SMWP 2011 Christine James Technology in a Writing Classroom My - PDF document

SMWP 2011 Christine James

Technology in a Writing Classroom My journey began back when I I learned how to prepare a six step next couple of years, we planned would play school with my sister and lesson plan, assess my students, lessons together for both our reader’s brother in Illinois. I was the oldest, so conference and writer’s workshops. It was during I always played the role of the teacher. with parents, this time, she told me about the Six + In 1992, I graduated from San and follow a 1 Traits and Ralph Fletcher. That first Diego State University. I was the first pacing guide. year we got our ideas from picture in my family to accomplish this. My Writing books and wrote in our Writer’s younger siblings followed in my was the one Notebooks. I then found my love for footsteps. area I never writing. My students thrived. At the time of my graduation, I felt Last year, I added new thought I wanted to own my own comfortable opportunities for my students to use preschool. That dream lasted about teaching. In the beginning, I just technology to encourage writing six years. Even though, I loved the followed what my mentor teachers outside of the notebook and the smaller children, I needed to be able were doing. I realized just how classroom. We used a social network to support myself financially. So, I difficult it was to teach writing. Plus called EDMODO in school and at decided to enroll at the students seemed bored with the home, along with iPods in the National University to writing process. classroom. By providing my students get my credential. This How was I going to motivate my so much time to write, I saw them way I could still work students to love writing when I really grow as writers. full time and go to didn’t love it myself? I decided to ask Although, I witnessed the growth, I school at night. I think a friend of mine what she did. I knew knew I needed to do more. This is the combination of she loved writing and I started to see why I wanted to join the Writing work experience and how excited her students were to Project. Now I’m hoping to add the the credential program write. She was the one that introduced conferencing piece with my students helped prepare me for the classroom. me to the Writer’s Workshop. For the next year.

How to use EDMODO Setting up an account on Edmodo The Poll is a great feature to help 3.Then write your assignment in 1. Go to www.edmodo.com create a starting off point for a larger the text box. 2. Watch, What is Edmodo for a discussion in class. 4. Tip: Write in the text box if you 2.25 minute video to get an **NOW go to your Edmodo Home would like the students to REPLY or overview of Edmodo. page and complete the Poll I’ve set up TURN IN the assignment. TURN in is 3. Click “I am a Teacher.” for us. You may comment as well if the option for the grade. 4. Create a username and you’d like. **Now here is your assignment. password for your account. Go onto your HOME page in Edmodo Notes 5. Click on “Claim your profile.” I and see your ASSIGNMENT for today. The NOTES feature in Edmodo chose first initial then last name and can be used many ways in the hit claim. Written Response for a Current classroom. 6. Go back to settings to set up Event 1. Click on the icon NOTES and a your profile. Don’t forget to SAVE. Choose an article from the links text box will be made available 7. Then click on the EDMODO provided on your Edmodo home page. for you to type a NOTE to your bubble in the upper left corner to After making your selection, read the groups. go back to your HOME page. article to find the writer’s arguments. 2.This NOTE could be about 8. On the left hand column, click Write down your quotes or anything. I’ve used it to post on Group JOIN. Type in this code- commentaries from the article that websites I want my kids to check bd1wlh. This is the SMWP group. support the arguments. Then write a out, files for them to use on iPod summary of the article including: the 9. Edmodo permission slip for assignments, general questions students is attached to the packet. name of the article, the author’s name, to spearhead a conversation 10. If you have trouble on your three to five key facts with supporting amongst the other students. own go to this link: http:// commentary from the article. 3.The students generally use help.edmodo.com/userguide/ **Remember to use appropriate casual language. Their responses transitions. Poll may look more like a Tweet or a Get your students' opinions using text. **After you’ve completed three the Edmodo POLL feature. Directions tasks, create your own poll, note, to create your own Poll. **NOW go to your Edmodo HOME and assignment to practice at 1.Just click on Poll icon. page and REPLY to my NOTE. You home. can also comment on the other 2.You'll be given a text box to write out your question. replies. Links 3.Then you’ll use the spaces to You can post web addresses that Assignment add as many options as you you want your students to use on an Assignments in Edmodo are choose. assignment. This saves them time primarily ones the teacher would like 4. You can then send the poll your and you frustration. the students to complete for a grade. selected groups. The written assignments should have 5. Students see will be able to Library more formal language. vote once. I use this feature to upload 1. Just click on the Assignment They will also have the opportunity pictures for my students to use on icon. their iPod projects. Other teachers to see the updated results in a bar 2.You’ll type the Title of your graph form. If the students want to use pictures that go along with the assignment comment on the poll, they can do so. vocabulary of their units.

Big Idea & Strategies Big Idea link- Computers . an object, as text or To incorporate the use technology graphics, linked through hypertext to a as an engaging tool that motivates document, another object, etc. students to practice real world writing, Teaching Strategies Used poetry, narratives, letters, etc. Silent Signal Operational Definitions Take off-Touch Down Jot thoughts Edmodo- a social network for teachers Timed Pair Share and students to use for educational purposes. username- a unique sequence of Benefits of using Edmodo characters with your students used to identify a user ★ Highly engaging for and allow students. access to a ★ Teacher student connection computer in real time system, ★ Collaborative computer ★ Student accountability network, or ★ Safe online account. password- a word or other string of characters, sometimes kept secret or Challenges confidential, that must be supplied by 1.How to use Edmodo more a user in order to gain full or partial consistently throughout the year. access to a multiuser computer 2.How to get everything graded. system or its data resources. Resources: group code- number sequence so you can join a group on Edmodo. EUSD iRead Web page profile- an informal biography or a https://sites.google.com/a/ concisely presented sketch of a eusd.org/eusd-iread/ person. Edmodo userguide URL -Uniform Resource Locator: a http://help.edmodo.com/ protocol for specifying addresses on userguide/ the Internet.

Christine K. James Sources I’ve used with Edmodo Voice Idea Voice Idea Idea Presentation and poetry Color Poems Great Teacher Idioms source. Page 5