The Paperless Classroom: Teaching CyberEnglish William Bass – Amy Johnson Technology Integration Specialists Parkway School District
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Beginnings NCTE Conference 2004 NCTE Conference 2004 Ted Nellen Ted Nellen __ __ Dawn Hogue Dawn Hogue __ __ Pat Schultz Pat Schultz Cybercomp __ Cybercomp __ Cybercomp__ Cybercomp__
CyberEnglish Tenets Make it Public Make it Public Students publish work Students publish work Peer Review Peer Review Editing process is continual Editing process is continual Pass it on Pass it on Share student work with others Share student work with others
How is it taught Teacher web site Teacher web site Policies Policies Policies Assignment instructions Assignment instructions Poetry _ Poetry _ Poetry_ Poetry_ Web integrated resources for teacher and student (Ex: Purdue Owl __) Web integrated resources for teacher and student (Ex: Purdue Owl __)Purdue Owl__Purdue Owl__ Virtual Filing Cabinet: assignments, handouts, etc. Virtual Filing Cabinet: assignments, handouts, etc. Parkway Moodle _ Parkway Moodle _ Parkway Moodle_ Parkway Moodle_
Student Created Work Personal Web Pages Personal Web Pages html html Adobe Dreamweaver Adobe Dreamweaver Microsoft FrontPage Microsoft FrontPage NVU – Free html editor NVU – Free html editor Webfolio Webfolio Blogs Blogs
Course Content Integration Interactive instructional sites Interactive instructional sites Purdue Online Writing Lab Purdue Online Writing Lab Online texts available Online texts available Online resources Online resources Textbook company sites Textbook company sites Publish work online Publish work online Collaboration Collaboration
Benefits Environmental Environmental Work load Work load Improvement in writing skills Improvement in writing skills Audience Audience Hypertext writing Hypertext writing Connections Connections Development on non-linear thinking Development on non-linear thinking
Benefits (cont.) Technology Skills Technology Skills Web Web Word Processing Word Processing HTML HTML Diversify instruction Diversify instruction Communication Communication
Free Tools Free Tools Yahoo Yahoo Gmail Gmail Hotmail Hotmail Gaggle Gaggle Wikis Wikis Pbwiki Pbwiki Wikispaces Wikispaces Blogs Blogs Learnerblogs.org Edublogs.org Blogger 21publish 21class.com Other Tools Other Tools Moodle Elgg United Streaming Bloglines
Needs Administrator support Administrator support Student Computers Student Computers Basic knowledge of schools network Basic knowledge of schools network AUP – Acceptable Use Policy AUP – Acceptable Use Policy Access Access Web Server for teacher and student websites Web Server for teacher and student websites Support Support Adventurous spirit Adventurous spirit
Examples Keiarra Keiarra Keiarra Solomon Solomon Solomon Jahad Jahad Jahad Symone Symone Symone Melia Melia Melia Brittany Brittany Brittany
Questions
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