Teaching the New Writing (3 of 3) Kevin, Bryan, Marva, Troy, and Dawn mix it up! TTT#157 - 06.24.09
Posted by Paul Allison on July 12th, 2009
Teaching the New Writing (3 of 3) Kevin, Bryan, Marva, Troy, and Dawn mix it up! TTT#157 - 06.24.09 [56:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
On this podcast, our guest host, Kevin Hodgson helped to wrap up the third episode of a Teachers Teaching Teachers 3-part series that centerd on the book Kevin helped to edit (and contributed a chapter to) called Teaching the New Writing: Technology, Change and Assessment in the 21st Century Classroom.
On June 10, TTT hosts Paul Allison and Susan Ettenheim interviewed the editors about the project, which looks at changes in the writing classroom through the lens of technology and assessment. (listen to the podcast of that show over at TTT#155). In the second show in this series, on June 17, TTT156, Paul turned the host reins over to Kevin as he chatted with some of the chapter writers about the concept of collaboration in the technology-infused classroom.
In this podcast, as Kevin once again graciously agreed to host the show, we looked at the concept of audience and technology is opening up new doors for publication and expanding audiences and what that does to writing in the classroom.
Chapter authors Dawn Reed, high school teacher and teacher-consultant with the Red Cedar Writing Project; Troy Hicks, associate Professor and director of the Chippewa Writing Project; and Bryan Crandall, high school teacher and a teacher-consultant with the Louisville Writing Project, shared examples of their classroom practices to prompt a discussion about audience in writing using digital technology. The topics they discussed included high school students using multimodal ways of writing in a speech class and an example of what happens when you take the senior project “digital.â€Â In addition, Marva Solomon joined us to talk about her work with a small group of struggling elementary school writers. The title of her chapter is “True adventures of Students “Writing Online: Mummies, Vampires and schnauzers, Oh My!â€
Please enjoy the podcast, and add a comment with your story about how writing is changing in your classroom.
This podcast is the third of three Teachers Teaching Teachers shows in June that focused on this book. On TTT#155 (June 10) we had the editors of the book. Next for TTT#156 (June 17), we had authors from the different chapters of Teaching the New Writing on the show.
Go to EdTechTalk to see a transcript of a chat that was happening during the webcast.
July 21st, 2009 at 10:20 pm
The part on taking senior projects ‘digital’ really made me think of my first senior project experience in June and I have to now think if endless powerpoint slides with random photos means digital. I wonder if our students are prepared to do ‘more’ ….?
September 13th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Any time a student can try a new way of learning, we expand their knowledge of what they know and what they can learn. Technology continues to offer our students opportunities that are exciting. As a 1st grade teacher, I can see this as a great way to make their voices “heard†especially since they cannot always write at equal levels as all their classmates.