41. Using Computers To Teach Writing 3/14/96. TVI Development Conference Workshop. Using Computers To teach writing. writingas discovery; writing as communication. Why Use Computers to teach writing? http://www.nmia.com/~nking/pddwkshp.html

TVI Development Conference Workshop Using Computers To Teach Writing Nancy King , Presenter Why use computers to teach writing? How do I use computers to teach writing? Where can I find more resources online? What do other instructors at TVI have to say on the subject? Check out the ideas some of the participants in the workshop came up with: Marcie Bernal McKenzie , DADE Instructor, "Anyone who wanders into the computer lab..." Mary Courtright , CTRT/DADE Instructor, "How do we encourage reading students...?" Donna Fastle , DADE Instructor, "I like the idea of using computers in the classroom..." Liza Greenberg , DADE Instructor, "We usually present writing as a process..." Robin Ramsey , ESL/DADE Instructor, "I am very pleased..." Lynda Rutledge , DADE Instructor, "In my work in the WRAC..." Joni Silverstein , AE Instructor, "My response to what we've been doing here today..." Michael White , Technologies Instructor, "Imagine sitting at the computer and viewing..." You'll find a smorgasbord, a feast of possibilities, for using computers and the Internet among these links, and I encourage you to do a Net Search of specific topics, like

42. Using Word Processing To Teach Writing Return to Using Computers to teach writing Word Processing. If you focus on criticalthinking as you teach writing, word processed drafts can help you do so. http://www.nmia.com/~nking/wordproc.html

Return to Using Computers to Teach Writing Word Processing Word processing makes revision easy, whether the revision involves word tinkering or deep structural change. If you teach writing as a process of revision, as many of us do, then teaching students the mechanics of revision on a PC or a Mac makes good sense. Some studies have shown that word-processed writing is more likely to be evaluated on higher level concerns than on lower level ones, perhaps because some lower level concerns, like spelling, appear less frequently in a word processed document. The thinking that goes into the writing may lie exposed in a computer-printed draft more than in a handwritten or typed draft where mechanical errors and irregularities call themselves to our attention. If you focus on critical thinking as you teach writing, word processed drafts can help you do so. Word processing is the way students will be writing in the workplace. If you want your teaching to be relevant to the lives of your students, teach them word processing as a writing tool. Is there any proof that people write better when they use a computer? Well, there's been lots of research into this topic, but the jury is still out. This much can be said, however: ...as we in computers and writing have been diligently piecing together a range of attitudes about whether people write better on a computer or not, almost all people in the industrial world who do any regular writing have come around to using a word processor....That fact alone, which any of us can observe in any office place in the country, should support what anybody who uses a computer for writing already knows, that for most people it is easier and more productive to write on a computer. (Kemp)

43. We Teach Writing NWP (National writing Project) is a nationwide professional developmentprogram for teachers. The primary goal of the project is http://tepd.ucop.edu/tepd/content/writing.php

home about this site contact us professional ... CABE (California Association for Bilingual Education) conducts professional development opportunities to share, expand and build upon the expertise of parents, educators, administrators, community leaders and policy makers. CRA (California Reading Association) is dedicated to promoting literacy and instilling a life-long love of reading and is comprised of educators involved in all aspects of reading and language arts from kindergarten through university levels. NWP (National Writing Project) is a nationwide professional development program for teachers. The primary goal of the project is to improve student writing achievement by improving the teaching of writing in the nation's schools. The NWP model is based on the belief that teachers are the key to education reform, teachers make the best teachers of other teachers, and teachers benefit from studying and conducting research. ELL Bibliography ,The English Language Learners Bibliography, developed by Norma Mota-Altman, a Co-Director at the UCLA Writing Project, is an annotated bibliography of publications that are of particular interest to teachers of English language learners.

