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Disciplinary Literacy in ELA, Science, and History

7/29/2020

 

By Jiali Wang

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This study presents a conceptual framework for disciplinary literacy and presents key disciplinary literacy practices to apply to ELA, science, and history instruction. 

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Supporting Online Synchronous Collaborative Writing in the Secondary Classroom

7/22/2020

 
By Jacob Steiss

Why Support Online Synchronous Collaborative Writing in the Secondary Classroom?

Our students live varied and complex literate lives outside the classroom. Adolescents write in online forums, create fanfiction in digital writing communities, and participate in literacy activities as community organizers and activists. One way we as educators can recognize the diverse and expanding literacies of adolescents is by providing diverse writing opportunities in the secondary classroom, for example, online collaborative writing. By implementing evidence-based practices to support online collaborative writing, educators can increase the engagement and relevance of classroom writing tasks, help students gain important communication skills to participate in 21st century work and civic life, and support students’ development of critical literacy skills essential for an information society.

The authors of this article, including the WRITE Center’s Dr. Jenell Krishnan, describe ways that teachers can incorporate synchronous (writing in real-time) collaborative writing in their writing instruction through a hybrid approach. This approach emphasizes face‐to‐face and online opportunities for students to write and learn from and with their peers. Such writing responds to evolving educational standards that recognize the capacity for collaboration through online platforms like Google Docs, the expanding definition of literacy (NCTE, 2020), and the need for 21st century skills. For example, the National Education Association highlights the importance of the “Four Cs” to be emphasized across content areas and through learning opportunities. Online Synchronous Collaborative Writing (SCW) addresses the 4Cs because students 
  • use critical thinking skills to support group writing goals; 
  • collaborate on how to add, edit, and delete text; 
  • communicate concerns when the writing moves are misaligned with a student's sense of writer's craft; and 
  • use creative solutions to negotiate online group dynamics.

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Continuing our Conversation on “Designing Purposeful Arcs of Writing Instruction”

7/7/2020

 
Guest Blogger: Dr. Troy Hicks
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On July 1, 2020, I was fortunate enough to be invited to deliver a webinar titled “Designing Purposeful and Engaging Arcs of Writing Instruction in an Era of Remote Learning” through the National WRITE Center, co-sponsored by the National Writing Project, The recording is available below, and a “force copy” of the Google Doc handout (with an additional link to the slides) is available here. ​
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A Screenshot from the Webinar

There were a number of questions that came from the chat conversation that I didn't get to respond to in detail. 

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