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Wednesday September 28, 2016
Here are tonight's questions participants: https://t.co/MjeQxxllw6 We will start sending them out after a quick round of intros!
Welcome to the chat for 9/28/16: Digital writing! Developing critical consumers & producers of digital texts.
Hello everyone! Welcome to the chat. Excited to learn with you tonight.
Ann Smart from Adrian, MI EdTech Consultant at Jackson County ISD!
Who is here tonight with us on -- I am Troy Hicks, a prof and director of Teacher. Leader. Writer.
Jianna from West Bloomfield, ELA Curriculum Coordinator and returning speaker
Glad to have you back for a second year!
from Oakland Schools ISD - education consultant in Waterford MI
HI all. My name is Sean, and I'm a prof at the University of Arkansas. I'm looking forward to following tonight's chat.
Glad to be back! Just ran throuhg my session with today!
Allison - Ed Tech specialist from Lansing. Happy to be around my peeps for another great chat.
Allison - Ed Tech specialist from Lansing. Happy to be around my peeps for another great chat.
Great to hear from you, Sean! Welcome to
Welcome Sean! Is this your first chat?
Erin from Northern Michigan…no snow yet. This year it is 3rd grade!
Rich B., science consultant from
Looking forward to great conversation & learning about digital writing!
Jeana M. Hrepich, Core Faculty at Antioch University Seattle and former secondary school teacher.
. Welcome Sean! Excited to have you join us!
Jeremy Hyler here. I will be in and out as I try to wrap-up some writing.
Katherine from CT, I'm a youth librarian working with youth and teens
Jeremey, Grand Haven, env sci and Bio.
It is, though I've heard fantastic things about from .
Rick Kreinbring, Avondale teacher
Jessica Smith, Biology and Math teacher at Royal Oak
I'm Caroline Thompson. Middle School ELA teacher turned stay at home mom. Helping teachers reach struggling readers
I'm Michelle, former mid school teacher, current PhD student in Ann Arbor.
Keep those welcomes coming participants. Q1 will be coming up in about one minute!
Nice to "see" you again . Always an extreme pleasure.
Physics T, Sci Dept. Chair, Tech support, TC, all things science and literacy.
Well welcome. This is a fun and inspiring group!
You too, . I always enjoy learning from you and others online.
All right the digital writing questions are coming now...
hi! I'm Fawn, a doc student at UNLV. I teach secondary methods courses and sec writing.
Q1: How do you define “digital writing?” What is it? How do you use digital writing in your life?
. Welcome, Fawn! Glad to have you here!
Well, probably no hurry:) I taught at Mount Baker High School in Deming.
Hi Steve! Great to have you here.
Welcome! Always glad to have out-of-state visitors to And, you have lots to say on digital writing!
Aric from Armada. and teacher.
Hi All! Amy here. Middle school band all day every day.
Hi , I'm an Assistant Prof of ! Excited to talk all things tonight!
Hi everyone. North Branch Area Schools. Literacy & tech enthusiast. Digital writer.
Happy Fall Y'all! Anne Thorp from Holland ~ REMC 7 Director, and Instructional Technologist.
A1: Digital writing is done in online spaces and places. I use Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, etc. Also, video production.
I like the way Jones & Hafner talk about digital writing as having 3 specific affordances: hypertext, interactivity, & multimedia.
A1: digital writing is what I do all day every day in my work: drafting & revising happening concurrently, collaboration with others
A1: blogging about new pedagogical challenges and successes at https://t.co/FVTtEvk27x & I want to get my learners to blog this year
Questions tonight are coming from Troy Q1 is up!
Welcome, all! Again, Q1: How do you define “digital writing?” What is it? How do you use digital writing in your life?
A1: digital writing is writing using a digital medium, I use it to blog and reflect:
Great to see you here Jon!
A1: Writing that’s shared online. I use it esp in my I love being able to share & get feedback
Q1:Any writing that takes place someplace other than paper? Do more digital writing than anything email, text, tweetinstagram, blog
Who else loves that the band teachers are ripping here at I believe in STEM should be STEAM too!
To me DW means a lot of different things…part of it is using technology to get your writing out there. Blogs, tweeting, etc
Q1 digital 'writing' 4 me inc. all of the visual, video, and collaborative & communicative things I do in digital formats & platform
A1 any element of the writing process that is done with or represented using technology tools
A1: writing is using language for communication and expression in the digital space, a tool of interaction
A1: Digital writing is thinking with a keyboard or visual or video. Just learned from that it is great for collaboration
Q1: Almost all the writing I do it digital but not all of it is transformed by the fact that it's in a digital medium.
