For the time being, this blog space will act as a forum
where I can seek out new resources for classroom use, collect greater insights
into the field of IDT, and house a collection of new web-based resources to
strengthen my teaching craft. I would
love to eventually devote a greater amount of time to transitioning this blog
into a professional teaching blog where in which my background in elementary
education and instructional design and technology can create a space for my
colleagues, peers, and I to communicate and develop powerful and engaging
lessons for our students.
My recent reading of Will Richardson’s Blogs, Wikis,
Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms has uncovered the
term “connective writing.” This was a
new term for me to explore and proved to be of great concern for my current and
future middle school students. Connective
writing is a new writing genre where in which the writer’s purpose in writing
on a digital platform is to elicit responses from his or her audience in a digital
conversation using digital tools, process, and publication mediums. This conversation essentially turns into a
collaborative effort to strengthen the piece of text and build the
understanding of the topic/subject of the text to all involved. This type of writing must also include
openings and opportunities for the intended readers to respond and generate new
and interesting insights regarding the topic so that further collaboration can
occur. By building this network of
readers and writers, the connective writing process flows continuously through
the elements of reading, thinking,
writing, reading, thinking, writing, etc.
This continuous process requires that the readers and writers constantly
synthesize the original ideas with those brought forth through responses and
reflections.
The following links are short videos of Will Richardson
discussing connective writing:
Glad to learn web tools together Samantha, and hope this can be one great small step~
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ReplyDeleteThis blog post demonstrates evidence of critical thinking (application, analysis, synthesis, and/or evaluation). Samantha states right off that she is interested in Connective Writing. This is a new term for Samantha and she wants to include
this concept with her background in education and IDT. This blog post introduces new ideas because Samantha defines Connective Writing and includes links to a few YouTube videos about the topic created by the author of the topic and our text book. This blog post adds a real-life example of how the tools could be used for your personal and/or professional work to stimulate learning because Samantha wants to professional use this blog for workplace environment as an educator and ID.