creating a culture of collaboration in writing
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A Culture of Collaboration in Writing
Overwhelmed by 1-1 student writing conferences? Do you feel that you aren’t able to meet
needs with “just in time” instruction because it takes so long to conference? Would you like to
encourage more meaningful peer-to-peer conferencing? This session will give you tips for using
Kidblog to increase student talk about writing. Some benefits include: increased writing for an
authentic audience, more attention paid to conventions, increased investment in writing, and
more feedback for students.
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Introductions!
Kym and Andrea
Clarification:
Blog not so much...
Digital feedback, discussion, and collaboration:
yes
Do your students give and receive feedback from each other
electronically?
Where are you on the blogging continuum?
Uh, no ----------------tried a bit------------------------ Yes!
Make a human continuum and share with your elbow partner
brainstorm: electronic
feedback pros and cons
Please make a T-chart with neighbors
Benefits of classroom blogging*increased writing for an authentic audience
*more attention paid to conventions
*increased investment in writing
*more feedback for students.
Teaching With Blogs: Read, Write, Think
“Reading and writing texts online are basic skills that students need to be literate citizens in the 21st century.
Teaching with blogs provides the opportunity to engage students in both of these literacy activities, and the strategy has
the additional benefit of enabling students to publish their writing easily and to share their writing with an authentic
audience.
When students write entries and comment on the entries of their peers, blogs become an integral part of a lively literacy
community. Students can post on such topics as journal/diary entries, reflections on their writing process, details on
their research projects, commentary on recent events or readings, and drafts for other writing they are doing.
Once a student posts an entry, others in the class can respond, provide supportive feedback, and offer additional
suggestions or perspectives. By writing and commenting on blogs, students write for real readers (not just for their
teachers). As a result, students focus on clear communication and get immediate feedback on whether they
communicate effectively.”
Teaching with Blogs: RWT
“Students can write blogs that fit any genre
from diary entries to reading journals, from
reflective comments to literary analysis, and
more. Any genre that a student can write with
pen on a piece of paper can also be written
online as a blog entry.”
10 Ways Social Media Can Improve Writing by Lisa Nielsen
Connect with an Audience
Find Your Voice
Write More Efficiently footnotes aren't as efficient as hyperlinks
Write More Authoritatively
Interact with Experts and Peers
Get Faster Feedback
Improve Feedback
Research Collaboratively
Write Collaboratively
Our experiences
Kidblog
Google Drive
also...we are fortunate to have 1-1 computing in our 6th grade classrooms
Why these two platforms?
Our students aren’t allowed accessible email at school.
No email is needed for Kidblog. Our district has an email so that students are
able to access Drive, but not where they can send or receive email.
Consider: subscription
Getting started
Netiquette
Using Google Drive (Docs) as a collaboration tool
Things to consider when using Google Drive
● Set ground rules about sharing documents.
● Students need to follow rules of digital etiquette when
working with Google Drive.
● The teacher needs to monitor shared communication
between students to make sure that students are
respecting the rights of the writer and that they are
staying focused on the task and not socializing .
Credit: Allison Barrett
goals and getting to know you
Giving Feedback
Content area critical thinking
Backing up ideas with reasons
Giving feedback
Through giving feedback, they can start to recognize the revisions they need to
make themselves
Consumer-->Critic-->Producer
Sharing drafts in progress
Personal narratives
Getting feedback
and assessing
*teachers can comment privately
Argument writing
Choosing topics
Getting feedback
Revising
Students can work in writing conference groups to share individual
writing, and get input from peers and teacher about what their work.
Literary argument
Agreeing respectfully, offering suggestions and
differing points of view
If they happen to be mean, I can delete the
comment
Students can get feedback
from classmates about the
their claims in literary
argument.
Gathering Questions
Information writing
Here’s my topic...what do you want to know?
or
What do other people not know, so I need to
include even though it’s obvious to me?
Another way to use Kidblog: Book Discussion Forum
When students are reading the same book but
are in different class blocks, Kidblog gives
students a forum to have a meaningful
discussion about the book.
Students are excited to see
others comments. Being able
to respond to each other
digitally is very motivational.
Google Drive as a Tool for Collaboration
Creating a shared document in Google Drive, allows
students to collaborate with each other in a variety of
ways.
Students must develop ground rules and negotiate with
each other about how they want to present their
learning and ideas.
Students can “share
the pen” with Drive.
One story can be
created by several
students working
together in Drive.
Students can work together on a single presentation slide
show.
Kahoot
Its game time!
Show what you know about blogging in the
classroom!
Works Cited
Teaching With Blogs - ReadWriteThink. (n.d.). Retrieved October 13, 2014,
from http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-
guides/teaching-with-blogs-30108.html
Guest Post by Vicki Davis. (2014, June 10). Retrieved October 13, 2014, from
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2014/06/10-ways-social-media-can-
improve.html