Seeing the Thinking Behind
the Writing
Patrick Higgins, Jr.
Schedule
9:00-10:00 Setting the Stage:

10:00-10:30 Google Account Setup and
Play

10:30-11:30 Immersive work in Google

11:30-11:50 Break

11:50-12:00 Questions and comments

12:00-12:50 Authentic Writing for Real
Audiences

12:50-1:00 Finishing up and Survey
Username: pworkshop
Password: pworkshop
http://
todaysmeet.com/
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Site for Today with Resources




 https://sites.google.com/site/
writingandthinkingcamden/home
Who is this guy?
“The first object of any act
of learning, over and beyond
the pleasure it may give, is
that it should serve us in the
future.... In essence, it
consists in learning initially
not a skill but a general idea
which can then be used as a
basis for recognizing
subsequent problems....

Bruner, Process of Education p. 17
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/dno1967/3296369980/in/faves-14579369@N04/
Like Oxygen: Ubiquitous, Invisible,
           Necessary



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Trust Me, Trust You, Trust Them
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Essential
Questions
How can we both
  develop student
confidence as writers
and give them timely
    and effective
     feedback?
What formats are the
most fitting for student
   writing styles?
Which technologies fit
  well into my idea/
purpose behind getting
  students to write?
Who are They?




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Who are They?

Deceptively Native




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What's the point of asking
learners to write? What's the
     endgame? Is there one?
            Should there be?
One minute
  power writing,
then let’s answer
  in our Chat at
   Todaysmeet.
What's the point of asking
learners to write? What's the
     endgame? Is there one?
            Should there be?
A Literacy Revolution
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“...we're in the midst of a
literacy revolution the
likes of which we haven't
seen since Greek
civilization,"
         --Prof. Andrea Lunsford, Stanford University
Why do we give
 feedback?

     http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenpoff/3091258409/in/photostream/
How do we give
  feedback?

     http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenpoff/3091258409/in/photostream/
Does it have to look like this?
                    http://www.flickr.com/photos/nics_events/2349632625/
Breakout
42 Eyes
What writing do you do in your daily
               lives?
What writing do you do in your daily
               lives?

       Where do you do it?
What writing do you do in your daily
               lives?

       Where do you do it?

        Why do you do it?
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We have to
   work as a
faculty to create
 novel problems
If we expect to
  help foster a
 generation of
novel problem
    solvers.
Things we analyzed


           http://www.flickr.com/photos/puntodevista/112911490/in/faves-14579369@N04/
Transfer
  wasn’t
happening
Analysis,
 Synthesis,
and Creation
Writing with
   voice
An expanding
 definition of
   literacy
Literacy...




http://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_television/3812964711/in/faves-14579369@N04/
Allowed us to provide
students with access
to skills that Colleges
   are clamoring for.
Kill the Mothership
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34 Gigabytes
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Codes
Codes
Codes
traditional?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/austinevan/1225274637/
New?


http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com/2010/03/this-is-
                our-classroom.html
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