Here are the bare bones of my presentation. Its just a list of tools to get students engaged in the writing process. Tools don't teach, teachers do.
PowerPoint Presentation
EngagingReluctant WriterswithDigital Tools Bhavneet Singh
Quinns Beach TDSA lifetime to DREAM, EXPLORE, DISCOVER**Why you need a digital identity?
Explicit Teaching
Engagement
I havent got anything to write about!I dont know how to write it!I dont know how to make it sound interesting? I dont know what words to use!Why should I?
I dont want to write.Ideas! Structure! Vocabulary! Language! Purpose!IdeasPurposeAudienceRole of -Writer-Authors -PublishersCelebratingFeedbackIdeasGive them something to write aboutProvide scaffolds - writing frameworks, personal experiences, images, etcRead and reflect on good pieces of writingVocabularyExposureUse different toolsTeach about language features in fun wayQuick short activitiesVocabulary gamesSentence structure gamesPunctuation gamesSpelling gamesWorldeTagxedoVisual Thesaurus
Audience & PurposeDifferent forms of communicationWho is the target audience?Writing for a blog, movie, puppet show, website, etcDigital ToolsPiclitsImages VocabularyUse any Visual Prompts to get the imagination going
Pinterest - Flickr
visual promptsideas
www.literacyshed.com
www.lendmeyourliteracy.com
www.readwritethink.org
www.100wc.net StorybirdStoryjumperphotopeachMicrosoft MoviemakerMicrosoft PhotoStoryBuild your wild selfCreate a carCreate a monsterCreate a SuperheroBe CreativeOther fun tools
www.powtoon.comwww.voki.comwww.animoto.com www.glogster.com (edu version)
Other AppsBook CreatorExplain EverythingEducreationsHaikuDeckPreziShowbieAudioBoomGrafio LiteStory Buddy 2Adobe VoiceMy Story
GlogsteriMovieStopmotionSuperimposeGreenscreenInkflowInspirationPoppletThinkglinkVoiceThread
QR Code CreatorMontajPiccollageAurasmaVoice PhotoSock PuppetsPuppet PalsPuppets EduTellagamiFlipGridBalloon+Publish
Website builderswww.weebly.com www.wix.com WordpressEdublogsFeedback
Interactive feedback - VoiceThreadDigital Feedback - Adobe, WOrd.Tweet the link to the published workInvite parents and community
