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Because Digital Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Online and Multimedia Environments
How to apply digital writing skills effectively in the classroom, from the prestigious National Writing Project
As many teachers know, students may be adept at text messaging and communicating online but do not know how to craft a basic essay. In the classroom, students are increasingly required to create web-based or multi-media productions that also include writing. Since...more
As many teachers know, students may be adept at text messaging and communicating online but do not know how to craft a basic essay. In the classroom, students are increasingly required to create web-based or multi-media productions that also include writing. Since...more
Paperback, 194 pages
Published
November 9th 2010
by Jossey-Bass
(first published October 5th 2010)
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Built more on theory and pedagogy, this NWP book provides sound, rational reasoning for building the digital literacies of ourselves and our students--in that order.
A generalization referenced in the book resonated with me: our students are "digital natives" and their teachers are "digital immigrants". I appreciate the idea that we (the teachers) are constantly working to fit in technology. The book goes on to point out that since 2003 when everything began to become networked and our cloud envi...more
A generalization referenced in the book resonated with me: our students are "digital natives" and their teachers are "digital immigrants". I appreciate the idea that we (the teachers) are constantly working to fit in technology. The book goes on to point out that since 2003 when everything began to become networked and our cloud envi...more
Feb 25, 2011
josh
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
educators / policy wonks
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saw it on the shelf at the library
this book wasn't what i thought it was going to be when i picked it up. i was hoping it would be a book on improving one's own digital writing, however it was an educational policy book centered on how to help teachers and administrators work within good pedagogical theory while using technological tools to their maximum advantage to better prepare students for the real world ahead.
additional, this book spent a little bit of time talking about an area of policy that's often overlooked - the cont...more
additional, this book spent a little bit of time talking about an area of policy that's often overlooked - the cont...more
"Why does digital writing matter? Digital writing matters because we live in a networked world and there's no going back. Because, quite simply, DIGITAL IS."
Having read this quick read (150 pages or so) in one sitting on the very night that my oldest son played with/talked to his lifelong friend 300 years ago through the X-Box, I did not need to be sold on the concept of the importance of connecting the written word to the digital world for students. Much of what was discussed squared with my th...more
Having read this quick read (150 pages or so) in one sitting on the very night that my oldest son played with/talked to his lifelong friend 300 years ago through the X-Box, I did not need to be sold on the concept of the importance of connecting the written word to the digital world for students. Much of what was discussed squared with my th...more
I'm only to the end of the second chapter and my mind is whirring with all the new technologies that I need to learn. I've never read a book about technology with such an impact on my energy.
And now that I'm finished...it was really stimulating. This is the companion book to the National Writing Project's, Because Writing Matters. This one, I thought, was so much better than their book, Teaching the New Writing. It does take us into classrooms and we learn about how technology can be used from h...more
And now that I'm finished...it was really stimulating. This is the companion book to the National Writing Project's, Because Writing Matters. This one, I thought, was so much better than their book, Teaching the New Writing. It does take us into classrooms and we learn about how technology can be used from h...more
The authors make an excellent case as to why and also how digital writing can be incorporated into classroom practices. They also uncover some of the possibilities and constraints one might encounter and issues currently being discussed in rhetoric and composition field. I appreciated the straight-forward, concise nature of the text as well as the snippets of real scenarios included throughout.
this book covers digital writing in classrooms from elementary school through college. with such a broad range of groups, teacher exposure, and teacher and student experience, this book focuses on incorporating digital writing into specific assignments through pedagogy. the background research on digital writing and digital literacy are not the focus of this book, so don't look for them.
This "update" of the NWP Because Writing Matters" is interesting but a little dense for me. I liked the classroom examples--very helpful. The best thing about the book is that even though the technology will be outdated, like, next week, :) the principles are important.
This books effectively argues that digital writing is important and that teachers need to help students navigate these new forms of writing so that they can be successful writers and thinkers in a digital and connected world. A substantial list of web resources is included.
A great read for thinking about why we can must incorporate digital writing into all of our classrooms.
A very important book every teacher of writing should read. Enough said.
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The book was okay,at times the reading was a little dry, but I got a lot from the chapter that concentrated on the e-portfolio.
Awesome book- a must read
A great book about what digital writing is and why we must bring it into our classrooms and schools.
A great primer for teachers who want to learn more about using online and multimedia environments to motivate and improve students' writing.
I felt that I needed to have read Because Writing Matters first, so I'm not sure how much was repeated material. A good mix of research, theory and practical work. Includes mention of MLTI and Dave Boardman's work.
Chapters 1-2 were very insightful/thoughtful, but I did not find the rest of the book helpful--however, I think if I were just starting with digital writing, then I would find the book more satisfying.
This one wouldn't be a bad idea either ...
I found this book very useful.
An interesting book!
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