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All sessions are accessible through a single conference zoom link with concurrent sessions held in breakout rooms as listed. Session times below are in Eastern Daylight Time.
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Welcome and Overview: 11:00 - 11:15 AM EST
Welcome and Overview: 11:00 - 11:15 AM EST
Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, Executive Director, NWP
Round 1: 11:15 AM - 12:05 PM EST
Round 1: 11:15 AM - 12:05 PM EST
Room 1:
Janet Neyer and Andy Schoenborn: Building Habits: How Might Writing Assistance Technologies Help Prepare Students for Postsecondary Writing
The Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing (2011) describes “the habits of mind and the experiences necessary for success as students encounter the writing demands of postsecondary education.” As writing assistance technologies become more commonplace, how can we ensure that implementation aligns with what we know about writing instruction? In this conversation, we’ll discuss the habits of mind and the writing, reading, and critical analysis experiences recommended in the Framework and explore strategies for using WATs thoughtfully to build habits and offer experiences that writers need.
Room 2:
Audrey Swanson and Amber Tetrick: "Adding to Student Learning + Subtracting from Teacher Workload"
Join this collaborative discussion & overview of how using NoRedInk in the classroom adds up - highlighted features of the program, tried and true student benefits and teacher wishlists.
Room 3:
Jacqueline Acosta: “WAT Is Your Story? - The Student Writing Experience”
During distance learning, student engagement in writing at my continuation school halted. Initially, students claimed they had positive memories of writing and expressed an openness to using writing assistance tools. But these words were contrary to their actions and sent me off on a search to discover the story of student writing through their eyes from their earliest memories to their high school experience.
Take a short break 12:05 - 12:15 PM EST
Round 2: 12:15 - 1:05 PM EST
Round 2: 12:15 - 1:05 PM EST
Room 1:
Bernadette Wayne and Amy Hoying: Student Choice in the Buffet of Writing Assistance Tools
We will briefly show the Grammarly, Hemingway Editor, Grammark, and Analyze My Writing tools. Just like a buffet meets the needs and desires of a diverse crowd, we can equip our students to choose a tool that meets their needs. This allows us as teachers to focus our attention on giving them the type of meaningful feedback that no algorithm has been able to replace.
Room 2:
Sharon Murchie and Becky Schwartz: Feedback on Feedback: Striving to Facilitate Meaningful Peer Feedback
This session will explore various tools and strategies for facilitating peer feedback. Participants will consider two teachers' journey's and discussions of their success and failures in their quest for students to engage in more meaningful peer feedback using a variety of traditional and writing assistant tool based feedback systems.
Room 3:
Jeremy Hyler and Amanda Cornwell: Affordances and Constraints of WATs
A writing assistance tool can be great to add to the classroom or can it? Amanda and Jeremy discuss what constitutes a WAT and what types of affordances and constraints they can offer to educators.
Take a Longer Break 1:05 - 1:25 pm
Dr. Maha Bali
Dr. Maha Bali
American University, Cairo
American University, Cairo
Visit the Equity Unbound resource collection for additional activities and approaches to building community and enhancing online learning.
Take a Short Break. 2:40 - 2:50 pm
Small-Group/Roundtable Discussions 2:50 - 3:40 PM EST
Small-Group/Roundtable Discussions 2:50 - 3:40 PM EST
Table 1: What’s Up with Quill and The College Board?
Quill is described as “Free tools to make your students better writers.” How do you help students transfer the skills that they are learning using Quill’s writing and grammar activities into successful writing of their own?
Facilitator: Noé Almendariz, UCLA WP
Table 2: Hacking Common Tools to Support the Writing Process
Google Slides is a tool that educators are quite familiar with for presenting ideas, yet what if we use it for a writing space for students? Learn how to use common apps and software to support various stages of writing.
Facilitator: Taiesha Fowler, UCLA WP
Table 3: Beyond “Remind 101”: Helping Families and Caregivers Manage Online Learning
We know that families are still learning how to navigate many tools for online learning. In what ways are we reinviting parents, caregivers, and other stakeholders to understand and use digital learning tools in equitable and accessible ways?
Facilitator: Kate Rowley, UCLA WP
Table 4: ELLs and Digital Tools
How do we effectively support ELLs with non-standard English? How do we honor linguistic diversity and encourage them to use the digital writing tools in a manner that is not overwhelming?
Facilitator: Sarah Woodard, Denver WP
Table 5: WAT’s Next? Where Would You Like to Go with Our Exploration of Writing Assistance Technologies?
If you are interested in getting involved, come to this session to be introduced to the Write Now Teacher Studio group for Ahead of the Code and talk about your experiences and interests.
Facilitator: Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, NWP
Table 6: Understanding the Algorithms and Popping the Filter Bubbles
Facilitator: Andy Schoenborn, Chippewa River WP
Table 7: Peer Review and Feedback
Facilitators: Sharon Murchie and Becky Schwartz, Chippewa River WP
Table 8: Open Conversation about WATs
After such a full day, let's just process what we're thinking. This is, as the title says, an open conversation!
Facilitators: Amanda Cornwell and Jeremy Hyler, Chippewa River WP
Wrap Up and Reflections 3:40 - 4:00 PM EST
Wrap Up and Reflections 3:40 - 4:00 PM EST
Wrap-up with the conference team and next steps for the Ahead of the Code Project
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