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Literacy, reluctant writers and ICTs
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2. Literacy, Reluctant Writers,
And ICTs
Jo Fothergill
2011 CORE eFellow
Raumati Beach School
Year 5 Teacher
Integrating new technologies to empower learning and transform leadership
3. Here Be Dragons
Ancient map makers marked unknown territory with “here be dragons” - my
eFellowship has been a flight into unknown territory.
4. Who are the reluctant writers?
Initially thought they would be group of under-achieving, poor writers, poor
readers BUT then discovered they were also some of the high-achieving,
highly literate as well.
5. Metacognition of what you’re going to
write
Seth Godin says blogging is all about thinking about what you’re going to
write; Write first for yourself, then for your audience
6. What is writing anyway?
Must it always involve pen/paper, or words?
Could it be - dance, oral, painting, song?
9. “It’s fun being able to play before writing.”
“I like to do my writing when I want to.”
10. “It’s fun being able to play before writing.”
“I like to do my writing when I want to.”
One student chose to write their story first, one went to the
orange table (play dough) and three went onto the computer.
11. “It’s fun being able to play before writing.”
“I like to do my writing when I want to.”
One student chose to write their story first, one went to the
orange table (play dough) and three went onto the computer.
“No, it’s more fun playing, THEN writing.”
“I like to be able to choose.”
“It makes writing more fun.”
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13. “Proud to have my writing in my blog.”
“I feel like a famous writer.”
14. “Proud to have my writing in my blog.”
“I feel like a famous writer.”
“I feel proud.”
“I feel special inside.”
15. “Proud to have my writing in my blog.”
“I feel like a famous writer.”
“I feel proud.”
“I feel special inside.”
“... how good the writing is...”
“... what sort of words they’ve used...”
16. “Proud to have my writing in my blog.”
“I feel like a famous writer.”
“I feel proud.”
“I feel special inside.”
“... how good the writing is...”
“... what sort of words they’ve used...”
“It encourages me to work harder at my writing.”
“I know that I have to write some more detail in my writing.”
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18. “...it’s hard to write, I get really confused with letters...”
“I get confused about where my story is.”
19. “...it’s hard to write, I get really confused with letters...”
“I get confused about where my story is.”
“...I don’t get confused with my letters because the keyboard
has capital letters.”
“I write a lot more on the computer - easy to write more
and I don’t have to go looking for where the story is.”
22. “When I’m writing in my book I get distracted by friends and
often don’t really finish my writing.”
“I’m more focussed when writing on the computer.”
“If I have a good idea at home I sometimes forget the next
day and that really frustrates me. But if my story is on the
computer, I can go and add to it straight away.”
Ancient map makers marked unknown territory with “here be dragons” - my eFellowship has been a flight into unknown territory.\n
Initially group of under-achieving, poor writers, poor readers BUT also high-achieving, highly literate as well.\n
Seth Godin - thinking about what you’re going to write\nWrite first for yourself, then for your audience\n\n
What is writing?\nDoes it always involve pen/paper\nDoes it always involve words \nCould it be - dance, oral, painting, song?\n
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How do you feel about your blogs?\nWhat does it feel like when people comment on your blogs?\nWhat kind of things do you talk about when you comment on someone else’s blog?\nIs there a difference to your draft writing when you know you’re going to publish it?\n
How do you feel about your blogs?\nWhat does it feel like when people comment on your blogs?\nWhat kind of things do you talk about when you comment on someone else’s blog?\nIs there a difference to your draft writing when you know you’re going to publish it?\n
How do you feel about your blogs?\nWhat does it feel like when people comment on your blogs?\nWhat kind of things do you talk about when you comment on someone else’s blog?\nIs there a difference to your draft writing when you know you’re going to publish it?\n
How do you feel about your blogs?\nWhat does it feel like when people comment on your blogs?\nWhat kind of things do you talk about when you comment on someone else’s blog?\nIs there a difference to your draft writing when you know you’re going to publish it?\n
I asked the same questions of my own students.\nWhat’s the difference between writing in your draft book and writing online?\n
I asked the same questions of my own students.\nWhat’s the difference between writing in your draft book and writing online?\n
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High achieving student - latest story ~2500-3000 words\n
Blogging since the late ‘90s\nBetter understand how I think about writing - being able to edit/reflect/re-craft - rather than pen and paper\nGoogle docs - comments mean specific, meaningful commenting can be done, learners don’t have to remember the comments - they’re there for them to see\n
Not a magic fix\nThe hook is the audience in blogging\n\n