44. Mudpie - Using Cartoons To Teach Creative Writing Featuring Gilchrist Studios Online. 'Ricky Martin Flakes' Descriptive writingand Pursuasive Short Talk. The Game of Golf' writing Instructions. http://www.gigglepotz.com/mudpie.htm

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45. Slides To Teach Writing In Engineering And Science Slides to teach writing in Engineering and Science http://filebox.vt.edu/eng/mech/writing/handbook/visuals.html

Slides to Teach Writing in Engineering and Science PowerPoint Slides: Introduction Formatting Language Structure ... Writing Courses This web page presents information for obtaining a free collection of presentation slides for you, the instructor, to use when you discuss writing and editing in your engineering and science courses. These slides have been used with much success in communication courses for engineers and scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and several universities including the University of Barcelona, the University of Texas, the University of Wisconsin, and Virginia Tech. The slides are available in a computer file for two reasons: (1) to allow you to make a computer presentation, and (2) to allow you to modify the text to suit your needs (modification is fine as long as you continue to credit the source). The program used to generate these slides is Microsoft PowerPoint. To obtain the slides, send Michael Alley an e-mail ( alley@vt.edu) and provide the following information: your name and teaching institution;

46. Writing To Teach writing To teach. Peggy Risdon Extension Agent State 4H Office VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State University-Blacksburg. Extension http://www.joe.org/joe/1990spring/tt3.html

Spring 1990 Volume 28 Number 1 Writing To Teach Peggy Risdon Extension Agent State 4-H Office Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University-Blacksburg Extension has been plagued by the fact that many citizens avoid Extension publications because they're hard to read and use.1 Learning theory suggests a way to develop more effective written materials. Extension staff can benefit from understanding how learning theory can be applied in developing Extension publications.2 Below is a six-stage model for developing the text of a publication. Within each stage are critical questions that apply learning theory in the text development process. The stages are similar to the steps used in instructional design models because effective educational text requires a similar planning strategy to communicate the desired educational ideas. The model's stages serve as a time frame, while the questions serve as a guide to implementing the theories. The footnotes provide the sources for these learning theories and a more extensive article is available from me. Stages/Critical Questions Stage One: Clarifying the Purpose What's the purpose of the publication?

47. Using Writing To Teach Mathematics Using writing to teach Mathematics. Andrew Sterrett, Editor. SeriesMAA Notes. The mathematics teacher who is trying to understand http://www.maa.org/pubs/books/nte16.html

Using Writing to Teach Mathematics Andrew Sterrett, Editor Series: MAA Notes The mathematics teacher who is trying to understand what can be gained by using writing or is looking for several examples of how teachers have actually used writing in their mathematics classes will find this book to be an excellent source. Need help in getting started as an individual or as a member of a department facing a Writing Across the Curriculum requirement? Learn how others have made use of student assistants, both undergraduate and graduate, in ways that benefit students and faculty members alike. Read how feedback from student journals provides early warning signals for instructors, as well as helps students clarify their own thought processes. 160 pp., Paperbound, 1990 ISBN-0-88385-066-4 List $29.95 Member: $23.95 Catalog Number: NTE-16/W How to Order Go to Subject Index Go to Publications Search © 1998 The Mathematical Association of America Please send comments, suggestions, or corrections about this page to webmaster@maa.org.

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49. Emory Magazine | Creative Writing so we teach students how to confront their own work,” says Lynna Williams, whohas directed the program since January. “Our whole approach to writing is http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_MAGAZINE/fall99/creative_writing.html

Volume 75 Number 3 "We Teach Possibilities" Ghost Stories In Hog Heaven American author Mary Heaton Vorse Go to: Joseph Skibell Profile Jim Grimsley Profile Ha Jin wins National Book Award N OTHING IS MORE DAUNTING TO A WRITER THAN A BLANK PAGE All the possibilities are there. Agony. Ecstasy. Mediocrity. Why a particular writer chooses to write, how he or she approaches the blank page, are ineffable questions. The important thing is that they write. A Blessing on the Moon, Manley, who began his career as a poet, received the Devins Award for Poetry for his book Resultances and was co-winner of the Great American New Play Contest for his work Two Masters. He recently completed a literary hat trick with the publication of his first novel, The Cockfighter. Williams is the author of a collection of short fiction, Things Not Seen and Other Stories, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1992. She has been widely published in literary journals and magazines, including the August 1999 issue of Atlantic Monthly

