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3 Cool Tools for Persuasive Writing

July 20, 2022 ♦ 6:00pm - 7:30pm ET

Moderators: Melissa Henning, Kevin Bower, and Stephanie Bass

Session Description: Persuasive writing is a critical skill that can seem daunting to elementary and middle school students. Now more than ever, readers and writers must be able to distinguish between fact and opinion and clearly identify supporting evidence. Understanding the terms “fact”, “opinion”, and “evidence” is key to digital literacy, and using them appropriately will help students to construct (and deconstruct) an argument. Join this workshop to look at three tech tools that support authentic persuasive writing. This session is appropriate for teachers at all technology levels.

As a result of this session teachers will:

  1. Understand how facts, opinions, and evidence come together form an argument;

  2. Explore three online tools for persuasive writing; and

  3. Plan to use persuasive writing in instruction.

Applicable ISTE Standards for Educators (2017)*: 2.1.a; 2.1.b; 2.2.c; 2.5.b; 2.7.a

* The text of these standards is copyrighted. Please read the full text at the ISTE Standards page.

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Certificates: The certificates for this session were emailed on 8/9/22 at 9:17 PM to registrants that actively participated in all required tasks throughout the session and completed the session evaluation survey within 1 week.