Reinventing Writing

Reinventing Writing:
How Transliteracy and EdTech Tools Create Successful
Student Writing Communities
#Skitsummit2015
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

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Poll: Who are you?
A.Teacher
B.Librarian
C.Curriculum
D.Principal
E.Other administrator

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
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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)
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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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Part 1: How has writing
been reinvented?

 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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WHAT IS “THE CLOUD?”
A location on the Internet where common files are stored.
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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

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•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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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

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http://tinyurl.com/kindle-notecard
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Learn More: Chapter 3, Reinventing Writing

5 Most popular ebook readers
 Kindle
 iBook
 Nook
 Kobo
 Google Play Books
Learn More: Epic Ebook Guide
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#1 Reinventing Paper

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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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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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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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
Learn More: Chapter 3, Reinventing Writing

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

Notes area
Reminders
Search
Shortcuts for frequently
used items

Did you know
you can create
checklists and
store files?

Share your
notetaking
and files

One Note: Only Collaborative
Notebook service

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

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


Meet the
new
notecard
Hyperlink is part of bookmark

Features of
the New
Notecard
(Diigo) Annotate Websites: Privately,
To a group or publicly
Group Bookmarks
http://physicsofthefuture.wikispaces.com
Student efolios
Citation Reports

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

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Dropbox * Google Drive * One Drive

Did you know?
You’re not stuck! You can move your
files. Mover.io

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

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

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.

Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
 Create shared places in the cloud for
students and teachers to move files
between devices

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So much more than the “essay”
- reinventing wordprocessors

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1. Google Drive
2. One Drive (Microsoft Word/
Office 365)
3. Etherpad (for server installation)

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

Did you know?
 Zamzar.com can convert almost any format?
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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

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

Credit: Sue Waters
Reinventing Writing, Chapter 8

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

Did you
know?
http://www.classtools.net/twister/
You can make “Fake Tweets” at Classtools.net

Quadblogging – an authentic audience of peers

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

See
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/gamifi-ed-project-update1/

Popular Wiki Websites
1. Wikispaces
2. PBWiki
3. Install Media Wiki
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#7 Reinventing Group Reports

Students can build websites
too: Wix, Weebly and others

Combining Writing with
Technology

Popular Group Website
Creators
1. Weebly
2. Wix
3. Webs
4. Google Sites
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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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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

Mindmapping is great for Writing or App Building!

Did
you
know?
You should preplan what you’ll write before
you start collaborative writing?
Favorite outlining tools:
Hackpad, Google Drive, Etherpad, Office 365

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

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

See: Infographics Tools for Kids
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/infographic-tools-for-kids/

See: 7 Ways to Use Canva to Create
Compelling Graphics
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/canva-how-to/

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

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

The Collaborative Writing Cloud 9
Wikis
Collaborative
Writing Apps
Blogs
Social
Bookmarking
Graphic
Organizers
Collaborative
Notebooks
ePaper
Cartooning
Cloud
Syncing
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9 P’s for
Proactive
Knowledge
1. Passwords
2. Privacy
3. Personal Information
4. Photography
5. Property
6. Permissions
7. Protection
8. Professionalism
9. Permanence
Adapted from Reinventing Writing
by Vicki Davis

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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Reinventing Writing:
How Transliteracy and EdTech Tools Create Successful
Student Writing Communities
www.coolcatteacher.com/ITSummit2015
#Skitsummit2015
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

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