Lovin' the variety of responses. Tools. Affordances. Collaborations. Public. Video. Visuals. Keep 'em coming
A1: Digital writing allows for collaboration & documents to become live. People can construct & share responses, anywhere, anytime!
Hi everyone, Rusul joining from Toronto here. I am a huge fan of digital writing for teachers & students. 🌟
A1: think of the latin digitālis - a haptic project that involves touch and fingers and material realia
A1 Use it through Twitter, FB, email, website design, personal notes, shared notes, Google, Evernote, etc.
A1: DW in science means students need software as well as language skills.
I like the idea of writing being "transformed" can you say more
Q1 collaboration is essential in most of my work which revolves around writing. +my kids don't seem to know voice feature on phone!
A1: a key element of writing is connecting and collaborating with others
I've been trying to think about all of my assignments through a digital lens. For example, how can a "poster" be made digital?
Agreed! And it’s so much more fulfilling and rewarding to share & get feedback. https://t.co/GLwDomkNOH
A1: a key element of writing is connecting and collaborating with others
Hello Tara from Zeeland, 8th math. In & out tonight.
Tactile. Software. A "live" writing space. Awesome.
A1: I think collaboration is really huge. If it wasn't for collaboration, my writing wouldn't be what it is today.
A1: Sometimes it's what we used to do on paper, just with different tech. Sometimes digital writing is something new.
A1: Digital writing is online and hopefully shared beyond your classroom. I (try to) blog regularly & use social media.
Digital writing connects you. Affords a pallette of tools to help make your message more clear for intended audience.
A1 new quest Ts coming this yr to teach his tools with env sci ss. https://t.co/AeuUdj0N5G
A1: DW in science means students need software as well as language skills.
A1: Digital writing is text published in a medium in which it can be remixed, disseminated, and critiqued openly.
A1 digital writing is art of online writing: can encompass blogging, visual & digital storytelling & other multimodal literacies.
OK Great thinking so far. Q2 coming soon.
There's also the aspect of audience...digital writing may afford a wider audience, and one that "talks back."
Which is so much more possible with digital platforms.
A1: using the interwebs as a medium for sharing, collaborating and communication. Social media, prof sharing, prof comm
Sara from Rochester arriving late!
For me, digital writing is a process of design. Continually arranging and rearranging different modes in new configurations.
A1: Digital writing for me is blogging about activities on my webpage & even though it's short, expressing my ideas on Twitter.
A1: I do digital writing by blogging, presentations, & writing content for websites. I cre8 infographics too. I suppose that counts.
Oh I like the word “remixed”
OK, switching gears slightly...
Q2: Now that we've considered our own uses, how do you see your students using digital writing, both inside and outside of school?
I've been using, and my students have been using Thinglink. A great tool.
A1: digital writing is & - love focus on that you all are forefronting in your definitions
A2: My learners read editorials with me, dissect author's craft therein, & write their own to publish on their own blogs
Used blogging w/ Ss with great success. They love the comments. Also embracing Ss usage of texting & snapchat for formative assess.
Have you tried piktochart? Pretty intuitive infographic app.
I'm interested in creating opportunities for students to move their writing into digital spaces: social media; social annotating.
Q2: Collaboration and real audiences.
LOVE this idea! https://t.co/vO5drMcDgt
A2: My learners read editorials with me, dissect author's craft therein, & write their own to publish on their own blogs
thanks Delia, nice to meet you.
Tell more about this formative assessment!
A2: Our Ss are the experts.Take a cue from them. They compose in online spaces all the time. Texting, Facebook, Tools like .
Q2 https://t.co/S5CnSgt4yu
Q2: Now that we've considered our own uses, how do you see your students using digital writing, both inside and outside of school?
Love the word "connection". https://t.co/woQLH2bMGN
A1: digital writing is & - love focus on that you all are forefronting in your definitions
The opportunity to write for an audience beyond the classroom is so important.
Digital writing tools should impact and connect outside the walls of our districts Break down Barriers of s… https://t.co/NRXlRxCTnL
There's also the aspect of audience...digital writing may afford a wider audience, and one that "talks back."
A2: We used for our projects and shared links widely to get feedback. They loved getting comments!
My students' writing lives in the Digital World--mostly in their phones--that's their most authentic voice
A2: digital writing is an integral part of students' lives, a natural extension of what it means to be social & form relationships
. Using Cell.ly for Ss to do exit tix. Poll Everywhere for voting/answering ?s
Signed my Ss into Google Classroom & immediately they were able to start talking without making a sound! Gr8 communication tool.
