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How can we teach digital writing to elementary students? Essential teaching moves include:
Provide exposure and experience.
Offer authentic digital writing opportunities.
Support students’ digital tool use.
Start small.
Work together to prepare and teach digital writing.
USEFUL RESOURCES
Exposure & Experience: Sources of Digital Texts
Authentic Digital Writing Opportunities: Examples
Book Reviews – Spaghetti Book Club
Collaborative Authoring - Wikijunior
Commenting on Blogs – Wonderopolis: What Are You Wondering? http://wonderopolis.org/what-are-you-wondering/?showform=true
Classroom Yearbook – Wikispaces , Googlesites, Weebly
Classroom activities (e.g., global keypal relationships, homework help instant messaging) - Epals, Edutopia, TutorChatLive
Writing contests – 8 Writing Contests for Kids
Community & advocacy projects – Kids Change the World
Authentic Digital Writing Opportunities: Useful Digital Tools
Digital Sticky Notes - Lino
Digital Concept Maps – Popplet
Online Journals – Penzu
Digital Notebooks - Evernote
Graphic Organizers (e.g., storyboards, KWL charts) – Storyboard Examples
Support Digital Writing: Tutorials for Students and Teachers
VoiceThread The Basics (for PC), VoiceThread Tutorial (for Mac), VoiceThread Tutorial for Students
Classroom Snapshots
Teaching Writing in the Digital Age
Digital Age Makes Its Way into McAllen Classrooms
Top 10 Reasons to Use Technology
Top Ten Ways to Use Your EduBlog
Integrating Technology in an Elementary Classroom
Virtual Field Trip to Tanzania
Preschool Incorporates IPads into Classroom
The Flipped Classroom – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
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