Explorations in writing activites

How can we turn writing into real communication?
Ma. Elena Delgado
Gabino Barreda
Mexico city, UNAM
2009

Tasks Sender This is our favorite snack Message Audience

Tasks are used ...
To reinforce grammar and vocabulary
Integrated with other skills.
To promote group work
Common scenario:
No time for grading or sharing

Sharing made easier via Web 2 writing tools (great for socializing information)
Edmodo
Wall wisher
Photopeach
Slide
Bookr
Pbwiki
Template for Tall tales
Template for poems
Cartoon strips
Models for different genders of texts.

Microblogging: Edmodo www.edmodo.com

How does Edmodo work? Members Alert messages are sent via e-mail Member sends a message

Create a group: Brazil-Mexico

Posting : like a forum

You can link to other sites. Wallwisher text+links to videos, or webpages

Types of activites ; Telling stories
First -person point of view -invitation to a more personal context.
Increased attention .We look for insights about storyteller.
Involvement with emotions.
¨ My favorite... friend story keepsake place

Instructions: HOMEWORK for this week
Describe a friend
Tool:
http:// pimpam pum.net/bookr http://pimpampum.net/bookr
The book should have a cover and 6 pages

Make a photobook describing your best friend. The photos don´t have to be real, you can select them from flickr.

Telling a story with pictures Bookr www.pimpampum.net

You can browse through the pages looks and feels like an e- book You can see the books of others. “ My best friend and me at school” Real pictures versus fiction

Pictures+ caption+music http://photopeach.com/home

Photopeach : a story with pictures

Two tracks for meaning
Words
Images
More sophisticated ideas can be expressed Visual elements help to create a rich context

News about.... ( a bit of everything)

Wikis are about sharing and working together amongst us and with others abroad

In a wiki you can publish:
Videoclips
Powerpoint presentations
Pictures
Maps
Calendars
Pdf, documents

Pbworks Describing the life of. .. .

Royal families around the world Bringing the world to the class

Sharing and learning with others abroad Mexican students – and a group from Conneticut Hola Estudiantes! We have been reading all about you all, and have been learning how to write back and respond en Espanol! We would like to make our own page to send to you and show you how we celebrated el Dia de Los Muertos here at Talcott Mountain Academy! We made our "ofrenda" early in class by setting our yellow tablecloth, and making our sugar skulls! The sugar skulls took mucho tiempo!

Cross- cultural contrast Bailamos, comimos, y rompimos una pinata! We played games, ate some tortilla chips and salsa, and made notes and letters to our loved ones who passed away! Para nos abuelos, mascotas, y amigos escribimos muchas notas de amor y cuentos! We gathered on our "afrombra" and told cuentos de susto, y hablamos de la historia de Dia de Los Muertos! It was a good time! Gracias! We also were in "disfrasos" and were in a Halloween "parada"! We have some "retratos" of nosotros here! We will post them "aqui" so you can see us, and know what we did for Halloween! Thanks for checking us out! Senorita Peralta (Talcott Mt. Academy, Connecticut, US)

Mexican students created slideshows with pictures from their exhibitions
This is a offering from #1 high school

We remember in this day the special persons that died

Other types of activities perfect for the wiki: Collaborative writing

Group work (cross-cultural activities) Get in groups of 3 Watch the following videoclip and create a story. It can be in English or Spanish depending on the language you are learning. Write your story in this wiki below the videoclip. Remember to write your names. Thanks for participating.

T Activites using web2 tools promote:
Autonomy
The individual relation to others and the wider world
Interdependence celebrating culture and community
Learning, knowing and doing – knowing,
understanding, exploring and making sense (skills)
Exciting the imagination

What do students think? 24 students answered an online survey published in the class blog Tool : SurveyMonkey.com

What do students think? A survey 24 students
Integrating technology(blogs, wikis, activities in web sites helps me learn
Creating a blog was
Did you like publishing your videoclip?
50 % said a lot 50% more or less 0% not very much 0% not at all Fun 42% Easy 50% Difficult 4.2% 79% yes 20.8% No

Did you like taking videodictation? 66.7% yes 33.3% no

Which activities helped you learn the most?
62.5% 29.2% 37.5% 25% 58% 47% 50% 50%

My questions: How perfect should a student´s writing be before publishing? “ I do not want to overcorrect and make the student feel frustated”. “We practised group editing and still there are spelling, and grammar mistakes”. “Is there a way to empower students giving them tools for self-correction?” “Maybe, I need to try some of the new e-tool available like whitesmoke” ?

Self-correction tool

Thanks to my enthustiastic colleagues in Brazil and USA who made this delightful experience possible. Thanks for participating, giving ideas, and sharing. We might have been miles apart but were close indeed showing interest and appreciation for each others´ students. Ana Ma. Menenzes (Brazil) Ms. Elba (Brazil) Rebecca Schrawen (USA) Ida Peralta (USA)

Thanks to :
Ana Maria Menezes from Brazil
Ms Elba from Brazil
Rebecca Schrauwen form Michigan
Idania Peralta from
Conneticut
“ We have experienced the power of globalization.” Our students have discovered the global village through technology. We need to keep exploring .....

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