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8/9/2019 Essex Middle School Presentation

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The Digital Classroom

Young Writers Project

Essex Middle School

Edge AcademyAugust 25th, 2010


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What is a Digital Classroom?

Our digital writing classroom serves as our

community center, our stage, our soapbox,

our refuge from the worldIt serves as the

nucleus of our writing classroom.

- Nick Brooks, teacher, Williston Central School


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A Creative Management System

Audience = Feedback


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A Community of Writers

It has changed how my students

communicate. Sandra Baker, Essex Middle School


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Digital Opportunities

Student blogs shared with each other

Commenting with a purpose

No moderation we trust you will be civil Easy integration of audio and slides

Full multimedia integration slideshows,

video, video commenting Web applications easily embedded


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Real Writers Doing Real Writing

Engage: The technology draws students in and

gives them purpose an audience of peers.

Connect: Students gain understanding andrespect for each other through a supportive

peer-to-peer learning environment.

Learn: Through regular feedback given and

received students learn from each other.


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Reading Like a Writer

Civil constructive response:

What you were thinking, feeling when you red

the piece your reaction to the piece. No assessment, just what you experienced

What about the piece connected with your

reader? What confused you? Learn to do this in a civil way honestly and

frankly and another skill will be learned.


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Exercises, not Assignments

In creating community, students need to feel

an ownership of the space.

Exercise instead of an assignment. Regular, frequent writing and commenting.

Collaborative projects.

Risk-taking and greater student control.

Incentive to post additional, voluntary pieces.

Strong peer-to-peer support


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The Art ofRevision

Are my ideas communicated effectively?

What are the gaps?

Does the reader understand what I wanted toconvey?

Does my structure work? Have I enough

details? Is it compelling?


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The Art of Polish

Is my tone consistent?

What are the grammar issues?

Did I check the spelling?

Punctuation?

Did it engage me?


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Teachers Succeed if:

You lose control

Your students write more than you can keep

up with You rely on student leaders to help

You introduce things you dont fully

understand Your students introduce things to you and the

class that you dont understand at all


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Dont Lose Sleep

There are safety measures within the site.

YWP will help you learn and use the site

effectively.

So will peers at this school.

So will your students.


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End Goal

Your learning community will prepare students

for the responsibility to be civil in the digital

world.

EMS & Edge Academy are on the frontier of a

transformation of schools. It willhappen

You already have many demands, go digital.

This opportunity will provide training, mentoringand support to help EMS and Edge Academy grow

as an adaptive learning community.

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