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The Digital Classroom

Young Writers ProjectMalletts Bay School

August 30 th , 2010

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What is a digitalclassroom?

Our digital writing classroom servesas our community center, our stage,our soapbox, our refuge from theworldIt serves as the nucleus of ourwriting classroom.

- Nick Brooks, teacher, WillistonCentral School

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A Creative ManagementSystem

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A Community of Writers

Writing has become a public activity. This builds a stronger sense of community within the group. BarbSpaulding, Hinesburg Community School

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Digital Opportunities Student blogs shared with each other Commenting with a purpose

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

Full multimedia integration slideshows, video, videocommenting

Web applications easily embedded

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Real Writers Doing RealWriting

Engage: The technology drawsstudents in and gives them purpose an audience of peers.

Connect: Students gainunderstanding and respect for eachother 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 yourreaction to the piece.

No assessment, just what youexperienced

What about the piece connected withyour reader? What confused you?

Learn to do this in a civil way honestly and frankly and another

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Exercises, not assignments In creating community, students

need to feel an ownership of thespace.

Exercise instead of anassignment.

Regular, frequent writing and

commenting. Collaborative projects. Risk-taking and greater student

control. Incentive to post additional,

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The Art of Revision Are my ideas communicated

effectively? What are the gaps? Does the reader understand what I

wanted to convey? 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 Will 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 dontunderstand 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 becivil in the digital world.

MBS is on the frontier of atransformation of schools. It will happen

We already have many demands; nowwe are being asked to go digital. This opportunity will provide training,mentoring and support to help MBSgrow as an adaptive learning