KidBlogAccording to Lacina and Griffith (2012), "research over the past five years notes
that children say they are motivated to write when
they have a choice in topics and when the writing is
relevant to their lives and interests,
and researchers find that students who create their
own blog also tend to be productive writers both
inside and outside of the classroom" (p. 1). Kidblog is a student-friendly interface that allows students to publish their creative writing safely. Teachers are able to monitor the publishing space to ensure constructive yet critical feedback among peers. Since Kidblog allows writers to collaborate in a global network there is an authentic audience and meaningful purpose for student writing.
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ePub BudCreated by a family who lost their son 12 hours after birth and wanted to share their story, ePub Bud is a free media tool where you can create, convert, store, download, and publish your own ebooks. By sharing the story of Wren's family we can motivate students to share their powerful stories through ePub Bud. "As teachers are well aware, many students of all ages struggle with both learning to write well, as well as learning to enjoy (or at least not dislike) writing" (Howland, Jonassen, & Marra, p. 161). With positive experiences in publishing writing students can not only begin to show ownership but authorship and the sense of pride that comes with it.
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SlideshareSlideshare allows writers to upload PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, PDF files, and all sorts of other types of files to either be shared privately or publicly. Presentations are available for downloading to view at one's convenience. The glory of using a tool such as Slideshare where students can personalize their work and show authentic ownership is that the writing is then available for students to view one another's work and share commentary from audience to author. "Viewing writing and text construction as the multimodal writing process balances the more dominant written-linguistic modes of text construction with dynamic elements of design. Such a view projects classroom writing into a new pedagogic space" (Edwards-Groves, p. 63).
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References
Edwards-Groves, C. J. (2011). The multimodal writing process: changing practices in contemporary classrooms. Language & Education: An International Journal, 25(1), 49-64. doi:10.1080/09500782.2010.523468
Howland, J.L., Jonassen, D., & Marra, R.M. (2012). Writing with technologies. In Meaningful learning with technology. (4th ed., pp. 160-190). Boston:
Pearson Education, Inc.
Lacina, J., & Griffith, R. (2012). Blogging as a Means of Crafting Writing. Reading Teacher, 66(4), 316-320. doi:10.1002/TRTR.01128
Edwards-Groves, C. J. (2011). The multimodal writing process: changing practices in contemporary classrooms. Language & Education: An International Journal, 25(1), 49-64. doi:10.1080/09500782.2010.523468
Howland, J.L., Jonassen, D., & Marra, R.M. (2012). Writing with technologies. In Meaningful learning with technology. (4th ed., pp. 160-190). Boston:
Pearson Education, Inc.
Lacina, J., & Griffith, R. (2012). Blogging as a Means of Crafting Writing. Reading Teacher, 66(4), 316-320. doi:10.1002/TRTR.01128
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