Reinventing Writing: 9 Ways Writing Has Been Reinvented and How to Use Them in Schools

1. Reinventing Writing: How Transliteracy and EdTech Tools Create Successful Student Writing Communities Vicki A. Davis Teacher, IT Director @coolcatteacher www.coolcatteacher.com Author, Reinventing Writing (June 2014) Author, Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds Host, Every Classroom Matters (itunes) 2014 BAMMY Award – Best Education Talk Show Host Coolcatteacher.com/literacypromise

2. The Collaborative Writing Cloud 9 Wikis Collaborative Writing Apps Blogs Social Bookmarking Graphic Organizers Collaborative Notebooks ePaper Cartooning Cloud Syncing ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented?

3. Poll: Who are you? A.Teacher B.Librarian C.Curriculum D.Principal E.Other administrator

4. Meet Mrs. Adkins: Innovation is not an AGE, it is a MINDSET Her secret to innovating with kids: 3 folders a weekend.

5. years To get to 50 million subscribers

9. days To get to 50 million subscribers

10. Teacher Question: How can we keep up in the face of such rapid change?

11. 15 minutes 2-3 times a week

12. 1. 9 Ways Writing Has Been Reinvented • Practical things students need to know • Examples from classrooms • Recommendations for each 2. 9 Key P’s for Digital Citizens 3. 20 Questions ReinventingWriting –Vicki Davis http://writinginthecloud.wikispaces.com I’mVicki Davis @coolcatteacher What’s your handle?

13. 1. Specific Steps Building Writing Communities (Chapter 13) 2. A lot of how-to’s (please use the chat to share links) 3. To dive deeply into the 9 Key P’s for Safety & Success (Chapter 12) 4. To dive deeply into the 20 questions (Chapter 2) We won’t have time for –Vicki Davis http://writinginthecloud.wikispaces.com I’mVicki Davis @coolcatteacher What’s your handle?

14. John Seely Brown,Visiting Scholar, University of Southern California “…you can’t just drop new innovations into a classroom and hope that the instructor will invent effective ways to use them.To fully utilize a new teaching technology, you often need to invent new teaching practices as well.” Gamifi-ed Project: An Intergenerational Learning Community http://gamifi-ed.wikispaces.com Westwood Students (9th graders) & Masters Students from University of Alaska Southeast & Gamifi-ed MOOC ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented?

15. Teacher Question: Why do we need collaborative writing? Isn’t plain old writing good enough?

16.  Fosters community (Elbow 373)  Helps see problems from multiple viewpoints (Howard 10)  Co-authoring impacts the writing of individual authors (Aghbar)  Improves Learning Experiences (wolf 2010)  “Ideal model for constructing, reorganizing and acquiring new information” (Janssen et all 2010)  Global collaboration is essential in today’s workplace (Friedman)  Shorten time required to solve pressing world problems (Tapscott) Benefits of CollaborativeWriting (Why we need writing communities) Hong Kong 2011 Students edit wiki with virtual partners ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented?

17. Teacher Question: What is “the cloud?”

18. A LOCATION ON THE INTERNET WHERE FILES ARE STORED What is the Cloud? Reinventing Writing @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented?

19. Teacher Question: But I see a lot of videos, pictures, and infographics along with writing on the web, is this part of writing literacy now?

20. STUDENTS MUST BE TRANSLITERATE “Transliterate: The ability to read, write, and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film to digital networks.” Transliteracy Research Group

21. ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented?

22. Teacher Question: How do I make the decision about the tools I will use?

23. •Can each student have a distinct username? •Does the website track profile data on the students? •Can you set it up without an email address? •Can I access this site through my school’s filter? •Does this tool meet all policy requirements for my school? User Setup •Can you easily set up a lot of users? •Can you duplicate pages and/or websites easily? Scalability •How easy is it to monitor? •How much control can you have over viewing, editing, and commenting? Management •Does the site allow hyperlinks? Embedding? •Uploading? •What are the capabilities of simultaneous editing? •Can the document be viewed and/or edited on multiple platforms? (like tablets and mobile phones) Interactive features •Does the site have good help files? •Does the site have an active community of educators that is well supported by the company? •If this is a mandated, privately supported tool, what community will be used to support teacher and student work? Community •How private is data shared on the platform? •How secure is data shared on the platform? •What are the intellectual property rights associated with what is shared on the platform? Privacy, Security, and Intellectual Property Rights 20 Questions about Technology Tools Reality CheckWhat am I trying to do? 20 19 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 11 10 17 16 15 14 13

