Blogging the writing process with teens Isabela Villas Boas Ronaldo Lima Jr. Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasília

Blogging the writing process What are blogs? What do people blog about?

What are blogs?

What do people blog about?

ANYTHING!

ANYTHING!

How to blog Blogging the writing process

How to blog

Choose a host: blogger.com wordpress.com edublogs.org motime.com Write a post Invite readers to write comments  Blogosphere

Choose a host:

blogger.com

wordpress.com

edublogs.org

motime.com

Write a post

Invite readers to write comments

 Blogosphere

Web 2.0 Blogging the writing process

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 User-generated content:

Web 2.0

User-generated content:

New skills Blogging the writing process

New skills

Typing Publishing Readership Authorship (chaotic) reading Professional skills

Typing

Publishing

Readership

Authorship

(chaotic) reading

Professional skills

Blogging the writing process Product approach Focus on the final product, in which the writer shows knowledge of grammatical, lexical and rhetorical rules School-based essays and themes are static representations of students’ learning and content knowledge. Process approach Focus on the writer’s cognitive process emphasis on writing stages, such as planning, revising and rewriting; Post-process paradigm Social-constructivist view of writing writing, as a form of literacy, is an inherently social and transactional process that involves mediation between the writer and his/her reader .

Product approach

Focus on the final product, in which the writer shows knowledge of grammatical, lexical and rhetorical rules

School-based essays and themes are static representations of students’ learning and content knowledge.

Process approach

Focus on the writer’s cognitive process emphasis on writing stages, such as planning, revising and rewriting;

Post-process paradigm

Social-constructivist view of writing writing, as a form of literacy, is an inherently social and transactional process that involves mediation between the writer and his/her reader .

Stages in the writing process (non-linear) Pre-writing: motivating Ss for the topic; generating ideas; planning Writing multiple drafts Getting feedback from teacher from peers Revising Evaluating

Pre-writing: motivating Ss for the topic; generating ideas; planning

Writing multiple drafts

Getting feedback

from teacher

from peers

Revising

Evaluating

Peer revision Congruent with our view of language, learning, and language learning Stimulates interaction Stimulates awareness of audience Promotes learner independence Reasons not to do peer revision: “ I don´t have time to do it.” “ I´ve tried it once and it didn’t work.” “ Students don’t like doing it.”

Congruent with our view of language, learning, and language learning

Stimulates interaction

Stimulates awareness of audience

Promotes learner independence

Reasons not to do peer revision:

“ I don´t have time to do it.”

“ I´ve tried it once and it didn’t work.”

“ Students don’t like doing it.”

Blogging the writing process

Intermediate Class 1: http://my3b.blogspot.com Intermediate Class 2: http://355north.blogspot.com Advanced Class: http://class404-a-mainbranch.21classes.com Blogging the writing process

Intermediate Class 1:

http://my3b.blogspot.com

Intermediate Class 2:

http://355north.blogspot.com

Advanced Class:

http://class404-a-mainbranch.21classes.com