Richard Beach

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Chapter 1: Why Use Digital Writing to Engage Students?  

Chapter 2: Using Digital Writing Tools for Collecting, and Organizing Information  

Chapter 3: Using, Creating, and Managing Digital Discussion Environments  

Chapter 4: Fostering Collaborative Digital Writing  

Chapter 5: Navigating, Mixing, Creating: Digital Literature  

Chapter 6: Using Blogs in the Classroom 

Chapter 7: Using Audio Digital Productions

Chapter 8: Designing and Editing Digital Writing  

Chapter 9: Using Digital Tools for Formative and Summative Evaluation of Writing 

Chapter 10: Fostering Reflection Through E-portfolios  

Chapter 11: So Now What?: Five Ways to Grow As a Digital Writing Teacher

December 2008 

Teaching Writing Using Blogs, Wikis, and other Digital Tools by Richard Beach, Professor of English Education, University of Minnesota; Chris Anson, University Distinguished Professor of English and Director of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program, North Carolina State University; Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch, Associate Professor, Department of Writing Studies, University of Minnesota; and Thom Swiss, Professor of Culture and Teaching, University of Minnesota.  

This book shows teachers how to use various digital tools-- including blogs, wikis, digital mapping, online chat, digital storytelling, podcasts, e-portfolios, and others—to teach writing in the classroom. Packed with examples of teaching activities and student writing, this one-of-a-kind book demonstrates how to use:  

  • Search engines and digital mapping to develop information and ideas
  • Online discussion tools and blogs to formulate and share ideas
  • Wikis to write collaboratively
  • Digital storytelling and poetry to create multimodal texts
  • Podcasts and vlogs to create audio and video texts
  • Online commenting tools to provide peer feedback
  • Editing and formatting tools to create appealing texts
  • E-portfolios to reflect on growth in writing
  • Resource sites to foster teacher professional development
 

Readers can also find links to new tools and activities on the authors' constantly updated resource Web site, http://digitalwriting.pbwiki.com 

ISBN: 978-1-933760-28-5 Paperbound 256pp est.  Order # 645 $32.95 


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