A2: I used twitter chat today so learners tweeted what they Notice & Wonder about this editorial https://t.co/Jq8XBGdgU4
A2: Lots of photo and video literacy/creation happening for students--Instagram, snapchat, i Movie
A1: Digital writing is public writing. Whether collaborating with one or many or putting ideas out for a larger audience.
Had a student ask why STEAM instead of STEM in class the other day. That alone says why the A is so important!
A1.5: Digital writing is also about sharing. We’ve always produced content. But DW let’s Ss + Ts share it so much wider and quicker.
Yay, another teacher who is using Cel.ly. That is awesome!
Q2 gaming- communicate through text and affinity groups, photos, vines, sharing music knowledge like https://t.co/zf7pW1UDjn , meme
Glad that you see that as a positive. Many do not.
Many, many great examples of students using digital writing from colleagues. Do you ever sense tension between in/out of school use?
Q2: How do you see your students using digital writing, both inside and outside of school?
A2: DW allows my students to collaborate virtually on labs, data analysis, spreadsheets, graphs. writing multi-modal
A2 We need to stop convincing ss to be aware of neg digital footprint and begin building positive portfolio
A2: Work completion, collaboration in school, social media (too much), community discussions, coding & as said: connecting
Totally agree. Feedback - good and bad.
it has its benefits and downfalls…mostly a win win though. Silence and communication, Ha! :-)
YES!!! This!!!! https://t.co/GaN9H4kici
A2 We need to stop convincing ss to be aware of neg digital footprint and begin building positive portfolio
Great examples of digital writing for us, and for our students. We are going to be thinking about perceptions next...
A2: For Bio, I'd like to check into having Ss start out commenting on class website before teaching "science writing". Baby steps.
A2: see digital writing manifesting itself across avenues of production, play, & participation (Ss writing to explore genre & more!)
A2: as someone who has a vested interest in digital writing would love to see less of an ocular focus on product in digital writing
A2: Ss in my class use Google for DW. Lots of collab w/ accountability. Outside of class? Snapchat is their "DW"
A2: middle school students wrote fanfiction on https://t.co/w4AYWB21h3 when they realized they could continue in class were excited
Any Math teachers out there with suggestions?
I talk to them about the Digital Identity they want to create. Not a negative, but a place to be smart, funny...
Q3: What are the similarities and differences between your own and your students’ perceptions of digital writing?
Hi Anna here from Australia. I can finally follow your chat (today).
A2: I envision ss using digital writing to discover + connect around new + shared interests learning
I'm thinking about new iOS messaging features! Getting Ss texting in some new & interesting ways to convey their thoughts.
One more time... Q3: What are the similarities and differences between your own and your students’ perceptions of digital writing?
A2: I would love to use Twitter as DW tool for my Ss but not quite sure how to do it yet. Focusing on NGSS this yr so maybe next yr
A3: My learners r struggling to realize the importance that once they hit "publish"...the world sees it & it defines them
The perception difference seems to be related most to willingness to fail. Students understandably feel the stakes are higher.
Backchannel with a class hashtag for students to ask questions and discuss?
A3: I feel Ss don't understand the value of DW being archived and accessible. Short term vision.
Hi ! Just creepin' tonight. Hope to be back on the chat grind next week! 💙💪🏼
A3: I think students think teachers don't see their digital writing as "real" writing, so I take time to expand def of writing
Create a class hashtag & have Ss tweet out something they learned, a ? they have or an answer to a ? Baby steps!
love that, because digital writing doesn't necessarily encompass a specific genre.
A3: Us teachers mostly just criticize learners for social media usage; we need to TEACH its use explicitly before we judge
Q3: Ss don't always see digital writing as "real" writing so different rules apply.
I'm surprised when students don't regard the writing they do in digital mediums as "writing."
A3: major diff is use of social media as professional development tool. Ss only see it as social.
Gonna jump in this convo late. Fmr HS teacher, prof @ MSU, Eng, Teacher Ed, Eng Ed coordinator
A3: to Ss it’s how they communicate. to us, it’s a craft that we know is visible. Ss don’t always see it as “real” writing.
Sorry late to the party. 7th grade 1:1 ELA teacher
Good point... what are some of the ways that you can help them see the value in archives (and inquiry)?
A3: S perception - writing can be however it ends up (unedited, lacking grammar/spelling conventions). T perception - a mixture ^
'Evening, ! Sorry to be late. Janet from Cadillac. : ) Eager to talk about digital writing and the conference.
