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Write-RightWeb Tools for College Writers
Created by
Noel EscobarMargo Salas
Jesse CandanozaMartín Perna
Overview
• Conclusions from interview with client• Decision-making and planning process• Plan / Wiki Content– Six Traits of Writing: Online Index– Visual Web Toolbox: Four tutorials– ESL Resources– Visual Bibliography
Conclusions from Interview
• Many students are using Internet for first time• Few conceive of it as a research tool• Students lack experience and confidence in
writing • Need tools that operate at the basic level• Need more visual tools• Need more ESL-specific tools
Our Strategy• Don’t re-invent the wheel: we aren’t
reading/curriculum experts• Create pathfinders to existing expertise• Create visual tutorials at the most basic level• Create something specific to our client’s needs
at UTB (ESL resources, visual references)
Write-Right Wiki
Six Traits of Writing Index
• Links to scholarly and popular resources• Multimedia-video about good writing
Six Traits of Writing Index• Example of Six Traits links
Visual references for students about writing
Visual References
• Learning activities and games for ESL students
ESL Resources
Visual Web Toolbox
• Smart Thinking Tutorial: Margo Salas• Web Searches: Jesse Candanoza• Blogs as Writing Tools: Martín Perna• Kinesthetic Learning: Noel Escobar
Using SmartThinking
Connect with an E-structor
Submit your writing
Submit a question
Academic resources
Web as a Research Tool
Web as a Research Tool
Blogs as Writing Tools
• Objective: To teach following things– Definition of a blog– Types of blogs– How blogs can be useful writing tools– How to create, edit, and customize a blog
Blogs as Writing Tools
• Rationale: – New writers can build confidence while blogging – Practice writing skills while building multimedia
skills– Open their writing up to feedback from other
writers
Blogs as Writing Tools
• What is a blog?– An online multimedia journal that you can edit
and make regular entries.
Blogs as Writing Tools
• Types of blogs– Personal– Political– Entertainment– Business– Almost every subject, in all languages
Blogs as Writing Tools
• Animoto intro with screenshots of Brownsville/South Texas area blogs
Blogs as Writing Tools
• Creating a blog: Wordpress.com
Blogs as Writing Tools
• Creating a blog: First blog entry
Blogs as Writing Tools
• Creating a blog: Adding multimedia
Blogs as Writing Tools
• Creating a blog: Customizing layout
Blogs as Writing Tools
• Review of concepts• Interactive component: Brief quiz
Larping2LearnMost students are not able to write well. We will be kinesthetic learning.
What is kinesthetic learning?
Kinesthetic learning is a teaching and learning style in which learning takes place by the student actually carrying out a physical activity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesthetic_learning
Who likes this type of learning?
Adventure Racing
Ice Climbing
Rappelling
Quad Racing
Horseback Riding
What we are doing now is not working.
• Why keep doing it the same way?
– The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting something different.
Some teachers say….
• The students are lazy.• The kids just don’t get it.• They are not worth the trouble.• It was hard for me so what makes these
students different?• I am not here to entertain the students.
Learn to Write right
• Make learning fun.• Keep the body in motion• Match the assignment to games.• Its easy.
References• http://dezignus.com/jumping-silhouettes/• http://www.silhouettesclipart.com/running-clip-art-runners-silhouette-clip
-art.html• http://www.reaseheath.ac.uk/courses/adventuresports/courselist.html• http://www.fieldskills.com/news%20archive.asp• http://www.weblo.com/property/Media_Print_Radio_Television_Internet
_/USA_Today/468093/• http://www.hickerphoto.com/horseback-adventure-7881-tray.htm• http://www.anaconda.com.au/Adventures.aspx• http://dancepath.org/filmsandphotos.html• http://www.bccymca.org/seasons/definitions/ropescourses/index.htm• http://www.twu.edu/leep/ropes.htm• http://www.cliffsandcables.org/Ropes%20Courses.htm
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