2. Digital Writing
The Core of Technology Integration
Mindi Rench
Literacy Coach, Northbrook Junior High School
mrench@northbrook28.net Twitter: @mindi_r
http://slideshare.net/mindi_r
3. What is “digital writing”?
• In Because Digital Writing Matters, the National
Writing Project defines digital writing as
“compositions with, and oftentimes for reading or
viewing on, a computer or other device that is
connected to the internet.”
• NWP goes on to point out that “today’s network
connectivity allows writers to draw from myriad
sources, use a range of media, craft various types of
compositions representing a range of tools and
genres, and distribute that work almost
instantaneously and sometimes globally.”
4. NCTE Framework for 21st Century
Curriculum and Assessment
• Suggests teachers frame questions about theri curriculum,
instruction, and assessment around broad themes to help students
• Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
• Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems
collaboratively and cross-culturally
• Design and share information for global communities that have a
variety of purposes
• Manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of
simultaneously presented information
• Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multimedia texts
• Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by complex
environments
5. Digital Writing and the Common Core
• Writing Standard 6: Use technology,
including the Internet, to produce and publish
writing and to interact and collaborate with
others.
• Writing Standard 8: Gather relevant
information from multiple print and digital
sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of
each source, and integrate the information
while avoiding plagiarism.
6. Google Docs
• Access from both
Macs & PCs.
• Allows for
collaboration through
sharing.
• Saves different
versions.
• Word processing and
presentations.
7. Edmodo
• Edmodo is “a free and secure
social learning network for
teachers, students, and schools.
Edmodo provides classrooms
a safe and easy way to connect
and collaborate, offering a real-
time platform to exchange
ideas, share content, and access
homework, grades, and school
notices.”
• Use to connect students across
classrooms for collaboration
and discussion. Extend
learning beyond the school day
(and walls).
8. Blogging
• Opens student writing to a
larger audience.
• Allows for feedback and
some discussion.
• Closed platforms such as
kidblog.org provide safety
and security for students.
9. Animoto
• Easily create
slideshows set to
music.
• Share with real
audiences.
• An example:
http://animoto.com/play/1Z0BmdaZyt3zhbhkMxJkNA
10. Padlet
• Similar to a
pinboard or a pad
of sticky notes.
• Collaborate within
or between classes.
• Endless
possibilities.
11. fakebook
• Create a fake
facebook page for a
character or
historical figure
• http://www.classtools.net/fb/74/CHVkFU
12. TodaysMeet
• Create a
backchannel where
students can
become active
participants in the
class presentation
• Similar to Twitter,
but private
13. Resources
• Books
• Because Digital Writing Matters by the National
Writing Project
• Adolescents and Digital Literacies by Sara Kajder
• The Digital Writing Workshop by Troy Hicks
• iWrite by Dana J. Wilber
• Blogs
• http://digitalis.nwp.org/
• http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
• http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/
• http://hickstro.org/
