1. The Digital Writing Workshop
Written by
Troy Hicks
By: Megan Brennan, Jodi Bouchey, David Durkee
2. Troy Hicks
Troy is an excellent professor at
Central Michigan University. He
teaches some of the best classes
available to the school. He is a
pioneer at using digital media in his
writing courses. He often integrates
online resources when creating
writing workshops for his students.
He is happily married and has a “Brady sized”
family. He is currently auditioning for the
new, modern day, “Hicks Bunch”.
3. Blogs, Wikis, and Collaborative Word
Processors for Conferring Purposes
Conferring with students one-on-one takes up too much
time that needs to be spent on whole-class instruction
Teachers aren’t rushed to give feedback immediately
Responses given are more permanent
Revision process is available step by step for students to
assess their own writing process
4. Blogs & Wiki’s Continued…. .
The learning doesn’t stop just because writing workshop
time is over
Literally a lighter load for teachers
BE SENSITIVE!
Allows for collaboration between peers as well
5. Really Simple Syndication
RSS Feeds
Can be added to blogs, wikis,
and bookmarked.
Automatically updates the reader
with articles published.
Megan's Wiki Page
MLive
Technical Writer's Blog
6. Social Bookmarking
Similar concept as Dropbox.com
Users are able to bookmark a webpage and then retrieve it
on another computer.
Diigo.com is an excellent tool for social bookmarking
Diigo Tutorial
Students are able to bookmark materials and use them at
a later time.
7. Publishing Digital Writing
“It is important for them (students) to learn how to
contribute to their communities as digital writers…”
–Troy Hicks
Respond/Responded to
8. Digital Portfolios
Wiki (Hey, that’s what we’re doing!)
Student Links
Blogfolios
Creating Links
Documenting Work
Permanent Archives
Tagging work to view development
Similar to Googledocs
9. Class Anthologies
A collection of a class’ work over a period of time.
Typically printed and shared.
You can use technology with Wiki’s