Stories of WritingRethinking Instruction in Digital Age

Tamkang University

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“Being creative involves doing something. It would be odd to describe as creative someone who never did anything. To call somebody creative suggests that they are actively producing something in a deliberate way.”

~ Sir Ken Robinson

MAPS: Components of Craft

• Mode: the genre of a text.• Media: the form in which a text is created.• Audience: the reader, listener, or viewer of the

text, both intended and incidental.• Purpose: the action the author takes, in both an

academic and a personal sense.• Situation: the context for the writer herself or

himself, as well as the demands of the writing task/assignment

Digital Essays

“Incorporate into your paper, where appropriate, hot links, images, video, or graphics. These should be incorporated into the paper, not tacked on or serving no evident purpose other than satisfying the requirements of this assignment.”

~ Jim Burke

Making a Claim with EvidenceAs any student who likes to eat could tell you, our school lunches need lots of help!

When we think about taste, quality, and value, they just don’t stack up. What are we going to do about the pizza? Does this really count as fruit?

We want better food in our cafeteria, and we have many reasons why...

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This collection highlights six case studies centered on evidence the authors have uncovered through teacher inquiry and structured conversations about students’ digital writing. Beginning with a digital writing sample, each teacher offers an analysis of a student’s work and a reflection on how collaborative assessment affected his or her teaching.

Digital Mentor Texts

@Jreaderwriter Julie Johnson

Public Service Announcements

@jackzangerle Jack Zangerle

Teach for Social Justice

@maestraphilly Christina Puntel

Book Reports

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Students tire of responding to novels in the same ways. They want new ways to think about a piece of literature and new ways to dig into it. ~ Diana Mitchell“Fifty Alternatives to the Book Report”

Digital Book ReportWhat goals do we have for students as readers, writers, and thinkers?

How can we reimagine the genre of the “book report” to meet literacy goals through digital writing?

“We’re so busy attending to multitasking, information overload, privacy, our children’s security online, or just learning the new software program and trying to figure out if we can really live without Twitter or FourSquare, that we haven’t rethought the institutions that should be preparing for more changes ahead.”

~ Cathy Davidson