Ohio University - Chillicothe

 Explore and evaluate web-based collaborative writing tools – Web 2.0  Online creative writing class for middle- childhood education majors ◦ ENG 361 Creative Writing Fiction ◦ ENG 362 Creative Writing Poetry ◦ ENG 363 Creative Writing Nonfiction

 Enhance peer response  Foster a strong sense of community  Increase student engagement  Expand to all writing classes at OUC  Writing Center – student tutors  Offer to middle and high school teachers ◦ Workshops and in-service

 Middle childhood education majors  7 th grade language arts students  Mentor utilizing blogs for reflection  Helped prepare students for the 7 th grade Ohio Literacy Text Standard Benchmarks  Expand further using editing tools in addition to blogs

 Enhanced peer response: analyze, interpret and evaluate in a detailed, meaningful fashion  Use Web 2.0 tools in their own future classrooms

 Technology-Rich Campus Task Force  Library Staff – links and guidance to pertinent sites supporting course objectives and research needs  Writing Center tutors ◦ Support research and writing needs: Fully integrate the research and writing processes

 Student surveys – usefulness of tools  Enhanced interactive projects  Peer responses – compared to previous quarters without technology tools

 Zoho Writer  Writeboard  Google Docs  Near-Time  Socialtext  QuickTopic  Conventi  Gobby  Ace  ThinkFree

 Freecorder ◦ Attach audio comments directly to document  Blackboard 7.3 ◦ More tools included