examples from classrooms
• Recommendations for each
2. 9 Key P’s for Digital Citizens
3. 20 Questions
ReinventingWriting –Vicki Davis
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5. 1. Specific Steps Building Writing Communities
(Chapter 13)
2. A lot of how-to’s (please use the chat to share
links)
3. To dive deeply into the 9 Key P’s for Safety &
Success (Chapter 12)
4. To dive deeply into the 20 questions (Chapter 2)
We won’t have time for –Vicki Davis
http://writinginthecloud.wikispaces.com
I’mVicki Davis @coolcatteacher
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6. 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.” Gamifi-ed Project:
An Intergenerational Learning Community
http://gamifi-ed.wikispaces.com
Westwood Students (9th graders) &
Masters Students from University of Alaska Southeast &
Gamifi-ed MOOC
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7. 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 CollaborativeWriting
(Why we need writing communities)
Hong Kong 2011
Students edit wiki with virtual partners
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8. WHAT IS “THE CLOUD?”
A location on the Internet where common files are stored.
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9. STUDENTS MUST BE TRANSLITERATE
“Transliterate: The ability to read, write,
and interact across a range of platforms,
tools and media from signing and orality
through handwriting, print, TV, radio and
film to digital networks.”
Transliteracy Research Group
11. •Can each student have a distinct
username?
•Does the website track profile data on
the students?
•Can you set it up without an email
address?
•Can I access this site through my
school’s filter?
•Does this tool meet all policy
requirements for my school?
User Setup
•Can you easily set up a lot of users?
•Can you duplicate pages and/or
websites easily?
Scalability
•How easy is it to monitor?
•How much control can you have over
viewing, editing, and commenting?
Management
•Does the site allow hyperlinks?
Embedding?
•Uploading?
•What are the capabilities of
simultaneous editing?
•Can the document be viewed and/or
edited on multiple platforms? (like
tablets and mobile phones)
Interactive
features
•Does the site have good help files?
•Does the site have an active
community of educators that is well
supported by the company?
•If this is a mandated, privately
supported tool, what community will
be used to support teacher and
student work?
Community
•How private is data shared on the
platform?
•How secure is data shared on the
platform?
•What are the intellectual property
rights associated with what is shared
on the platform?
Privacy, Security,
and Intellectual
Property Rights
20 Questions about Technology Tools
Reality CheckWhat am I
trying to do?
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12. Poll: What kind of student access to
technology do you have in your
school?
Answers:
A. 1:1 Devices of one type
B. 1:1 BYOD
C. Rolling labs of devices
D. Computer Lab
E. Limited access
15. 5 Most popular ebook readers
Kindle
iBook
Nook
Kobo
Google Play Books
Learn More: Epic Ebook Guide
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#1 Reinventing Paper
16. 10 Places to Find, Download &
Read Free or Inexpensive eBooks
Site Link Site Link
Project
Gutenberg
gutenberg.org
eReaderIQ ereaderiq.com
Free Booksy freebooksy.com
Book Bub bookbub.com
Bookish bookish.com
Hundred Zeroes hundredzeroes.com
Goodreads goodreads.com
What Should I
Read Next?
whatshouldireadnext.com
Which Book openingthebook.com/whic
hbook
Calibre calibre-ebook.com
Learn More: Epic Ebook Guide
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/epic-ebook-guide/
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17. 7 Easy Ways to Publish eBooks
1. Liber.io
http://liber.io/
(Write in Google Drive eBook)
2. Draft
http://draftin.com/
3. iBooks Author
4. LeanPub
http://leanpub.com/
5. PowerPoint (It works!)
6. Keynote (Yes you can!)
7. Scrivener
Learn more:
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/publish-ebooks-free/
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18. Did you know?
You can export your notes from Kindle or
iBooks into Evernote?
See 11 Ways eBooks Can Improve Your Life:
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/11-reasons-ebooks/
You can convert almost any format of ebook
to another using Calibre?