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"Give them the tools so that they can finish the job." 208-210 Front St. P.O. Box 908 Belleville,Ontario Canada Fax (613) 967-3752 michael.maloney2@ sympatico.ca FREEBIES INDEX THE ONE-MINUTE TEACHER FUN PAGE (Page 1) The Concern Parents and teachers want their students to become adept at creative writing as a part of the skill-set they need in order to succeed during and after school. Often, when given a writing assignment, the student sits for long periods "thinking," but not producing much. When asked about the obvious lack of production, the standard refrain is, "I can't think of anything to write." An obvious case of writer's block. The Solution Over the past 20 years, we have developed a method at QLC Educational Services that almost always increases writing production. Students are generating much longer and better creative writing pieces and are enjoying their creative writing a great deal more. QuickWrite has 5 distinct phases. The entire process takes less than 10 minutes to complete once the students become familiar with it. They will do so in less than a week. Phases One and Two take exactly one minute each, Phase Three takes 5 minutes, and Phase Four takes one minute. The final Phase can vary depending on available time or can become a homework assignment. The timings should occur in succession as quickly as possible. The objective is to complete the entire task in 10 minutes or less. Timings should not be allowed to become races between students. They are personal best scores for each individual student. Avoid using "Get Ready! Get Set! Go!" Instead, use, "Ready, Please Begin, and Thank You."

51. Teach Reading & Writing: Learning Abilities Books Books to help parents, homeschoolers, and other teachers teach reading andwriting to children. teach Reading and writing Book Reviews, Site Index. http://www.gate.net/~labooks/reading.html

Teach Reading and Writing Book Reviews Site Index Dolch Books Books by each of these authors have different approaches for teaching the service words which are essential for reading comprehension. They serve to give direction, location, time, and so forth, e.g. at, on, near, today, etc. The Writing Road to Reading: The Spalding Method of Phonics for Teaching Speech, Writing and Reading (Fourth Edition) Romalda Bishop Spalding, Walter T. Spalding (Contributor) The 5th edition by Romalda Bishop Spalding and Mary E. North will be available February 4, 2003. It can be ordered today. The first edition of this book was published in 1957. The Spalding method is similar to that of Montessori. For more detailed description, read the customer reviews at amazon.com. The newest edition makes explicit the insights and classroom techniques that were inferred in earlier editions of the text, making The Method easier to teach and learn, and making supplements and guides unnecessary. Spalding students learn the structure of the language, how to analyze literature, to apply critical thinking skills across the curriculum, and to apply what they have learned in their own writing. The fifth edition also explains how current research validates the multisensory, integrated total language arts methodology of The Writing Road to Reading. The Sounds of Letters Video Tape Michael Levin, Charan Langton

52. How To Teach Phonics Through Writing We consider phonics a spelling skill used when writing, so we beginphonics by beginning spelling and writing. We teach children. http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/literacy/ImplementALiteracyProgram/HowToTeachPhon

How to teach phonics through writing Introduction Some reading approaches focus on teaching phonics explicitly during writing lessons. At the same time, they encourage the use of phonics, as needed by the learner, in reading lessons. The approach outlined in these modules was developed by McCracken and McCracken (1982) . It has been very useful in mother tongue literacy contexts in Papua New Guinea. Benefits Here are the benefits of teaching phonics through writing: It is a very simple method of teaching phonics. Lay teachers can use this method easily. It requires a minimum of materials. It requires only five minutes a day. Writing helps learners concentrate on sound-symbol correspondences. Overview McCracken and McCracken explain the writing lesson as follows: "We consider phonics a spelling skill used when writing, so we begin phonics by beginning spelling and writing. We teach children the name of the letter the sound the letter represents the way the letter is written, and the way the phoneme is made within the mouth, the way it feels." (McCracken and McCracken 1982:10) Materials Here are the materials needed for teaching phonics through writing: Chalkboard for the teacher, chalk

53. Developing Materials To Teach Reading And Writing Developing materials to teach reading and writing. Introduction. Prerequisites. Hereare some prerequisites for developing materials to teach reading and writing http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/literacy/ImplementALiteracyProgram/DevelopingMate

Developing materials to teach reading and writing Introduction Developing materials for an instructional program can be quite simple, or quite involved, depending on the instructional program that is suitable for the area where you are working. In all programs, however, it is essential that the local people be involved in the development of the materials. Prerequisites Here are some prerequisites for developing materials to teach reading and writing: You need to complete all the preliminary research and planning. See: Planning a literacy program You need to know what materials are needed for the instructional program you have chosen. Things to do Here are some things to do when you develop materials to teach reading and writing: Develop primers. Develop teaching aids Develop ... teachers guides Develop other materials as needed. Context for this page: Task module: Developing materials to teach reading and writing In task module: Developing instructional materials , by Trudy K. Stewart Leah B. Walter (contributor), and Trudi C. Hunt

54. You Can't Teach Writing By The Numbers You Can't teach writing by the Numbers By Tina Blue March 19, 2002 I just finisheda tutoring session with Jane, a high school student who is taking English http://www.essayisay.homestead.com/numbers.html

