Common Core in the Cloud

Writing

Common Core in the Cloud
Vicki A. Davis
Teacher, IT Director
@coolcatteacher
Co-founder, Flat Classroom™ Projects
Author, Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds

The Essential Collaborative Writing GuideBook
Eye on Education
December 2012

“…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.”
John Seely Brown, Visiting Scholar, University of
Southern California

Flat Classroom Conference 2011
Beijing, China
“Web 2 Kung Fu” speedsharing invented

Benefits of Collaborative Writing
 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)

Hong Kong 2011
Students edit wiki with virtual partners

The process of writing, editing, and producing with a group of people.

WHAT IS COLLABORATIVE WRITING?
WHAT IS “THE CLOUD?”

The Collaborative Writing Cloud 9
Cloud
Syncing
Wikis Blogs
Cartooning
Graphic ePaper
Organizers
Collaborative Collaborative Social
Writing Apps Notebooks Bookmarking

Reality Check
Questions to ask about Technology Tools
• Can each student have a • Can you easily set up a lot of • How easy is it to monitor?
distinct username? users? • How much control can you
• Does the website track • Can you duplicate pages or have over editing,
profile data on the students? websites easily? commenting, and viewing?
• Can you set it up without an
email address?

User Setup Scalability Management

• Does the site allow • Does the site have good help • How secure is data shared on
embedding? files? the platform?
• What are the capabilities of • Does the site have an active • How private is data shared
simultaneous editing? community of educators that on the platform?
• Can the document be edited is well supported by the • What are the intellectual
on multiple platforms? company? property rights associated
• What if you are mandated with what you share on the
the tools you can use? platform?
Privacy, Security,
Interactive
Community and Intellectual
features
Property Rights

Plan

Set Up

Research &
Draft
Content
Editing

Assessment

Legacy

Kaizen

Community of Practice
• “communities of practice are formed by
people who engage in a process of collective
learning in a shared domain of human
endeavor.” (Lave and Wegner)

"Global standards create a positive user
experience. They help to satisfy
consumers' expectations that
technology products will work together
easily."
—Justin Rattner
http://www.intel.com/standards/execqa/Justin_Rattner.htm

What kinds of things interface in
today’s classroom?
Textbooks

Students Apps
/eBooks

Computers

Schools

Teachers

Websites

Common Core Writing Standards
Summarized
• W.x.1 Write arguments
Text types and
• W.x.2 Write informative/ explanatory texts.
purposes
• W.x.3 Write narratives

Production and • W.x.4 Production and distribution
Distribution of • W.x.5 Develop and strengthen writing
Writing • W.x.6 Use technology
Research to • W.x.7 Conduct research projects
build and
• W.x.8 Gather relevant information
present
knowledge • W.x.9 Draw evidence

• W.x.10 Write over varied time frames for a variety
Range of Writing
of tasks, purposes and audiences
http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards/english-language-arts-standards

Relationship to Common Core
Decide your text type & purpose,
Plan determine timeframe, production
& distribution method
Set Up Reality check to select tool and set up.

W.x.7 Conduct research projects
Research &
W.x.8 Gather relevant information
Draft
W.x.9 Draw evidence
Content
Editing See content editing cycle.

Assessment Summative & formative throughout.

Legacy W.x.10 Write over varied time
frames for a variety of tasks,
Kaizen purposes and audiences

W.x.7 Conduct research
projects Revision
W.x.8 Gather relevant
information
W.x.9 Draw evidence

Citation and Discussions &
Permission Feedback
Content Editing Cycle
W.x.4 Production and
distribution
W.x.5 Develop and
strengthen writing
W.x.6 Use technology

Monitoring &
Troubleshooting
Engagement

Planning a sample Project

W.x.2 Write informative/ explanatory
Plan
texts with other classrooms.

Set Up Wiki.

Research & Diigo Group
Draft Standard Tags

Content
Editing See content editing cycle.

Assessment Summative & formative throughout.

Legacy Wiki included in student efolio.

Feedback survey
Kaizen Celebrations

Reality Check
Wiki Google Docs Blogs

Can each student have a distinct Yes, if set up Yes. Typically but there are exceptions.
username? properly. Mandatory.
Does the website track profile data on Depends on Yes. Typically but there are exceptions.
the student? the website
Can you set up without an email Yes, on some No. No but there are exceptions.
address? sites.
Can you easily set up a lot of users? Depends. Not typically. Depends.

Can you duplicate pages or websites Yes. Yes. Typically.
easily?
Are changes tracked and viewable? Yes. Yes, but No, blogger must use strike
sometimes throughs and disclose edits on her
cumbersome. own volition.
How much control can you have over Control by Control for One level of control for the whole
editing, commenting, and viewing? individual each site in most cases.
page. document.

Reality Check
Wiki Google Docs Blogs

Does the site allow embedding? Yes. Only pictures. Yes, in most cases>

Is simultaneous editing possible. Still glitchy. Yes. N/a

Can the document be edited on Yes, using web Yes, using Yes, depending on the blogging
multiple platforms. browser, no browser and platform some apps are available.
apps. some apps.
Can you message users privately? Yes. Via email Maybe.

Community of practice Depends on Somewhat Depends on website
website
Can you compare revisions. Yes. Yes. No.
Cumbersome
sometimes.
Are you able to discuss content on a Yes, via Yes via Instant Depends on the blog.
page? discussion messaging and
tabs. comments.
Intellectual Property rights, privacy, Most let you Google TOS See TOS and check other points.
security. select a
copyright.
Check other
points.

Wiki Permission Planning Template
Flat Classroom® Project
Task Non Members Members Administrators
Discussions

Editing (the default)

Editing Exceptions
Calendar /
Instructions
Home Page

Viewing

Viewing Exceptions
Teacher
meetings

You boost pre-writing
capabilities if you select a site that allows The embed
embedding button

Be transparent with your students
Suzie Nestico @nesticos

Remember!
Keep what works
Improve what doesn’t.

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