See The Epic eBook Guide:
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/epic-ebook-guide/
Students can set up a kindle email
Put them in a group and email docs to them (a
small charge will be incurred unless you hook it
up directly via cable.)
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19. Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
Evaluate Amazon Whispernet
Create a place where you can distribute
or link to free ebook content
Older students set up a profile on
kindle.amazon.com
Learn to export notes from books
Make epublishing part of what you do
#1 Reinventing Paper
Learn More: Chapter 3, Reinventing Writing
23. Popular Notebook Services
1. Evernote
2. One Note
3. Google Keep
4. PAPER! ;-)
Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 4
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#2 Reinventing Notetaking
28. Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
Select an official notebook service for your school
Connect students and teachers
Share notes
Learn to capture, annotate, and find
See if students can find notes at a later date
#2 Reinventing Notetaking
Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 4
29. Did you know?
Feature Evernote One Note
Set up an email to send notes to your
notebook
Set up your networked copier to send
scanned documents (via email)
Use IFTTT to link your notebook to other
services
Use a browser plug in to clip sites and info
Capture Screen pics Skitch One Note Clipper
Set up an import folder to automatically
bring in documents
Use Onetastic –
not really
available
Collaborative Spaces to Edit Shared notebooks
can’t edit
simultaneously
#2 Reinventing Notetaking
33. Features of
the New
Notecard
(Diigo) Annotate Websites: Privately,
To a group or publicly
Group Bookmarks
http://physicsofthefuture.wikispaces.com
Student efolios
Citation Reports
34. Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
Set up a bookmarking group for each
class
Set up a “tag dictionary” for common
topics for the term
Install the Diigo plug in to add more
features to websites
#3 Reinventing Notecards
Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 5
39. Dropbox: Did you know?
You can connect to your students and share files
Dropbox is a great way to share videos
You can create a folder people can upload to using
dropitto.me
Sortmybox will help you organize and move your dropbox
materials
Jotform sends forms straight to Dropbox
Automate Dropbox with IFTTT
You can create a website from a Dropbox Folder using
site44
My bookmarks of all the things you can do with Dropbox:
https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/dropbox
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#5 Reinventing Filing Cabinets
40. Google Drive: Did you know?
You can install Google Drive like a
Dropbox Folder
You can set up shared class folders
Google Drive can link with other services
(like wevideo)
See “Becoming a Google Drive Master”
http://j.mp/gdrive-master
#5 Reinventing Filing Cabinets
41. One Drive: Did you know?
Integrated with Office and Windows 8 (no
need to install)
If you don’t buy the service, only 3 students
can sign up PER DAY behind a firewall (I give
it as a home assignment/ school supply)
Free versions of Word/ Excel/ Powerpoint
available online with your files if you use it
Replaces the “Jump Drive” more easily than
anything else.
#5 Reinventing Filing Cabinets
42. Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
Create shared places in the cloud for
students and teachers to move files
between devices
#5 Reinventing Filing Cabinets
Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 6
48. Did you know?
You can call people and live chat them
from inside Microsoft Word, PowerPoint
and Excel in Office 365?
You can live edit Microsoft Word now?
You can get Microsoft Office on the iPad now?
Microsoft Office has Add Ons too?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/store/
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#5 Reinventing Word Processors
49. Did you know?
Zamzar.com can convert almost any format?
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#5 Reinventing Word Processors
50. Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
Set up collaborative writing tools
Make sure teachers know how to give text
and voice feedback
Empower peer feedback
Train and connect everyone!
Teach students (and teachers) to convert
files of all types
#5 Reinventing Word Processors
Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 7
51. Poll: What percentage of the time do
you estimate your students write
electronically?
Answers:
A. More than 70%
B. 50-70% of the time
C. 20-50% of the time
D. 5-20% of the time
E. Less than 5% of the time or
never
56. Karen Lirenman
Kathy Cassidy
Building Student Learning Communities
through Twitter
http://j.mp/lirenman-twitter
Using Twitter in a Primary Classroom
http://j.mp/primary-twitter
Class Twitter Accounts
Open Doors
58. Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
Set up a blogging platform for your
students
Encourage feedback and connection
Find a Quadblogging Group for every
classroom in your school
Use microblogging to communicate and
connect with the world
Give your classroom a public platform to
share and connect
#6 Reinventing Journals
& Reports
Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 8
63. Popular Wiki Websites
1. Wikispaces
2. PBWiki
3. Install Media Wiki
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#7 Reinventing Group Reports
64. Popular Group Website
Creators
1. Weebly
2. Wix
3. Webs
4. Google Sites
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65. Did you know?
