Two weeks ago, we hosted a Twitter Chat, in concert with our most recent blog carnival, on Digital Writing in K-12 Communities. We were joined by, among others, Literacy Coach Amber White from North Branch Area Schools in Michigan. Last Spring, we interviewed her and other teachers about their work with Digital Learning Day – in this Twitter Chat, she offers more insights on bringing digital composition into the secondary education classroom. If you missed the chat, you can read the storify below. Be sure to check out the rest of our series in the Digital Writing in K-12 Communities blog carnival.
(As of 2/2/2018 this storify has been archived and shared below. “Protected tweets” will show up as a link instead to the tweet as opposed to an image.)
https://twitter.com/neilfsimpkins/status/666273562265710597
@SweetlandDRC Looking forward to sharing K-12 digital writing strategies at 7 EST during #DRCchat
— Leigh Meredith (@leighmeredith3) November 16, 2015
Welcome to the @SweetlandDRC Twitter Chat! We’re discussing digital writing in K12 classrooms. #DRCchat
— Sweetland DRC (@SweetlandDRC) November 17, 2015
If you're interested in participating, take a minute to introduce yourself on the #DRCchat tag. Any folks from #NCTE15 want to join?
— Sweetland DRC (@SweetlandDRC) November 17, 2015
Amber White, Reading Specialist/Discipline Literacy Coach #DRCchat
— Amber White (@AWhite100) November 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/neilfsimpkins/status/666414480562130945
https://twitter.com/PaulaMMiller/status/666413955989028864
PhD student @Northwestern interested in media literacies and digital identity – excited to see intersections with K-12 writing #drcchat
— Leigh Meredith (@leighmeredith3) November 17, 2015
What experience do you have using digital writing in a K-12 classroom? #DRCchat
— Sweetland DRC (@SweetlandDRC) November 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/PaulaMMiller/status/666413424432295936
Ss in Grade 6 involved in digi-writing inspired by @Wonderopolis Ss ex: https://t.co/8qmP7obO0F #DRCchat
— Amber White (@AWhite100) November 17, 2015
Ss in Grades 5/6 using screencasting tools to think about writerly choices, explore expository text structures & author’s purpose. #DRCchat
— Amber White (@AWhite100) November 17, 2015
.@AWhite100 that's awesome. what do you think worked well about those examples? #DRCchat
— Sweetland DRC (@SweetlandDRC) November 17, 2015
@SweetlandDRC Digitally composing afforded Ss a wider palette of composition choices-vids, images, etc. #DRCchat
— Amber White (@AWhite100) November 17, 2015
@SweetlandDRC Also allows students to reflect on these writerly choices using screencasting tools. Ss ex. https://t.co/sOmF6W8Dam #DRCchat
— Amber White (@AWhite100) November 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/neilfsimpkins/status/666417961675067392
@AWhite100 what a cool use of screencasting to justify writing strategies;bet it makes the process of reflection more engaging too #drcchat
— Leigh Meredith (@leighmeredith3) November 17, 2015
@neilsimpkins Many uses for screencasting. Ss also use lots of digital writing collab tools-GDocs @padlet & digi-annotation tools #DRCchat
— Amber White (@AWhite100) November 17, 2015
@neilfsimpkins do you use screencasting to comment on students' online writing or "regular" word-processed writing as well? #drcchat
— Leigh Meredith (@leighmeredith3) November 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/neilfsimpkins/status/666420038807613440
@neilfsimpkins What screencasting tools have you gravitated to?#DRCchat
— Amber White (@AWhite100) November 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/neilfsimpkins/status/666421016285982721
Here’s combo of Ss screencasting + digi annotation to teach others a strategy (adaption Recip. Teaching): https://t.co/4PwGQDOJej #DRCchat
— Amber White (@AWhite100) November 17, 2015
The DRC also did a review back in January of Screencast-O-matic that's worth checking out: https://t.co/PN4M21AVpV #drcchat
— Leigh Meredith (@leighmeredith3) November 17, 2015
@leighmeredith3 Agree. Love Screencast-o-matic. #DRCchat
— Amber White (@AWhite100) November 17, 2015