- digital Writing chat is speaking your language regarding social media and Ss!
that's awesome. What was their favourite part about it?
A3: learners are beginning to realize that editing before posting saves embarrassment "I defiantly want to go to collage"
So many in my gen. just don’t get the visual messaging in Snapchat, Instagram. How would you explain it?
A1: I would say I just call it all writing. Cant tell the last time I composed anything other than grocery list on paper.
convo is pulling me in... Hi all, late and tired but getting students writing is something I think about every single day.
A3 We need to help ss start the shift from portfolio of self to portfolio of ideas and beliefs
A3: I'm old school and prefer word-based texts. Many of my students were more interested in creating image and video texts.
A3: Constructed Bio responses do STILL include grammar, etc. Language and format are important, but different digitally
Curious to hear more about what they do see as "real" writing? Any transfer of DW skills between school and world?
A3: We/I use a lot more 😂😘😳👌🏻🙌🏻🦄😎👿👍🏻👎🏻👀💩
Yes! 1 thing to be told, diff when they experience it. Blog comments from other continents were eye opening for them.
Look at a tweet the same way you'd look at any other text. Ss analyze the moves and talk about effectiveness.
It doesn't use numbers anymore.
you can create a classroom account and have one student tweet out a few things a day?
And, in fact, digital writing can help us blur genres (across media, too).
RT And, in fact, digital writing can help us blur genres (across media, too).
A3: I tend to think w/in one platform and medium whereas they more quickly seem thing across
A3: Biggest difference between digital writing for students & teachers? It's students primary means of communication for everything.
Coming in from Shanghai China-Shanghai American School, former , still summer Mi resident, Defo blue, not green
A3: Many Ss consider they digital writing they are always already composing as play whereas I see it as rhetorically sophisticated
. So much of digital content these days is a mix of visual & text, skills students use every day
First time participating in convo. Will probably lurk more than anything this time around!
This is me. I am such a visual person. I would rather see if in image and text. How do we accommodate both?
Hi JAnet! Excited for you session on research writing.
A3: Both engage in collab writing. Ss need more space/time for this. It's beautifully complex. Chll to negotiate writing moves.
But would they do that if we didn't ask them to?
Make a meme! (honestly, it’s actually pretty challenging to fit your thoughts into a small space)
Wrapping up thoughts on Q3: What are the similarities/differences b/w your own and your students’ perceptions of digital writing?
Ts can have Ss review old work and reflect on growth.
most definitely. And that can empower teachers, you don't have to be an English teacher to teach writing.
A3: A sad reality I see is that for many students, writing=school ...not writing=life or writing=fun or writing=therapy or...
Q4 is coming soon. It's a two-parter!
What about private (or less public) digital writing? Is/should digital writing always be public?
heck yes it is! I love to challenge!
A3: We know that everything is live once you hit send. Ss at my level tend to live in a bubble
A2: I think we need to make the distinction between social communication and formal writing here .
For sure, DW can be formative in ways that traditional one and done writing could not.
A3: there r so many opportunities 4 DW outside school, related to their interests that support their learning, ss need DW
A2: Not 100% sure but I know they think their DW should include emojis.
A3: many of these answers and conceptions of digital writing should be brought to ! AGh I am geeking out!
Q4a: What are the opportunities for using digital writing in your classroom? Your school? Your community?
A3: Many of my G4-6 students see all online writing as "just like facebook!" which I found surprising.
Q4b: Have your writing assignments changed in terms of audience, purpose and genre/media?
Good question, I think ss do it all the time, Ts just help them name what they see and be deliberate.
This is “write” on. I use to love creative writing. Can’t tell you the last time my kids came home with a piece.
Australia and Canada representing in tonight. So cool that the best teacher talk in the Mitten state is international!!
Again, we have a two parter for Q4!
I want to rethink the possibilities and potentialities of an shift - how do we hear and listen to text
both are still needed. We need to be the bridge builders to connect them. https://t.co/LAeacHcgKe
A2: I think we need to make the distinction between social communication and formal writing here .
Possibly student digital writing is more about image and identity?
Using the to connect & blog with Ss. Ss sharing their learning via blogs & Twitter changes narrative of schooling
Q4a: What are the opportunities for using digital writing in your classroom? Your school? Your community? https://t.co/hTtIjG7c3r
Possibly student digital writing is more about image and identity?
A4: Ss just started helping with class SM posts. Hoping to increase their role over time. Also using blogs for genius hour.
Joanna jumping in to check in with my friends!
