What+do+K-12+teachers+and+students+say?


 * I. Further examples of K-College teachers and students using digital tools to compose and co-construct knowledge**

-- first graders' definition of a wiki --ninth graders' understanding of tagging and social bookmarking b. Check out Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog []
 * a. View video clips from Presentation by Dr. Hopkins and Dr. Jones** (2009) []


 * II. Revisiting our new knowledge -- take a few minutes to read through our threaded discussions as well as the Session 5 page which includes the our reflections and comments.**


 * III. Expanding Our knowledge**


 * **Creating your own RSS (Really SImple Syndication) using Google Reader.**
 * Integrating RSS into the Teaching of Writing (p. 21) -- using your RSS to inform your Genre Pieces Project
 * **Learning more about how to make include tags in your Blog**


 * QUOTES from HICKS:**


 * Writing (and reading) is a complicated, recursive, and ever-changing process. With the addition of technology, that process changes even more. (Hicks, p. 7)**


 * Teachers now have to teach "about the visual, aural, spatial, gestural, and other literacies that move beyond basic print texts." (Hicks, p. 9)**


 * Taken together, the opportunities that blogs, wikis, collaborative word processors, and even recorded responses offer to you as you confer with student writers are numerous. ... These features allow for more comprehensive conferring and deeper reflection, thus encouraging out students to engage more fully in their writing, both during our workshop time in school as well as for their own purposes outside of school. (Hicks, p. 51)**