WRITING AND READING FACILITATIVE E-TOOLS

WRITING AND READING FACILITATIVE E-TOOLSMayra CruzDiana MonzonKarina Mendoza

WriteboardIt is a web-based space that can be shared in collaborative projects, or edited by individual writers.

What can Writeboard be used for?

individual writingcollaborative writingpeer correctionexam practiceexamples of good writing for our classes correct and learn from common mistakes each document can be saved

This tool provides a space where ELLs can collaborate on the production of writing tasks.

How to make it workscheck the Writeboard regularly

set very clear instructions

photocopy screenshot with password

Example:https://3.basecamp.com/3107067/buckets/57808/message_boards/16347156

This tool allows Ss to feel comfortable: sharing ideasmaking writing mistakes and editing their classmates workapplying differentiated learning It is easy to organize writing projects according to Ss level.

Case

A tenth-grade language arts teacher wants her students to enroll in the school districts annual writing competition. The prize is a computer for the classroom. Students need to write a five-paragraph essay on the following topic: In an age of global warming all schools should switch over to alternative energies.

What makes this time novel for the students is that, rather than forcing the students to complete the essay in isolation, she announces that the class will collectively help everyone write the essay.What she does is:brainstorm with the class what alternative energies are, brainstorms the types of alternative energies available.write students answers on her computer, which was hooked into her LCD so that all students could see what she wrote on the whiteboard.

The teacher showed the students what Writeboard was. That evening the paired students were to use writeboard to construct the introductory paragraph of their essay.The next day, some students said that they went through five or six iterations of the first paragraph, others said they went through more like 1015 iterations.Students were amazed at how writing and discussing and re-editing their essay helped them become more acutely aware of how writing worked.

WikisCollaborative website

It is a webpage constantly updated

ProcedureChoose a free Wiki site (www.wikispaces.com)Begin your new wikiName your new spaceMembers and permission to protect itDiscussion Tab

Blog

A blog is a digital journal were a person edits it while other people only can add comments in it.

Blog examplehttp://teachersimprove.blogspot.com/

Different types of blogsVlog - video Linklog - links https://storify.com/Sketchblog - sketches https://vine.co/Photoblog - comprising photos (picmonkey.com) http://www.picmonkey.com/https://www.pinterest.com/

WebquestsTool used to focus learners attention on particular content

Pre Designed activities for learners

Individual

Group activity (enhancing interaction)

WebquestsTechnology = student learning / strategy

Student practices research skill

Webpage, PowerPoint, Word document and online webquest makers.

Bernie Dodge from San Diego State University is credited as the inventor of webquests

http://webquest.org

Steps to create a webquest:TitleIntroductionTaskProcessEvaluationConclusionCreditsWebquest example