A4: part of being a "Foster Kid" is to impact the world positively. Our blogs will address community issues
A4: So many opp. Real life authentic audience. Blogging, problem-solving. Real life pieces that matter to Ss
A4: we blog, tweet, make movies and digital books, etc. We even write on paper then take pics to post the writing.
A4b: current events have often changed our purposes. Building empathy & real world connections
Definitely in the attention paid audience, voice, etc. The opportunity to write for an audience beyond a teacher is a game changer.
That's great that you are having them write with/about your community!
A4: I love that it allows me to build a community of writers outside of the walls of my school.
A4: How about Ss in different parts of the Mitten sharing science experiences digitally? Does location matter? So many options.
most def. when my students started blogging, they saw how benificial it was to have their own dig portfolio.
That's great! Who else joins in the conversation with your writers? Parents? Peers? Others?
A4: Digital writing means having a broader audience. That's been the big shift 4 me - toward rarely being their only audience.
A4: Crazy but we connect more with the students in our own building with DW than ever before. Not to mention outside the building 2.
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A4: Digital writing happens everyday in our school through tweets, Instagram, and updates on FB by community groups
Q4:Been using Tumblr for a couple of years, too. We talk about audience and voice all the time. Not sure genre means much
Also important to consider relationship between digital writing/digital reading (and how digital reading differs from traditional)
A4a: I try to use to teach skills and provide authentic audiences. Students are very motivated to use the tool
. This might help: 's solution for running a class Twitter acct through a spreadsheet.
A3: Students don’t see it as “digital/nondigital” in upper grades as nondigi doesn’t happen after 4th grade here.
A4: digital writing (esp. through tech) is a practice and stance to pedagogy - use the digital to remediate previous products
blogging for allows community to get involved. Also do problem-solution essays that address community issues
Would love to hear more of your thoughts on this changing relationship.
A4a: Struggle with ideas on how to connect digital writing to community. Welcome any ideas. I teach 4-6 grade ELA/SS.
A4: tweeting, but also analyzing impressions and engagements. We have a digital audience
A4 working to connect classrooms for dw connections/collaboration
Anyone want to hook up some science classrooms with Wayne County kids, let me know. I’ll find you partners.
We love us some https://t.co/z5VXRqUdQZ
A4a: I try to use to teach skills and provide authentic audiences. Students are very motivated to use the tool
Twitter! Use to find other classes to connect.
that's the best part, right? Getting to write their own stories.
Also follow do a Law Day essay contest digitally that allows my Ss to meet with local lawyers and judges
A3: digital tools allow for peer to peer feedback, remixing, collaboration. Reinforces basic that are missed in analog
Still thinking through question 4 with opportunities for digital writing in our schools and communities, with new media and genres.
. though that is one way to go to college
Q5 is a two-parter, too. It will be coming up in about 3 minutes or so.
Try if you're sharing student blogs/writing. Can help reach wider audience for more chances at authentic feedback.
would encourage you to think of a larger shift (from literacy to what some call electracy) w/ invention of internet
I really appreciate how we are foregrounding the purposes and audiences for digital writing, not just the tools.
A4: I love to have Ss write out scripts and then use or iMovie to create a short clip.
I also can see how many of you are thinking carefully about the distinction between in- and out-of-school writing.
A4: DW at public - writing online bk reviews, using google docs for peer programming, writing/sharing stories in
Digital reading tends to involve more opportunities for jumping off points; tends to be more multimodal than traditional
For sure-I have a friend who uses blogs for student memoirs
Have to. Otherwise why not just write with pencil & paper.
Jon- haven't heard that term before: electracy. Who coined it?
Can you all share some examples! It would be great to have an archive of some excellent digital writing!
I was just going to say GreenScreen and stop motions scripts into movies! https://t.co/ET88P6Pd6W
A4: I love to have Ss write out scripts and then use or iMovie to create a short clip.
A4a: Also website building, vlogging, music making, digital storytelling...
Or, if you are willing, I can share my wiki link where you can add them in yourselves. Let me know.
Greg Ulmer (see for some playful explorations of electracy) & taken up by his Ss (Arroyo)
Opportunities are omnipresent once a class culture has enabled & embraced the mindset, process and platforms for "WE WRITE" mantra
I agree with you. It's essentially a digital footprint of who we are online.
A4: Ts are tweeting/posting short blurbs on day to day activities! Ss can interact w/ other Ss and respond to news
Loving the tweets & conversations as I peek into tonight.
it is a great way to get Ss to edit their work…”Hey! I can’t read this!?” (me neither). Let’s take a look at it.
