Building Your Tech and Writing Toolbox
Instructional goals should drive a teacher’s approach to technology integration and implementation. However, exploring new digital tools and apps often can allow teachers to see new possibilities for instruction.
Instructional goals should drive a teacher’s approach to technology integration and implementation. However, exploring new digital tools and apps often can allow teachers to see new possibilities for instruction.
Questions to ask before
Questions to ask before
1. What is the Purpose of the assignment or project?
1. What is the Purpose of the assignment or project?
2. What Standards will be covered?
2. What Standards will be covered?
3. How will Technology be used?
3. How will Technology be used?
4. What will be the Final Production and Distribution of Work?
4. What will be the Final Production and Distribution of Work?
Teaching and Learning Standards
Teaching and Learning Standards
Common Core in the Cloud - CUE Keynote Presentation by Vicki Davis (Cool Cat Teacher) - 47:07
Common Core in the Cloud - CUE Keynote Presentation by Vicki Davis (Cool Cat Teacher) - 47:07
2016 ISTE Standards for Students - 1:30
2016 ISTE Standards for Students - 1:30
Digital/Online Filing Cabinets
Digital/Online Filing Cabinets
Create a Tech Toolbox
Create a Tech Toolbox
Graphic organizers/mind mapping
Digital notebooks
Blogging
Website creation
eBook creation
Comic Strip or Storyboarding
Grading/Self-Assessment
- Doctopus (Sheets add-on)
- Goobric Rubrics (extension)
- Google Forms
- Orange Slice (Docs add-on)
- Flubaroo (Sheets add-on)
- RubiStar
Other Cloud writing apps and add-ons
- ClassTools.net
- Grammarly
- HemingwayApp
- SlickWrite
- PaperRater
- ProofreadBot
- AnalyzeMyWriting
- Language Tool (Docs add-on)
- WriQ (Docs add-on)
- SAS Writing Reviser (Docs add-on)
- Read&Write for Google Chrome (Docs add-on)
- Revision Assistance (Docs add-on)
- EssayMetrics (Sheets add-on)
- CheckMark (Google Chrome Extension)
Additional Collaborative Writing Activities
Additional Collaborative Writing Activities
- Peer editing
- Group research paper/project
- HyperDocs
- Fakebook or Fake Tweet creation
- Trading Cards
- BigHugeLabs
- Read/Write/Think - student interactives
- Choose your own Adventure Book
- Tour Builder - Victor Frankenstein's Journey Example
- Interactive Poster
- Google Scholar and Advanced Google Search Techniques
Maya Angelou Interactive Poster.pdfAdditional Writing Strategies
Additional Writing Strategies
- G.I.S.T. Strategy
- R.A.F.T. Strategy another R.A.F.T Strategy Resource
- Cornell Notes - example of fillable electronic Cornell Notes
- Digital Notebooks/Learning Logs/Journaling
Get the GIST Comprehension Strategy.pdfCornell-Notes-Electronic.docReinventing Writing - Webinar by author Vicki Davis (Cool Cat Teacher) - 1:10:57
Reinventing Writing - Webinar by author Vicki Davis (Cool Cat Teacher) - 1:10:57