You Can't Teach Writing by the Numbers By Tina Blue March 19, 2002 But unfortunately, like too many students in high school and college, she is not going to get a good composition class. Actually, her college English teacher just retired from many years of teaching high school English. I wasn't surprised to hear this, since everything the teacher is doing in this 101 class screams high school . In many of my articles on this site I complain about teachers, especially those in high school and middle school, who force their students to write according to rigid formulas, but this particular instructor is even more fanatical than most about specifying the elements of the formula she wants her students to follow. Believe it or not, she tells them how many paragraphs each essay should have and how many sentences each paragraph should have! She also requires that each paper have a certain number of compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Oh, yeah, and at least one semicolon. You can see where such requirements come from, of course. She obviously is used to dealing with students who normally write in short, choppy sentences and who think a paragraph is sufficiently developed with two or three general remarks about its topic. Her requirements are intended to force students to combine closely related sentences into more complex structures and to make sure that they provide at least a certain number of sentences of development for each main point in their essay. But after examining her handouts and hearing what my tutoring student has to say about the course, I can tell that this woman has allowed her concern with numbers to get the better of her good sense. It is one thing to teach students to write longer and more complex sentences, but it is counterproductive to shift their focus from writing as meaning and communication to writing as a matter of counting sentence types.

55. Teaching Help - How To Teach Handwriting teach older students who have great difficulty with cursive writing to sign theirnames with a mature looking cursive form, and then focus on printing letters http://www.designastudy.com/teaching/tips-1198.html

Subscribe Other Articles Resources How to Teach Handwriting by Kathryn Stout November 1998 E-mail It! Oversee practice so children don't fill a page with improper work simply to finish quickly. Praise letters and words written well and have the student erase and rewrite anything unacceptable. While this may seem time consuming, remember that it will actually take more time to undo bad habits. Young children should use large writing or painting tools for better control. Don't be concerned about letter size at first, instead, emphasize form, letting them draw on blank paper with easy-to-hold "fat" markers, crayons, or paintbrushes which allow less pressure to be used in drawing a solid looking line. Be sure the children use the same grip required later for paper and pencil work. For those children that insist on using adult pens and pencils, add a finger grip (available at many educational supply and office supply stores). Begin with lines and shapes, encouraging children to draw all vertical lines from the top to the bottom. All circular shapes should begin at the 2 o'clock position, moving up, left, and around-like the letter c. (Kids tend to start at the top and make egg shapes.) Shapes using straight lines-triangles, rectangles, and squares, should always use individual lines that meet, not a single stroke with an attempt to make "pointy" corners. Every line should be drawn left to right or top to bottom. Vertical lines are drawn first, left side, then right side, and then the connecting horizontal lines. The horizontal lines on top are first, and all horizontal lines should begin at the left. Kids have their own short cuts, so these basics do need to be taught.

56. ::ReadingLady.com - Four Blocks - Writing - Books To Teach LETTER writing A Visit to the Post Office, Sandra Ziegler All New Amelia, The MarissaMoss Amelia Hits the Road, Marissa Moss Amelia Takes Command, Marissa http://www.readinglady.com/wr/Books_To_Teach/books_to_teach.html

LETTER WRITING A Visit to the Post Office, Sandra Ziegler All New Amelia, The Marissa Moss Amelia Hits the Road, Marissa Moss Amelia Takes Command, Marissa Moss Amelia Writes Again, Marissa Moss Amelia's Family Ties, Marissa Moss Amelia's Notebook, Marissa Moss Anna's Secret Friend Yoriko, Tsutsui Armadillo From Amarillo, The Lynne Cherry Arthur's Pen Pal, Lillian Hoban Day the Computers Broke Down, The Laura Normang Dear Annie, Judith Caseley Dear Bear, Joanna Harrison Dear Brother, Frank Asch and Valdimir Vagin Dear Hildegarde, Bernard Weber Dear Mr. Blueberry, Simon James Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary Dear Napolean, I Know You're Dead But.. Elvira Woodruff Dear Peter Rabbit, Alma Flor Ada Dear Peter Rabbit, A Beatrix Potter Mini Letters Book, Beatrix Potter Dear Phoebe, Sue Alexander Dear Santa, Margaret Wise Donovan's Word Jar, Monalisa Degross Don't Forget to Write, Martina Selway Felix Explores Planet Earth, Annette Langen Felix Travels Back in Time, Annette Langen Flat Stanley, Jeff Brown Frog and Toad are Friends, Arnold Lobel Gardener, The Sarah Stewart