Digital writing can take advantage of the affordances of digital world; may have less deep/engaged reading, but is more networked
Agreed - TPACK> determine the skills/content first then pick the tool to fit the purpose
Oh how my students love Wattpad. They tried their hands at fan fiction last year!
it's never about the tool. Often when it comes to digital writing, most of it is to do with the community we build.
A4: Digital writing introduces "design thinking" to students through consideration of presentation, output, medium differentiation.
Q5a: What barriers and challenges do you see with using digital writing in your classroom? School? Community?
Hi Leigh! Nice to see you here. We'll be talking about the in a bit.
Q5b: What are some ways to overcome these challenges? What examples of digital writing successes can we share?
A4: guiding youth through DW on sites , mentoring participation in communities of interest/learning
A5: Oversharing. Ss privacy. Trolls.
that's a great way to motivate students to write. Do they like it?
Personally love digital, but concerned that we are creating a digital divide. Ss in poverty are not native in experience. Thoughts?
Can people edit your wiki? Is it open?
A5: Acceptable use policy can be a challenge. Access to hardware. Ss potentially not having cell phones.
A5A: Access to tech: People scared of having such a public audience
what about the visual literacy piece when it comes to student writing? Making a video all comes back to gr8 writing.
A5: Barrier for me is access to tech at home. Know they have it at school w 1:1.
Q5a: we are 1:1 but many students don't bring their Chromebooks or they're broken--definite barrier to being digital consistently
A5 Wifi hicups, firewall/filtering issues, we persever regardless!
Glad you raised video and scripting - such authentic digital writing! Lots of attention to purpose/audience.
This is an excellent point. Shouldn’t digital comms lead to more equity not less? https://t.co/0y7xGnxheM
Personally love digital, but concerned that we are creating a digital divide. Ss in poverty are not native in experience. Thoughts?
or images to invoke or reinforce purpose/emotion of writing.
A5a: Teacher candidates I learn with have worries about what they will be "allowed" to do, and this can inhibit innovation.
Agreed, but wonder how to bridge it cuz digital isn't going away.
I was surprised when I had a couple of Ss ask for options to NOT publish. Weren't ready for audience.
A5: Adult discomfort/unfamiliarity can cause barriers. Security/privacy policies are well meaning, but can somtimes cause challenges
School structures (e.g., standardized exams; privileging of print) can complicate efforts to implement digital writing.
A5: Making sure that my Ss project the proper image to their audience. We talk about our impression we get from reading ppls writing
A5: Biggest barrier for me? Devices. Ss have personal, but want a class set of chromebooks for common access for all.
I've found that authentic audience (if not a choice eventually) brings out the best in their writing!
Maybe the word Ss should be replaced with schools?
In terms of offering access, I am interested in groups like as good models for bridging the divide.
Yes, I had many students ask that it not be shared: I told them all their work should be published so ALL can see
A4: Digital writing provides opportunities for extending learning "after hours" - keeping the conversations going
agree. Still run into “my Ss can’t do ___ because they do not have internet/device at home”
A5: The biggest barriers are infrastructure (wifi and speed) and access (at home mainly). Can't assume all S have home connection.
A5: Most, not ALL, students have access to tech. Discluding those unfamilar few is unfair.
Digital equity = big concern. Many districts have bonds to support tech purchases. What if a community can't afford that?
Yes - some of the logistical & technical pieces are what gets in the way. https://t.co/pAavSBefFX
A5 Wifi hicups, firewall/filtering issues, we persever regardless!
A5a: Ts who won't go digital, sadly, when Ss already have.
A5a: a big challenge is lack of home access to internet, ss need time to practice/hone DW skills
A5: too often, I see districts try to purchase equity through technological access w/out considering the knowledge, know how, etc.
I work with teachers who deal with blocks on the internet that sometimes impede Ss ability to use collaborative tools.
I was using an LMS, so all Ss could see one another's work, comment, share, etc. So allowed them this choice.
Maybe this is off track, but can we all agree that bullet point lists on slides is pretty low level digital writing, even 4 adults?
A5: Security. Not everyone in the world is nice. Learners being irresponsible with their digital footprints.
largest barrier is analog literacy instruct frameworks that have failed to adequately deal with digital age & consume instruct time
yes! Digital equity is something we need to address before diving into it.
Q5b: Ts giving up power and letting Ss modes and media lead the way.
My main focus is to have my EAL students use their home language to express themselves through their writing. Can't wait.
A5: Parents being cautious about sending their children into the digital world. Sometimes overly cautious.
