Revision is a separate task from editing (wherein spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors are sought out and fixed). On a literal level, when we ask students to revise, we are really asking them to re-vision their work, to look at their writing with new eyes. How do we accomplish this? More often than not, it [...]
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Revising our blogs: posting for audiences and linking to community
Posted in Blogs, tagged blogs, community, revision on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How to grow a blog: focused study session #1
Posted in Blogs, Writing on June 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A great example of blogging with students is Konrad Glogowski’s Blog of Proximal Development, which shares a variety of tips for blogging with students such as How to Grow a Blog and Towards Reflective BlogTalk. Glogowski contends that blogs are essentially a sustained conversation between communities of thinkers and writers: When we talk about blogging, most of us focus [...]
Blogging the 2010 Summer Institute
Posted in Blogs on June 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to the 2010 KMWP Summer Institute! Today, you’ll be working on your first blog post. If you haven’t already, please visit the KMWP Wetpaint Wiki and look at the Blogging the Summer Institute page. Work through the agendas listed on the right-hand side of the page. I’ll be available throughout the afternoon to help [...]