57. Why Teach Writing Online? Publishing .. Why teach writing Online Brainstorming Organizing .. Author'sTools .. HTML .. Why teach writing Online? http://beaumont-publishing.co.uk/books/scribes/teacher/writing_online.html

Prewriting..... Drafting......... Writing.......... Editing............ Publishing...... Why Teach Writing Online Brainstorming ... Organizing ........ Researching Writing .............. Editing................ n Author's Tools..... HTML................. Why teach Writing Online? While we answer this question in depth in the Teacher's Guide for Scribes Online, the brief outline to the right illustrates the writing process as it is taught in the Student book. The beauty of creating masterpieces online, especially in the POD environment, is that all the tools the student needs to follow the process is "right there" in the POD. They have access to visual organizers such as the BYTEPlans to guide them through thinking about their story plot, setting and characters

58. The Writing Parent - ME? TEACH WRITING? ME? teach writing? Boost Your Income By teaching writing. I would advisethat you teach about a writing genre where you have received success. http://www.thewritingparent.com/jafmessing.shtml

We Welcome Linking ~ Link to Us! ME? TEACH WRITING? Boost Your Income By Teaching Writing By Jennifer Anne F. Messing Income is a great motivator! If you keep on cranking out articles and stories day after day and continuously receive little or no financial compensation for your efforts, pretty soon, you may begin to doubt if freelance writing is for you. But even a modest additional income can bring a much-needed lift to your writer's ego. I have found that teaching writing is a great way to supplement your writing income, and to interact with your fellow authors while developing confidence and competence in your speaking and teaching skills. WHAT TO TEACH, AND WHERE "But what would I teach about?" you ask yourself. I would advise that you teach about a writing genre where you have received success. For instance, if you've had many personal experience stories published, you should teach a class about writing creative nonfiction. Give your class a catchy title, like, "Writing True Stories That Touch The Heart." If you've had numerous poems published, you should teach a class about crafting and marketing poems. You might call this class, "You Can Write And Publish Poems." At this early stage, you should write a 2- to 3-sentence description of the topics you would cover in your lecture. If you have answered the first and most important question, "What?" to speak and teach about, you can proceed to answer the next important question, "Where?" Where you're going to teach your class will later help you determine how to prepare for your class.

59. Writing Is Used To Teach And Extend Word Identification Skills. writing is used to teach and extend word identification skills. Ithas long been recognized that asking students to write words http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/prevent/char/writing.html

Writing is used to teach and extend word identification skills. Given the brief amount of daily instructional time available in each of these early intervention programs, teachers must make choices about where to focus their instruction. As noted earlier, these programs are not comprehensive language arts programs. The area of writing is a good example. The child who participates in an early intervention program still needs classroom writing instruction that focuses more pointedly on organizing and clearly communicating ideas through writing and in engaging in the full process of writing, including revising and editing. Reading/Language Arts Center Literacy Development Education Place Site Index ... Terms and Conditions of Use

60. Computer Scientists Can Teach Writing Successful academic computer scientists should all possess the requisite writingability to teach this kind of coursethe ability to recognize clarity, cogency http://www.ics.uci.edu/~kay/pubs/writing.html

Key Words: communications skills, writing, advanced courses, technical writing Abstract The author's institution requires all students to take one course that concentrates on writing at the upper division (junior or senior) level. The computer science department offers one such course, taught by computer scientists. It concentrates on communications issues relevant to computer scientists and computer professionals, going beyond traditional "technical writing" to give students experience in oral presentation, document design, and writing in forms appropriate for various audiences. This course takes advantage of analogies between writing and software development and motivates computer science students to pay more careful attention to their writing. Background Faculty often lament that their students lack good writing skills. Traditionally, computer science students take courses in composition offered by the English department during their first year and have few later opportunities to write extensively, particularly on topics in computing. In recent years the community of rhetoric and composition educators has addressed poor student writing by enhancing and expanding on traditional "freshman composition" in various ways, which computer science faculty wishing to improve students' writing might profitably explore. Endnotes Endnotes One common practice, known as "writing across the curriculum," encourages instructors in all disciplines to include writing assignments in their courses. Specialized composition courses alone, while necessary and valuable, leave the impression with many students that clear, careful writing is something only English teachers care about. Computer science departments have adopted this practice.

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