1. Danielle Nicole DeVoss, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl and Troy Hicks
BECAUSE DIGITAL WRITING MATTERS: IMPROVING STUDENT WRITING IN ONLINE AND MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENTS
Danielle Nicole DeVoss, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl and Troy Hicks

2. Highlights by Chapter Chp. One: The Landscape of Digital Writing
Digital Writing Revolution
Writers engage in the work of writing differently
More complex space for writing
Added media components (audio, image, video)
Online tools allow for instant sharing
Makes composing process public and interactive
The “writing” students do today:

3. Highlights by Chapter Chp. Two: Revising the Writing Process
Learning to write in the digital world:
Digital writers still move through traditional writing steps
Collaboration and joint authorship happen in digital writing
Digital tools have grown b/c of expanding writer interest in increased control of publishing process
Integrating digital writing into the classroom
Use of wiki’s
Ex. Anne Moeg’s use of group lit circle summaries published on wiki’s providing real life audience
Use of digital tools
Ex. Bellino’s use of word processing for legibility and auto-correct to help ELL students focus on context
Google Docs to create networked environment for peer review
Podcasts for ELL students/checked reading comprehension

4. Highlights by Chapter Chp. Three: Ecologies of Digital Writing
Three Components:
1. Physical space
Plenty of space; Students facing each other; Plethora of writing tools; Flexibility and movement; Comfortable and moveable furniture
2. Ethical, legal, and policy environments
Address legal and ethical issues while supporting students as learners
5 ethical issues
Identity; privacy; credibility; authorship and ownership; participation
3. Online environment
Context for research and use
Tools for composing and creating
Spaces for sharing, publishing, and commenting
Opportunity for authentic writing

5. Highlights by Chapter Chp
Highlights by Chapter Chp. Four: Standards and Assessment for Digital Writing
Michigan’s curriculum framework identifies a literate student as someone who can communicate through technological media as well as printed, visual, and auditory means
Nine elements of Digital Citizenship:
Digital: Access, communication, literacy, etiquette, commerce, law, rights and responsibilities, heath and wellness, security
Focus on E-portfolios
Demonstrate:
Self-knowledge, content knowledge, task knowledge, personal judgement
Provide:
1. opportunity to collect extended writing samples over time
2. student writing in multiple genres
3. apply appropriate rubrics
Address writing across content areas

6. Highlights by Chapter Chp
Highlights by Chapter Chp. Five: Professional Development for Digital Writing
Professional development must be meaningful to staff
It needs to be experiential and not topical
Teachers should be compensated for additional time outside normal hours
Staff buy in is critical
TRIG

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Digital writing and publishing platform for the classroom