Sarahhanawald's Favorite Links on writing from Diigo

Fifteen Minutes Of Fiction: Write Fiction Online

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:22:52 -0000

Fun looking site for student writing. Prompt driven, can read others.

Tags: fiction writing

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A New Type of University Writing Course

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:01:28 -0000

Great piece about the evolution of the University Writing Course at Duke for the 21st century.

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

most of my students write several hours a day.

technology has radically extended the spaces for academic debate.

high schools and their curricula are failing to keep pace with those same advances.

we now live in a world where both debate and publication happen predominantly in virtual spaces.

Without real opportunities for students to publish their writing, they will assess that they write not for meaning, intellectual discovery, communication or understanding, but rather in obligatory, outdated, punitive and procedural ways to obtain grades.

Teachers seek opportunities for writing to both engage and challenge students to think critically throughout the processes of intellectual debate. Writing courses that remain wedded to the genre and methods of the past merely limit students’ ability to imagine their work as real.

Tags: writing technology 21st century

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ReadWriteThink: Student Materials: Comic Creator

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:40:31 -0000

A link to Comic Creator, but also descriptions of lesson plans using comics. Much more language arts oriented than art oriented.

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

he Comic Creator invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading activities, response to literature, and so on).

Comic Strip Planning Sheet, a printable PDF that comic creators can use to draft and revise their w

Tags: comics writing

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Americans Believe Computers Have Positive Effect On Writing Skills - National Writing Project

Mon, 05 May 2008 02:13:35 -0000

But not necessarily their kids!

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

Americans Believe Computers Have Positive Effect On Writing Skills

Tags: 21stcentury literacy writing technology

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Study: Teens See Disconnect Between Personal and School Writing : April 2008 : THE Journal

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:23:41 -0000

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

Study: Teens See Disconnect Between Personal and School Writing

by Dave Nagel

Extra Credit
Student Writing and Internet Usage

According to the Pew/National Commission on Writing study, 50 percent of teens write something for school every day. Ninety-four percent use the Internet for research for their school assignments at least occasionally, and 48 percent sad they use the Internet for research at least once per week.

More Information

Study: Writing, Technology and Teens (PDF)

--D. Nagel

Students see a distinction between the writing they do for school and the writing they do in their personal lives. While the vast majority of 12- to 17-year-olds (85 percent) engage in some form of electronic writing--IM, e-mail, blog posts, text messages, etc.--most (60 percent) don't consider this actual writing. That's one of the findings from a study released last week by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the National Commission on Writing for America’s Families, Schools and Colleges.

Tags: writing English web2.0 teaching technology

Posted by: sarahhanawald