25. Teacher Question: What do literacies do students need to have relating to ebooks?

26. http://tinyurl.com/kindle-notecard ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? Learn More: Chapter 3, Reinventing Writing

27. Teacher Question: What are the most frequently used ebook readers?

28. 5 Most popular ebook readers  Kindle  iBook  Nook  Kobo  Google Play Books Learn More: Epic Ebook Guide http://www.coolcatteacher.com/epic-ebook-guide/ ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #1 Reinventing Paper

29. Teacher Question: Where can I find free ebooks for me and my students?

30. 10 Places to Find, Download & Read Free or Inexpensive eBooks Site Link Site Link Project Gutenberg gutenberg.org eReaderIQ ereaderiq.com Free Booksy freebooksy.com Book Bub bookbub.com Bookish bookish.com Hundred Zeroes hundredzeroes.com Goodreads goodreads.com What Should I Read Next? whatshouldireadnext.com Which Book openingthebook.com/whichboo k Calibre calibre-ebook.com Learn More: Epic Ebook Guide http://www.coolcatteacher.com/epic-ebook-guide/ ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #1 Reinventing Paper

31. Teacher Question: How easy is it to publish ebooks with students?

32. Jon Smith @theipodteacher

33. 7 Easy Ways to Publish eBooks 1. Liber.io  http://liber.io/  (Write in Google Drive  eBook) 2. Draft  http://draftin.com/ 3. iBooks Author 4. LeanPub  http://leanpub.com/ 5. PowerPoint (It works!) 6. Keynote (Yes you can!) 7. Scrivener Learn more: http://www.coolcatteacher.com/publish-ebooks-free/ ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #1 Reinventing Paper

34. Teacher Question: How can I get the notes I take in my Kindle or iBooks into Microsoft Word or something else?

35. Did you know?  You can export your notes from Kindle or iBooks into Evernote?  http://www.coolcatteacher.com/kindle-notes-evernote-export/  http://www.coolcatteacher.com/export-ibooks-notes/ ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #1 Reinventing Paper

36. Teacher Question: Where can I get all these links in this presentation? www.coolcatteacher.com/literacypromise

37. Teacher Question: I have a book in one format and want to convert it to another, can I do that?

38. Calibre  You can convert almost any format of ebook to another using Calibre?  See The Epic eBook Guide: http://www.coolcatteacher.com/epic-ebook-guide/ ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #1 Reinventing Paper

39. Teacher Question: Can we easily send pdfs or other files to someone’s Kindle?

40. 2 Easy Ways to get PDF’s onto a Kindle 1. Students can set up a kindle email  Put them in a group and email docs to them (a small charge will be incurred.) 2. You can drag files onto a Kindle by hooking it up to the computer with a cable (it looks just like a thumb drive on the computer) ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #1 Reinventing Paper

41. Teacher Question: What are some recommendations to take back to my librarian?

42. Reinventing Writing Recommendation  Evaluate Amazon Whispernet  Create a place where you can distribute or link to free ebook content  Older students set up a profile on kindle.amazon.com  Learn to export notes from books  Make epublishing part of what you do #1 Reinventing Paper Learn More: Chapter 3, Reinventing Writing

43. Teacher Question: How should students be taking notes today?

45. Teacher Question: How can you find your notes after you take them?

47. Teacher Question: What are the popular digital notebook services today?

48. Popular Notebook Services 1. Evernote 2. One Note 3. Google Keep 4. PAPER! ;-) Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 4 ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #2 Reinventing Notetaking

49. Notes area Reminders Search Shortcuts for frequently used items

50. Did you know you can create checklists and store files?

51. Share your notetaking and files

52. One Note: Only Collaborative Notebook service

53. Teacher Question: Are there times that students should take notes by hand?

54. Math and Science by Hand

55. Teacher Question: How can I include notes taken by hand in a digital notebook service and why would I want to?

56. How to get hand written notes in: 1) Snap a picture 2) Scan Why? Retrieval (Evernote can search handwriting.)

57. Teacher Question: What recommendations should I take back to my school about digital notetaking?

58. Reinventing Writing Recommendation  Select an official notebook service for your school  Connect students and teachers  Share notes  Learn to capture, annotate, and find  See if students can find notes at a later date #2 Reinventing Notetaking Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 4

59. Teacher Question: Is there an easier way to research for term papers or research papers? (And do students really have to print out a million pages on my printers?)