Even worse when the bullet points are read verbatim to the audience.
We are 1 of those schls(75% free/red). So crucial that we integrate as much as we can during school to level field.
Yes, we are grateful our bond passed. But that doesn't change reality outside school. Come in disadvantaged
Again, I am really interested in trying to start a coalition of educators that can work on a Connected Community program.
A4: DW- opportunities for introverts in my classroom - talking online is easier for them (and me) and I could give more feedback too
Which leads to homework discussions.....but that's next month!
Q5a: Loss of time dedicated to the sloppy copy, the important stage where connections between the heart and the paper are made.
It should be okay to yell “We can read!” whenever someone presents like that. Seriously.
Please let me know if you are interested. Also, see https://t.co/MMinw5IL5x as a sample of how a non-profit can work.
Knowledge and know how for teachers? Or students or both?
At any rate, if you are interested in a digital equity project, please contact me after the chat. Thanks! Q6 coming soon.
A5: Tech does not change instruction! Typing on a Chromebook is not digital writing. Be innovative!
interested to hear/read more about it Troy!
Major issue b/c digital texts are always changing so it's hard form some Ts not to be "experts"
Connect My Community looks amazing! Would love to talk about it.
Q5a: Tech resources at home for low-income students. Hate to think I'm making issues of inequality worse for students.
Exactly! $250 pencil does not make for digital writing! https://t.co/cdtuuyhXx8
A5: Tech does not change instruction! Typing on a Chromebook is not digital writing. Be innovative!
Q6: What do you want to learn more about as it relates to digital writing? What topics and technologies are on your mind?
Why assign work for home then? Homework-point? If they do have access at school give them every opportunity to use it at school.
Yes - absolutely. But there are communities who don't even pass their tech bond, so no tech in or out of school
Sorry that I got off track there a bit Again, Q6: What do you want to learn more about as it relates to digital writing?
Q6: What topics and technologies are on your mind?
Always changing, always learning
A6 I am not a literacy expert but I wonder if apps like grammarly and https://t.co/pu53NoGGzX are good or bad for devloping writers?
Q5b: Smartphone apps were more accessible to a greater number of students. If something required a full computer, I was hesitant.
A6: I am wondering a lot about the connections between video and writing. Both as a catalyst and as a process.
Let's bring up the Connected Community PRogram during the discussions
We love this quote from . ++communities are built on , & . https://t.co/Vl0bGisjcI
it's never about the tool. Often when it comes to digital writing, most of it is to do with the community we build.
A6: I've been thinking about what a digital multigenre project might afford.
A6: There are many technologies I wish I had more time to explore: Google classroom (just dabbled) & Explain Everything for flipping
Wondering about how to jumpstart Ss writing without droll prompts. Once into it, they’re into it. Getting started is tough part
A6: affective dimensions and music/beat composition
A6: I am wondering how we model the writing process of professional writers for students to see what it takes to really write
One issue is that teachers don't see digital writing to be equivalent to 'formal writing' & is deemed less important to practice.
We will be sharing some great upcoming sessions for the conference where you can learn more about these ideas.
A6: How can I integrate DW into Math class? Even just presenting & repsonding to material differently. How can I hear more Ss voice?
A6: Right now, design thinking. Eager to get started with my 9th graders and constantly thinking, "Ooo, we could create that!"
A6: Anyone have success stories with Minecraft in a literacy classroom?
Also, if you are interested in hosting a future chat on these topics, I am sure that we can figure out how to make it happen.
I put my writing right up on the screen. Ss got to see how the chapters of our first book develop.
10/16 Mike Deschryver presents "Creative Writing" with Informational Texts on the Web at the https://t.co/dRrm0s3cLA
Truth, but many T's skills are anchored to texts they already know. Digi means saying "I don't know"
Mixed feelings about students doing big writing proj on cell phones. Then again, if it's the device they're comfortable w/
so true, all a great combination of benefits.
I love Google Classroom for pretty much all the things. Saves me a bunch of time and opens up more options for Ss.
A6: worked on collaborative project w/ () & am still exploring potentials of Ss digital writing w/ sound
That is awesome! Not everyone is lucky enough to have an author as a teacher (but maybe the should be)
is doing a session on video and writing
As you can see we have many great sessions digital writing coming up with the in October Many presenters here tonight!
Q6: My same thoughts! Ideas? https://t.co/ZHMphanaSo
A6: How can I integrate DW into Math class? Even just presenting & repsonding to material differently. How can I hear more Ss voice?
wld be good future topic too- discuss assessing digital writing and tools to facilitate student growth in
. me too! My yearbook team is using to create VR videos to accompany the text in our yearbook.
