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Prior to reading the assigned articles along with the strategies provided from the article I found, I was not using online writing in my classroom. It has been a push to encourage students to acquire basic writing skills relative to their fine motor development along with pre-writing development. I am now going to continue to scaffold that skill into allowing students to explore more early childhood writing standards by utilizing online writing tools that can be adapted for their age group and development.

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Original Article - Blogging in Band Class by Claudius Long

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Original Article - Blogging in Band Class by Claudius Long

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Band in schools is part of a support curriculum in education as it is intended to support other content areas.

Blogs support technology integration as our students should be able to manipulate and thrive in such environments

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This article was pretty brief and filled with research that supports the idea of using a blog in band class, therefore there wasn’t much to disagree with.

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When students would implement this tool? In class or on their own time?

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"I can see/make a connection to this..."

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"I can see/make a connection to this..."

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I would use blog in my classroom is because it is a democratic tool that supports different learning styles

Blogs would be used by me but provided to students as an additional learning resource where they can offer the perspectives on their learning in class because of its interactive nature.

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Honestly, I do not utilize online writing as a tool in my classroom. However, after reading this article I have given second thought to using blogs as an online "practice log" for my students. This article has given me the confidence and the knowledge to implement blogging into my instruction in hopes of promoting online writing and accountability with my students.

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* It requires a technological device to be explored and students construct their own learning from the experience.
* A digital is used tool to enlarge students perspectives and enrich learning through collaboration with others and working effectively in teams locally and worldwide

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Original Article- "Selected Examples of Effective Classroom Practice Involving Technology Tools and Interactive Media" By: NAEYC

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Original Article- "Selected Examples of Effective Classroom Practice Involving Technology Tools and Interactive Media" By: NAEYC

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~ Early childhood serves as the foundation of educational skill knowledge and development
~ Early childhood students have a sense of creative and exploration that is continuous developing and seeks new ways to express itself.

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Since there is limited research on how to incorporate online writing technologies for early childhood education, I do not understand how to best provide them to my students in my classroom along with providing that home link.

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~Since the article is from the National Association for Educating Young Children, there is not anything I disagree with. They provide the best research for this age group.

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~Writing development is individualized and will be reflected in their work both digitally and on paper.

~I need to remember how important it is to model new skills to students at this age, including their exploration of online usage for educational purposes.

~I need to remember how motivated students are by technology.

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"I can see/make a connection to this..."

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"I can see/make a connection to this..."

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~I can see how using online writing technologies will help students have fun with their learning and provides a limitless ability of exploration.

~It provides an instant home-school link for students to be able to share their work with their families when they get home as opposed to waiting for teachers to send work home or meet with families for a conference.

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At this time, I think Padlet is a great online writing tool, but I believe it is too advanced for my students. They require and rely on pictures to help them gain the meaning of words; therefore they would not be able to independently write on here as we are doing.

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That online writing holds students accountable for their communication skills. Having an intended audience motivates students to improve their writing skills as they are striving to get their message across.

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That online writing is instantly considered a collaborative project. While it involves collaboration on the reading of material, producing it is more of an independent project.

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If blogging is such a powerful tool for teaching writing, how come it is not pushed at the district level or among writing PDs?

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That publishing online gives students a real audience to write to, and can be optimized to create the same type of collaborative environment professional writers utilize to hone their craft.

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I have used resources, such as Padlet and Google Classroom, to promote publication and collaboration. However, I have not explored other online formats nor have I given students rigid guidelines to help students craft their writing. I am interested in learning how to incorporate more meaningful methods of using technology--such as the idea of Wikis-- in writing. As an ELA teacher, I will be using blogs as a way for students to communicate in literacy circles.

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Online writing tools hold students accountable and also provides teachers with a record of students group discussions, which allows the teacher to scaffold students learning with groups and individuals.

Students need to be taught writing conventions prior to introducing them to digital writing tools so that they can become comfortable with the structure.

"many tech-savvy educators note, is to keep focused on instructional goals, and not use technology simply for technology’s sake. It’s best to “find the appropriate technology to mesh with what the teacher’s already doing well,” says the University of Maryland’s McCaleb, “not to force it in.”

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I didn't have anything to disagree with in this article. I felt that everything was pretty much on point when preparing to teach students how to use digital writing tools.

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This article was pretty straight to the point and is still very relevant even though it was written 8 years ago.

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Students often feel like their work is just a grade and that many teachers may just skim through their work. But is important to make sure that they know that they are writing for their work to be read and to be given feedback. We want students to feel purposeful in their writing. Posting their work online can hold them accountable and give them the nudge they need to put forth their best effort because their work will be online for many others to see.

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Publishing students work online gives them a real audience to share their work with. It enables them to interact with others and can show another side to themselves that teachers may not get to see often.

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Original Article: "Writing Re-Launched: Teaching With Digital tools"

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Original Article: "Writing Re-Launched: Teaching With Digital tools"

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https://www.edweek.org/tsb/articles/2011/04/04/02digital.h04.html

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Since JCPS has partnered with google, my students use Google Docs as their primary online writing tool. It has been a struggle because I learned that prior to this school year, my students had hardly ever used a computer to write outside of their computer class during special area time. Computers had mainly been used during indoor wellness time to play games. I pretty much had to start from scratch and teach students how to change the font and size of the font, and help them understand they they didn't have to understand that they didn't have to press enter after every single sentence. Before this school year, my students had not really used technology for learning purposes.

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I used Padlet for a project this year in the 8th grade social studies class. Students were assigned a region of Native Americans, in which they were able to choose on tribe from that region to create a Padlet. Using their rubric, they each made their own and then were assigned groups in which they had to read, comment, and take notes. It worked really well and I intend to use it again! Only issue is that you get one free Padlet a year :(

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As a group we discussed these possibilities....

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As a group we discussed these possibilities....

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* Collaboration - students are able to gather information in groups and add their findings in one place.
* The ability to add hyperlinks, emojis, gifs and videos for students to find different ways to learn content.
* Gallery walks - Padlet is a great tool to teach new vocabulary to students.
* Book Club - character board, mood board.
* Padlet  mimics social media tools like Pintrest and Facebook that students are accustomed to and are comfortable using.
* There is a lot of creative freedom for students in using this tool.

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To the quote, ¨students will write when they have something to say, when have they have an audience, and when they get feedback.¨