62. Meet the new notecard Hyperlink is part of bookmark Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 5 See: http://www.coolcatteacher.com/diigo-social-bookmarking-tutorial/

63. Features of the New Notecard (Diigo) Annotate Websites: Privately, To a group or publicly Group Bookmarks http://physicsofthefuture.wikispaces.com Student efolios Citation Reports

64. Teacher Question: How can I learn about Diigo?

65. http://www.coolcatteacher.com/diigo-social-bookmarking-tutorial/

66. Teacher Question: How can my students share their research in Diigo?

67. Reinventing Writing Recommendation  Set up a bookmarking group for each class  Set up a “tag dictionary” for common topics for the term  Install the Diigo plug in to add more features to websites #3 Reinventing Notecards Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 5

68. Teacher Question: How can I find my files on multiple devices? (computers, smartphones, tablets)

70. Teacher Question: What are the most popular cloud sync services?

71. ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? Dropbox * Google Drive * One Drive

72. Teacher Question: What do students need to know about syncing to the cloud?

74. Teacher Question: What if I want to swap cloud sync services and use a different one?

75. Mover.io You’re not stuck! You can move your files

76. Teacher Question: Are there other things you can do with cloud services besides save and share files?

77. Dropbox: Did you know?  You can connect to your students and share files  Dropbox is a great way to share videos  You can create a folder people can upload to using dropitto.me  Sortmybox will help you organize and move your dropbox materials  Jotform sends forms straight to Dropbox  Automate Dropbox with IFTTT  You can create a website from a Dropbox Folder using site44  My bookmarks of all the things you can do with Dropbox: https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/dropbox ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #5 Reinventing Filing Cabinets

78. Google Drive: Did you know?  You can install Google Drive like a Dropbox Folder  You can set up shared class folders  Google Drive can link with other services (like wevideo)  See “Becoming a Google Drive Master”  http://j.mp/gdrive-master #5 Reinventing Filing Cabinets

79. One Drive: Did you know?  Integrated with Office and Windows 8 (no need to install)  If you don’t buy the service, only 3 students can sign up PER DAY behind a firewall (I give it as a home assignment/ school supply)  Free versions of Word/ Excel/ Powerpoint available online with your files if you use it  Replaces the “Jump Drive” more easily than anything else. #5 Reinventing Filing Cabinets

80. Teacher Question: What should my school do about cloud syncing?

81. Reinventing Writing Recommendation  Create shared places in the cloud for students and teachers to move files between devices  Educate everyone on how to use them and what they are doing (even if you don’t allow them to use popular services)  Students need places to share video and other files! #5 Reinventing Filing Cabinets Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 6

82. Teacher Question: How can I have more peer review in essay writing?

84. ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? So much more than the “essay” - reinventing wordprocessors

85. Teacher Question: What are the popular collaborative essay writing tools?

86. ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? 1. Google Drive 2. One Drive (Microsoft Word/ Office 365) 3. Etherpad (for server installation)

87. Teacher Question: What do students need to know about collaborative writing?

89. Teacher Question: How can I do less proofreading, grammar checking, and use technology to help students write (and make my job easier?)

90. Teacher Question: How can I coach students in making writing more concise and to the point?

91. Use Hemingway App w/ Grammarly

92. Teacher Question: Are there advanced tools I can use to help students with mechanics?

93. Pro Writing Aid

94. Teacher Question: How can I help students make their writing easier to read? (especially in blogging because no one is reading their work!)