You can use tags to organize?
You can set up private projects on wikispaces even if
your overall wiki is public?
You can have a free ad-free site if you’re a K12
educator
See my classroom wiki at
http://westwood.wikispaces.com
You can comment in-line like Google Drive?
You can use Wikispaces classroom to monitor
engagement live?
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66. Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
Create a collaborative wiki community
Write common information together with
others with a different worldview
Learn to write collaboratively
Multi age
Intergenerational
Within your district
Create a platform for student efolios
#7 Reinventing Group Reports
Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 9
70. Did
you
know?
You should preplan what you’ll write before
you start collaborative writing?
Favorite outlining tools:
Hackpad, Google Drive, Etherpad, Office 365
71. Did you know?
You can create a mindmap to organize and embed it
or link it from your document to keep the two
connected?
Live chats with documents usually aren’t saved, so you
want to have people use comments instead to include
collaborative partners
Partners should know how to find past conversations
and revisions
If you want to collaboratively write – it starts with
collaborative prewriting
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#8 Reinventing Prewriting
72. Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
Teach Prewriting tools and skills
Teach Collaborative Prewriting methods
Don’t forget prewriting
Embed prewriting documents in the final
document
Include asynchronous partners in your
communications.
#8 Reinventing Prewriting
Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 10
77. See: 7 Ways to Use Canva to Create
Compelling Graphics
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/canva-how-to/
78. Did you know?
Captions under images are read 300%
more than body copy
Headlines placed below an image are
read by 10% more people than headlines
above
Never break the left margin
Images should either have: story appeal
or demonstrate something
See: http://blog.kissmetrics.com/shocking-truth-about-graphics/
#9 Reinventing Illustrations
79. Recommendation
Teach students how to create and select
images
Encourage the use of infographics to tell
stories
Help students visually organize their efolios
Follow and teach guidelines to promote
readability
#9 Reinventing Illustrations
Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 11
80. The Collaborative Writing Cloud 9
Wikis
Collaborative
Writing Apps
Blogs
Social
Bookmarking
Graphic
Organizers
Collaborative
Notebooks
ePaper
Cartooning
Cloud
Syncing
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81. 9 Key P’s for Safety & Success
1. Passwords
2. Privacy
3. Personal Information
4. Photographs
5. Property
6. Permission
7. Protection
8. Professionalism
9. Personal Brand
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82. You can build community
CoP: Community of Practice
“Communities of practice are
groups of people who share a
concern or a passion for
something they do and learn
how to do it better as they
interact regularly.”
Ettienne Wegner, Communities of Practice: A Brief
Introduction, 2012.
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84. I’m here to help!
www.coolcatteacher.com
Twitter @coolcatteacher
Facebook
www.facebook.com/coolcatteacher
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How Transliteracy and EdTech Tools Create Successful
Student Writing Communities
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Vicki A. Davis
Teacher, IT Director
@coolcatteacher
www.coolcatteacher.com
Author, Reinventing Writing (June 2014)
Author, Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds
Host, Every Classroom Matters (itunes)
2014 BAMMY Award – Best Education Talk Show Host
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.
Answers:
1:1 Devices of one type
1:1 BYOD
Rolling labs of devices
Computer Lab
Limited access
Resources: 12 Ways eBooks Can Improve your Life: http://www.coolcatteacher.com/11-reasons-ebooks/
Notetaking and Leaerning: A Summary of Research - http://wac.colostate.edu/journal/vol16/boch.pdf
Answers:
1:1 Devices of one type
1:1 BYOD
Rolling labs of devices
Computer Lab
Limited access