Writing+with+Technology

=Writing with Technology=

AGENDA

Introductions and purpose of the presentation

 * ** CCK.4 ** || ** Create messages using a combination of pictures, symbols, and letters. ** ||
 * ** CC1.4 ** || ** Write and share stories and short informational texts about familiar events and experiences in a minimum of five sentences. ** ||
 * ** CC2.4 ** || ** Write stories, poems, friendly letters, reports, and observations using appropriate and relevant details in clear and complete sentences and paragraphs of at least six sentences. ** ||
 * ** CC3.4 ** || ** Write to communicate ideas, information, and experiences pertaining to a topic by creating easy-to-follow writing (including a short report, a procedure, a letter, a story, a short script, and a poem) with a clear purpose, correct paragraph structure, and interesting detail. ** ||

Part One:
//Word and [|Build Your Wild Self] or [|Lego Builder] or [|Kerpoof]// Build Your Wild Self writing assignment -demonstrate or have participants create their own.
 * Before you embark consider - can I do this on my own? Consider asking for some support...**
 * your school-based lead tech teacher
 * your teacher-librarian
 * your division tech consultant
 * another teacher or an EA
 * older students

Part Two
//**Blogging as Conversation: The Importance of** **Commenting**//
 * The Teacher's role
 * Inform parents [[file:blogging letter.docx]]
 * Teach about digital citizenship
 * develop a class set of rules about
 * being kind online
 * what to do if they aren't comfortable (although you should be reviewing comments)
 * Teach 'how to comment'
 * [|Commenting with pre and emerging writers] (Kathy Cassidy)


 * [[file:Snowball Activity.docx]]
 * [|How to Write a Quality Comment](video)
 * be the connector, networker - find people to make comments
 * Family - example - [|Brianna's Blog]
 * [|Helping Parent's Connect with your blog]
 * talk to colleagues in the same school - pair older kids with younger
 * talk to your division tech coordinator or curriculum consultant to help make connections across the division
 * use [|Comments for Kids]

[|The Kinderkid's Blog] - [|Class Blogmeister] [|Grade 1J] -[|Kidblog] [|Grade 1] - Classblogmeister [|Mrs Cassidy's Classroom Blog] (Grade 1/2) - [|Edublogs] [|Mrs. Harju's Second Grade] - Kidblog [|Mrs. Anseth's Grade 3 Class] - Kidblog
 * Sample Blogs**

Part Three
iOs Devices (iPod and iPad)
 * writing with apps (demo and experiment)
 * [|Book Creator]
 * [|Pages]