Just ran my second DT workshop for 50 Ss and 15 teachers. So much fun!
So if it’s like on tv we should definitely have classes in coffee shops. Do Ss realize how LONG writing actually takes?
Nice, grammarly checks work as you create it...makes for lazy writers or allows for less focus on menial stuff?
Thanks. I like to be vulnerable to my Ss. They need to see that.
I'm interested in implementing dig portfolios in ways that go beyond housing "best work" and demonstrate Ss growth as learners.
I know what you mean. Mind if I ask you how you go about dealing with privacy/sensitive issues?
Really looking forward to going back and digging into all the resources -- and best practices -- around digital writing.
Oh my! A friend of mine created that platform!
Exactly: Students think life is like TV or YouTube and Need to see the real process and time that goes into work
Our final question, #7, is coming up soon!
for someone like me they are super helpful. My mom was a Eng teacher I SUCK at spelling and grammar. She tried,
A6: Thought about digital writers/readers NB this year using Decided against it for this yr. Something for the future
A6: Always curious about high value projects that require less tech-savviness. Podcasting and digital photojournalism come to mind.
Gotta jet out early tonight, Thanks for all the great convo, friends!
Not sure I agree. That seems to suggest skills are universal and timeless, which I don't think they are
OK, here is the final question of the evening
monitors student progress too.
Ss created Google Sites for portfolios last year. Will continue to add this year to show growth over time.
Scripting, creating & editing a few short screencasts takes me HOURS.
A6: I'm thinking about how I can connect teens to rich skill building opportunities with
Love this idea! i'd be here for sure https://t.co/tU7XKXCBFx
wld be good future topic too- discuss assessing digital writing and tools to facilitate student growth in
Love this idea! i'd be here for sure https://t.co/ABI9zwnoS7
wld be good future topic too- discuss assessing digital writing and tools to facilitate student growth in
A6 I am interested in how Ss and Ts engage in process of reimagining tech use 4 authentic purposes
Treat the digi space as extension of classroom--talk about privacy openly.
Q7: And, session presenters, tell us more about what you will be doing!
That's exciting! Feel free to share out more info with community
A6 critical digital literacies
A7: I choose D...all of the above
There are many of our session presenters here tonight, and we are looking forward to great sessions each Sunday in Oct.
A7: I'll be presenting at about instructional considerations & logistics associated with digital writer's notebooks
I will be introducing that this year to my 8th graders. One step at a time. Big thanks to you Janet.
agree but many, many are transferable from page to plaflorm. What rhetorical skills have an expiration?
is doing a great preso on 10/2:6:00-7:00 pm EST
Tumblr: the Ultimate Authentic Student Writing Platform
Indeed! Truly haven't been able to keep up.
. session should be thought-provoking. Don't miss it!
10/16 Julie Coiro presents Scaffolding Argumentative Writing From Multiple Online Sources at the https://t.co/dRrm0s3cLA
thanks Rachelle! It's still in the works of course, but so glad i finished the first draft :)
Said my moderator and co-presentor!
. You should attend--you'll have great stuff to add in the chat! I'm interested in your potential switch to Evernote
I like that strategy. Transparency & open communication are keys.
A7: Mashup, think about the revision process, create better student writers - all in your pjs? What?! https://t.co/LMiChSfBhP
. have you seen the . I like how it identifies problematic sections for writers
A7: and I will be presenting about authentic research process & product - from source analysis to tools to creation.
Looking forward to hearing
I will have to check it out. Thanks.
As a 1st year T, DW is a great resource for me! Reading blogs of 1st year Ts & exprienced Ts. Let me know if any of you have one!
A7: Collaborative writing 2.0.
Many thanks to the organizer of the entire event. Thanks, too, to for making sponsorships happen!
And to you too Great work! https://t.co/gnraoHtL2d
Many thanks to the organizer of the entire event. Thanks, too, to for making sponsorships happen!
A7: looking forward to this session!
Couldn't have done it without the awesome Planning Team https://t.co/HPEVPfZ64l
Many thanks to the organizer of the entire event. Thanks, too, to for making sponsorships happen!
Couldn't have done it without the awesome Planning Team https://t.co/lxumbMC4X3
Many thanks to the organizer of the entire event. Thanks, too, to for making sponsorships happen!
Well our digital writing about digital writing has been engaging and useful. So, so many ideas!
A great big high five to for leading us through this conversation on digital writing this evening!
