USING ICT FOR WRITING Lynn W Zimmerman Ph

USING ICT FOR WRITING Lynn W Zimmerman, Ph. D

Authenticity Internet - offers opportunities for authentic writing � e-mail � blogs � wikis � interactive web pages � discussion boards � social media � electronic journals � e-portfolios

E-mail authentic positively impacts students’ writing available to many people What are some ideas for using email besides for keypal exchanges?

Some E-mail Activities Pre-class activities: share background knowledge about a topic Post-class activities: review class discussions; e-mail-based cooperative writing Reading circle: discuss assigned reading with groups Student-teacher; teacher-student ; student interaction: journals, asking and answering questions, progress reports, announcements, assignments, homework

Interactive Web Pages What are the strengths and weaknesses? Would you use it with your students? � http: //www. rong-chang. com/writing. htm � http: //www. ego 4 u. com/en/business- english/communication/business-letter � http: //englishinteractive. net/tablet/writing. html � http: //www. esolcourses. com/content/topicsmenu/ writing. html � http: //www. eslgo. com/classes/write/

Wikis and Blogs Effective for collaborative projects. Blog - can post text, graphics, multimedia, links, have discussions with viewers Wikis - more open access than blogs. Can be edited by anyone at any time

Using Wikis Especially useful for a process writing approach All the versions of a current page archived and stored All steps of the writing process can be done collaboratively using a wiki � integrate elements from research � peer-edit drafts � easily proofread one another’s work

Wikipedia, etc. www. Wikipedia. com Some places you can set up wikis are: � Peanut. Butter. Wiki: http: //pbwiki. com � Seed. Wiki: www. seedwiki. com � Jot. Spot: http: //jotspot. com � Odd. Wiki: http: //communitywiki. org/odd/Home. Page � Wiki. Cities: www. wikicities. com/wiki/Wikicities � Wikispaces: www. wikispaces. org

Using Blogs Some creative ways to use blogs in your classroom? Class. Blog: a free-form bulletin board for learners Oppo. Log: The author posts a position and readers have to post a counter-position Connect. Log: Find connections between different ideas or things Fore. Log: Post links to news stories and predict outcome of the story Poli. Log: Create characters representing different political parties and let them debate their platforms Readers. Log: Post reviews of stories and books with links Movei. Log: Post reviews of movies with links to trailers; post mock interviews with movie actors or characters

Blog Sites Wordpress: www. wordpress. com Weblogger: www. weblogger. com Diaryland: www. diaryland. com Upsaid: www. upsaid. com Webcrimson: www. webcrimson. com Xanga: www. xanga. com

Using Social Media What are some ideas you have for using it for writing? � They can link to items and write about them. � They can write one another in the chat functions.

i. Pad/i. Phone Apps Toontastic (free) Guides students through the creation of a story arc with 5 components: a setup, a conflict, a challenge, a climax & a resolution. App website is here.

Texting What could you have them do? �Make appointments or plans to meet some one �Give directions

Writing Activity In pairs, go to one of these blogs set up for ESL/EFL and explore it. What do you think it’s usefulness is for writing activities? How would you use it? Bee online: http: //beeonline. blogspot. com Blog-EFL: http: //blog-efl. blogspot. com The Ford. Log: www. weblogs 4 schools. co. uk/The. Ford Goin’ Upstream: http: //goinupstream. blogspot. com Mariichigo: www. livejournal. com/users/mariichigo The New Tanuki: http: //thenewtanuki. blogspot. com EFL/ESL Exchange: www. dekita. org/exchange Random Thoughts: http: //namckeand. blogpsot. com