Technology x Writing
Writing is best when it's a communal endeavor.
Writing can be intimidating. Writing can be scary. Writing can trigger our shame. Those feelings, plus the vulnerability that writing requires, can make us fear the awe-inspiring process of taking what's unseen in our minds and sharing it on the page. Technology, however, can offer us solace, comfort, and our way forward.
When we share our writing and commune over the universal difficulty of this sometimes elusive act, we find ourselves more willing to write, to share, to experiment, and to create. Whether it is publicly responding to a Google Classroom question, posting to a Padlet, collaborating on a Google Doc, or curating a digital museum, we grow as writers when we use the web page to explore writing as collective endeavor.
Collaborative Writing
Crafting a Group Essay
After establishing common practices around approaching a text and refining understandings around IB-style literary analysis, students collaborated on and sprinted through a draft of a literary analysis essay.
They self-selected a passage from a chapter of Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine and sought to elucidate how the author conveyed meaning through an assortment of literary techniques.
Mobile-First Google Site for IB Review
This website is designed for students:
Whose executive dysfunction might inhibit their study skills
Who may feel overwhelmed by Google Classroom's interface
Whose go-to device is their phone
Who need all the information in one place
Who lose track of resources and handouts
Who are looking for extra review