95. TIP: Remove Sticky Sentences

96. TIP: Add 25% transitions

97. Teacher Question: How can I help students who are slow typists and prefer writing by hand?

98. Google Voice Typing

99. Dragon Dictate

100. Mac Dication • Press Fn Fn twice on your Mac

101. Teacher Question: How can I give better feedback both with words and my voice?

102. Kaizena

103. Teacher Question: Are there other tools I can use with collaborative writing apps like Google Docs?

104. Look for Add-ins or Add-Ons

105. Extra Features in Microsoft Word  You can call people and live chat them from inside Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel in Office 365?  You can live edit Microsoft Word now?  You can get Microsoft Office on the iPad now?  Microsoft Office has Add Ons too?  http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/store/ ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #5 Reinventing Word Processors

106. Teacher Question: Can I get files from Google Docs to Word or older word processors?

107. Zamzar!  Zamzar.com can convert almost any format? ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #5 Reinventing Word Processors

108. Teacher Question: What recommendations do I need to bring back to my school about collaborative writing?

109. Reinventing Writing Recommendation  Set up collaborative writing tools  Make sure teachers know how to give text and voice feedback  Empower peer feedback  Train and connect everyone!  Teach students (and teachers) to convert files of all types #5 Reinventing Word Processors Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 7

110. Teacher Question: What about blogging and social media – how has it changed writing?

112. Teacher Question: What do students need to know about blogging?

114. Teacher Question: Can young children blog?

115. http://www.coolcatteacher.com/classroom-blogging-kathy-cassidy/

116. http://mscassidysclass.edublogs.org/

117. Teacher Question: What if I can’t get comments on student blogs?

118. Credit: Sue Waters Reinventing Writing, Chapter 8

119. Quadblogging – an authentic audience of peers

120. Teacher Question: What kind of writing is Twitter?

122. Karen Lirenman Kathy Cassidy Building Student Learning Communities through Twitter http://j.mp/lirenman-twitter Using Twitter in a Primary Classroom http://j.mp/primary-twitter Class Twitter Accounts Open Doors

123. Teacher Question: What if Twitter is blocked or not allowed in my school?

124. Did you know? http://www.classtools.net/twister/ You can make “Fake Tweets” at Classtools.net

125. Teacher Question: What recommendations should I take back for my school about blogging and microblogging?

126. Reinventing Writing Recommendation  Set up a blogging platform for your students  Encourage feedback and connection  Find a Quadblogging Group for every classroom in your school  Use microblogging to communicate and connect with the world  Give your classroom a public platform to share and connect #6 Reinventing Journals & Reports Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 8

127. Teacher Question: What if my classroom needs to have a group website where we all share and write?

129. Teacher Question: What do students need to know about wikis?

131. Teacher Question: What does a student wiki project look like?

132. Teacher Question: What content goes on the page and what content goes in the discussion on a wiki?

133. See http://www.coolcatteacher.com/gamifi-ed-project-update1/

134. Teacher Question: What are some popular wiki websites?

135. Popular Wiki Websites 1. Wikispaces 2. PBWiki 3. Install Media Wiki ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #7 Reinventing Group Reports

136. Teacher Question: Aren’t there other ways students can build websites too?

137. Students can build websites too: Wix, Weebly and others

138. Combining Writing with Technology

139. Popular Group Website Creators 1. Weebly 2. Wix 3. Webs 4. Google Sites ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #7 Reinventing Group Reports

140. Teacher Question: What are some things most educators don’t know about wikis?

141. Did you know?  You can set up private projects on wikispaces even if your overall wiki is public?  You can have a free ad-free site if you’re a K12 educator  See my classroom wiki at http://westwood.wikispaces.com  You can comment in-line like Google Drive?  You can use Wikispaces classroom to monitor engagement live? ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #7 Reinventing Group Reports

142. Teacher Question: What are some recommendations to take back to my school about wikis?

143. Reinventing Writing Recommendation  Create a collaborative wiki community  Write common information together with others with a different worldview  Learn to write collaboratively  Multi age  Intergenerational  Within your district  Create a platform for student efolios #7 Reinventing Group Reports Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 9

