Six Traits and Technology How to Connect the Tools with Improving Writing Instruction

Donald Graves Conditions for Writing – Part of the Six Traits Philosophy TimeRevision ChoiceModeling Safe environmentAuthenticity- purpose, audience Direct teachingPreparing for all contexts FeedbackPrinciples/Structures

Relating Graves to Technology Feedback – Mahara feedback/wall, Moodle online writing assignment/forums Authentic Audience – Moodle forums, Mahara Views to other classes E-Portfolio Modeling/Preparing for Contexts – posting professional models, students seeing other students Revision – MyAccess comments, Moodle comments Environment (Choice/Time) – Digital citizenship, Openness to innovation, creativity

1.Prewriting 2.Organizing 3.Drafting 4.Revising 5.Editing 6.Publishing Writing Process 3.Drafting 4.Revising 5.EditingMyAccess Moodle 1.Prewriting 2.Organizing Digital Storytelling: Advanced Word, Powerpoint, Podcasting, Photo, Video E-Portfolio 6.Publishing

Accountability Ability to Keep Store Files and Activities from Year to Year Differentiating Instruction Ability to Monitor and Adjust Ability to Participate (some who may be shy) Ability to Express Themselves Benefits from Using Moodle

Prewriting (developing and sharing ideas with teacher guidance): (Moodle) Forum – threaded discussion Chat – whole class discussion Drafting/Composing – Moodle – Online Writing Assignment, Posted to Forum (to get feedback), Single File Upload MyAccess – my own prompts or Intellimetric prompts Editing – MyAccess – My Editor, Comments, Using Computer Feedback Moodle – Online Writing Assignment Comments

Applications for Presentation Trait and Motivation Mahara – Design Webpage with Images, Text, and Video Glogster – Make a Digital Poster with stylized text boxes, images, words and animations Audacity – Make a podcast with an audio recording that can be uploaded to Itunes Photostory – Digital pictures narrated over to tell a story or teach lesson (Ken Burns Effect) Moviemaker – Make a video that can be uploaded to Schooltube, Teachtube, etc. Comiqs or Make Beliefs Comix – students can create comic strip style illustrations and dialogue boxes VoiceThread/Google Wave – Narrated pictures or powerpoints that can be shared and responded by in either voice or writing by students