Bringing technology and writing/literature courses together. One can really help the other, far more than you may think.
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1. HAVE NO FEAR TECHNOLOGY AND WRITINGARE HEREBy Kelly
BenderAssistant Professor, Passaic County Community
CollegePaterson, New [email protected]
2. LETS START WITH WHY?Whybring technology into a writing
classroom? To suffer from technical difficulties To grapple with
new equipment To wait out a slow (or non-existant) connectionto the
server 3. LETS TALK HOWStart small or go big youve gotoptions that
can suit yourclassroom/course goals and yourcomfort level (or lack
thereof) withtechnology 4. THE HOW:Rely on the college
onlineinstructional managementsystem 5. HOWUse Facebook in a
literatureassignment 6. HOWUse Pinterest as the foundationof a
writing prompt 7. HOWCreate a digital narrative to tell astory 8.
HOWUse Plotagon to convey amessage using
animatedcharactershttps://plotagon.com/15660 9. HUH?While
technology does haveeducational valuewe areleft with some
unexplainableobservations. 10. HEAD SCRATCHERSWe are left wondering
whystudents can apply skillswhen they are working withvideobut not
when theyare working with paper 11. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?This
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