Transforming writing instruction in the digital age : techniques for grades 5-12 / / Thomas DeVere Wolsey, Dana L. Grisham ; series editors' note by Diane Lapp and Douglas Fisher ; foreword by Bridget Dalton.

• Superior document: Teaching practices that work
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Wolsey, Thomas DeVere.
• TeilnehmendeR: Grisham, Dana L., 1945-; Lapp, Diane.; Fisher, Douglas.; Dalton, Bridget.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Teaching practices that work.
• Physical Description: xx, 236 p. :; ill.

"An innovative, practical guide for middle and high school teachers, this book is packed with specific ways that technology can help serve the goals of effective writing instruction. It provides ready-to-implement strategies for teaching students to compose and edit written work electronically; conduct Internet inquiry; create blogs, websites, and podcasts; and use text messaging and Twitter productively. The book is grounded in state-of-the-art research on the writing process and the role of writing in content area learning. Teacher-friendly features include vivid classroom examples, differentiation tips, links to online resources, and reproducible worksheets and forms"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: IntroductionHashtags by Technique<b>I. Getting Started with Tools and Teaching </b>Technique 1. Resources: Anytime, AnywhereTechnique 2. Management: Computers in the ClassroomTechnique 3. Management: The HardwareTechnique 4. Direct InstructionTechnique 5. A Word about Differentiation<b>II. Writing and Thinking</b>Technique 6. Embracing Writing: Knowledge-Transforming WritingTechnique 7. Why Writing Is a Process, and How Technology Can HelpTechnique 8. Working with Sources: Keeping Track of Learning, and Leaving a Path for Others to FollowTechnique 9. Working with Sources: Using Style Guides<b>III. Writing to Understand: It's All about the Discipline</b>Technique 10. Discussion and WritingTechnique 11. Writing Short PiecesTechnique 12. Short Writing: Electronic JournalsTechnique 13. Blogs and Classroom Websites for WritingTechnique 14. Online Literature Discussion (Threaded Discussion)Technique 15. Vocabulary and WritingTechnique 16. Collaborative WritingTechnique 17. Are Those Kids Texting Again?<b>IV. Inquiry and Long Thinking Meet the Disciplines</b>Technique 18. FAQs about Writing in the DisciplinesTechnique 19. It's All the Same, or Maybe Not?Technique 20. What Was That Essential Question Again?Technique 21. Learning Because I'm Writing: Logs and JournalsTechnique 22. Writing Is (Hard) Cognitive Work: Bloom's Taxonomy MattersTechnique 23. Internet InquiryTechnique 24. PromptsTechnique 25. Prewriting: Composing before Writing with Pen or KeyboardTechnique 26. Prewriting with Graphic OrganizersTechnique 27. Feedback, Assessment, and Technology<b>V. What about Literature and English Language Arts?</b>Technique 28. Short Writing: Summaries in Response to ReadingTechnique 29. The Zen of Writing about LiteratureTechnique 30. Persuasion: In This Essay, I'm Going to Convince You...Technique 31. Prompts for Writing: Language Arts<b>VI. Composing with Multimedia</b>Technique 32. Visualize It!Technique 33. Podcasting: It's Ear-resistible<b>VII. Wrapping It Up </b>Technique 34. Advocacy for Technology and New LiteraciesTechnique 35. High-Stakes Writing AssessmentsTechnique 36. Automated ToolsTechnique 37. PublicationAppendix: Common Core Content Standards for Writing, Grades 6-12Glossary.