tyca baltimore, md 2014: using the digital narrative in composition classes

• 1. HAVE NO FEAR TECHNOLOGY AND WRITINGARE HEREBy Kelly BenderAssistant Professor, Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, New Jerseykbender@pccc.edu

2. LETS START WITH WHY?Whybring technology into a writing classroom? To suffer from technical difficulties To grapple with new equipment To wait out a slow (or non-existant) connectionto the server 3. LETS TALK HOWStart small or go big youve gotoptions that can suit yourclassroom/course goals and yourcomfort level (or lack thereof) withtechnology 4. THE HOW:Rely on the college onlineinstructional managementsystem 5. HOWUse Facebook in a literatureassignment 6. HOWUse Pinterest as the foundationof a writing prompt 7. HOWCreate a digital narrative to tell astory 8. HOWUse Plotagon to convey amessage using animatedcharactershttps://plotagon.com/15660 9. HUH?While technology does haveeducational valuewe areleft with some unexplainableobservations. 10. HEAD SCRATCHERSWe are left wondering whystudents can apply skillswhen they are working withvideobut not when theyare working with paper 11. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?This presentation is alsoavailable on Slide ShareThank you!