144. Teacher Question: If students are going to write together, don’t they need to prewrite together too?

146. Teacher Question: What are some electronic brainstorming and prewriting techniques students need to know?

148. Teacher Question: What are some student samples of mindmapping?

149. http://madaboutmattering.wikispaces.com/Self+Harm

150. Building a school app – the mindmap students made

151. Teacher Question: Do you have to mindmap? Couldn’t you just outline together?

152. Did you know? You should preplan what you’ll write before you start collaborative writing? Favorite outlining tools: Hackpad, Google Drive, Etherpad, Office 365

153. Teacher Question: What are some recommendations for prewriting and mindmapping for today’s students?

154. Did you know?  You can create a mindmap to organize and embed it or link it from your document to keep the two connected?  Live chats with documents usually aren’t saved, so you want to have people use comments instead to include collaborative partners  Partners should know how to find past conversations and revisions  If you want to collaboratively write – it starts with collaborative prewriting ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented? #8 Reinventing Prewriting

155. Reinventing Writing Recommendation  Teach Prewriting tools and skills  Teach Collaborative Prewriting methods  Don’t forget prewriting  Embed prewriting documents in the final document  Include asynchronous partners in your communications. #8 Reinventing Prewriting Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 10

156. Teacher Question: How can we create graphics for online student work? Aren’t they important parts of modern writing?

158. Teacher Question: What are commonly used types of graphics for websites and online writing?

160. See: Infographics Tools for Kids http://www.coolcatteacher.com/infographic-tools-for-kids/

161. See: 7 Ways to Use Canva to Create Compelling Graphics http://www.coolcatteacher.com/canva-how-to/

162. Teacher Question: Why are graphics so important in online writing? Can they be distracting and stop people from reading?

163. Readibility tips?  Captions under images are read 300% more than body copy  Headlines placed below an image are read by 10% more people than headlines above  Never break the left margin  Images should either have: story appeal or demonstrate something  See: http://blog.kissmetrics.com/shocking-truth-about-graphics/ #9 Reinventing Illustrations

164. Teacher Question: What are some recommendations for helping kids get started with graphics?

165. Recommendation  Teach students how to create and select images  Encourage the use of infographics to tell stories  Help students visually organize their efolios  Follow and teach guidelines to promote readability #9 Reinventing Illustrations Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 11

166. Teacher Question: What are the 9 ways writing has been reinvented?

167. The Collaborative Writing Cloud 9 Wikis Collaborative Writing Apps Blogs Social Bookmarking Graphic Organizers Collaborative Notebooks ePaper Cartooning Cloud Syncing ReinventingWriting @coolcatteacher Part 1: How has writing been reinvented?

168. Teacher Question: Are there other ways writing has been reinvented?

169. Google Forms – A school survey Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive

170. Goes into Spreadsheet Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive

171. Cool Trick Copy out of spreadsheet into Wordle! Step 1: Convert Everything to lowercase by pasting into MS Word. Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive

172. www.wordle.net Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive

173. What Westwood Students own Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive

174. Wikisource: Copy Text from Famous Speech http://en.wikisource.org Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive

175. http://www.tagxedo.com/ Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive

176. Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive

177. Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive

178. Teacher Question: What about online safety and digital literacy?

179. 9 P’s for Proactive Knowledge 1. Passwords 2. Privacy 3. Personal Information 4. Photography 5. Property 6. Permissions 7. Protection 8. Professionalism 9. Permanence Adapted from Reinventing Writing by Vicki Davis

180. Teacher Question: Are there habits that students can develop that will make our class writing community stronger?

181. You can build community CoP: Community of Practice “Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.” Ettienne Wegner, Communities of Practice: A Brief Introduction, 2012. Reinventing Writing Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 13

182. QUESTIONS?

183. Teacher Question: Where can I find this presentation? How can we connect?

184. I’m here to help!  www.coolcatteacher.com  Twitter @coolcatteacher  Facebook www.facebook.com/coolcatteacher  iTunes: Every Classroom Matters  This PRESENTATION:  www.coolcatteacher.com/literacypromise Let’s connect!

185. Reinventing Writing: How Transliteracy and EdTech Tools Create Successful Student Writing Communities www.coolcatteacher.com/literacypromise Vicki A. Davis Teacher, IT Director @coolcatteacher www.coolcatteacher.com Author, Reinventing Writing (June 2014) Author, Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds Host, Every Classroom Matters (itunes) 2014 BAMMY Award – Best Education Talk Show Host

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