Sunday, October 2, 2016

 1:30-2:30 pm EST
Research Writing Rewired: Composing with Digital Tools
Featured Speaker: Dawn Reed, Red Cedar Writing Project
​Moderator: Sue Ann Sharma, Oakland University
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Thoughtful use of technology and inquiry-based learning affords writers the ability to think in critical and creative ways, which enhances the research writing process. In this session, the co-author of Research Writing Rewired: Lessons that Ground Students’ Digital Learning (2015) will share instructional practices that incorporate inquiry-driven research using digital tools. ​

3:00-4:00 pm EST
Scribbling on the Internet: Exploring Web Literacies
Returning Featured Speaker: Andrea Zellner, Red Cedar Writing Project
Moderator: Jill Runstrom, Chippewa River Writing Project
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Writing and creating are acts of empowerment. In our classrooms and in our lives we are asked to navigate information abundant environments, mostly through consumption of others’ content. As we teachers help to grow our student writers, modeling for students how to navigate, synthesize, and create in online environments is now both complicated and yet essential. In this session, we will explore Mozilla’s Web Literacies map through interactive invitations to write in web spaces through fun and engaging activities that allow us to “scribble on the internet.”​

4:30-5:30 pm EST
​Using Video to Enhance Student Writing
Featured Speaker: Kara Clayton, South Redford School District, MI
Moderator: Rebecca Hornak, Saginaw Intermediate School District, MI
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According to the David Daniels of The Relevancy Group, “Consumers are flocking to online video, watching more than four billion videos on YouTube each day. Moreover, 100 million people take social action on YouTube every week." In this session, participants will gain an understanding of how video production can and should be used as a way to enhance student writing and communication skills. This can be done in multiple ways: from writing a YouTube video review that includes the use of content area vocabulary, to students creating their own short videos using easy to access, low/no-cost video production options, to creating avatars that can be used to deliver a persuasive message. Participants will explore a variety of tools to increase student engagement and how to design writing opportunities that use those tools. Please sign up for a Basic (free) Voki account at Voki.com before joining the session. (audience: high school educators)

6:00-7:00 pm EST
Tumblr: the Ultimate Authentic Student Writing Platform
Featured Speaker: Richard Kreinbring, Oakland Writing Project
Moderator: Karen LaBonte
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For student writing to be authentic, it needs to have voice and an audience. Blogging demands just that and allows students to develop argumentative skills and the dexterity today’s writing demands. This webinar will be a discussion of the work that students do using digital tools to extend classroom themes, explore ideas, and experiment with writing for an authentic audience of interested readers. Learn about how students can use blogs to give and receive feedback, develop reflective practices, perform research, and develop writing skills useful in 21st Century.

7:30-8:30 pm EST OPENING KEYNOTE
Composing the Future: Designing Digital Writing Experiences that Foster Connection, Participation, and Justice 
Antero Garcia, Colorado State University
Nicole Mirra, University of Texas - El Paso, West Texas Writing Project
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Digital writing tools abound in today’s educational context – teachers and students are presented with an overwhelming array of options for designing, producing, and sharing compositions that can reach massive audiences almost instantaneously. In the face of so many choices, how can educators harness digital tools in ways that meet student needs, amplify their voices, and help them develop as individuals, scholars, and citizens? We will offer a framework for designing digital writing experiences that capitalizes on what digital tools do best – connecting young people to open networks of people and resources that help them to explore their interests and participate in empowering social action. We will share student writing and discuss strategies for implementing innovative digital writing projects in classroom and community learning spaces.

8:30-9:30 pm EST
Conference Overview: Where Have We Been & Where Are We Going?
Moderators: Delia DeCourcy, Troy Hicks, & Amber White
RECORDING (second half of keynote recording)    RESOURCES

What topics were discussed in today's webinars and what is coming up for the conference during the next three Sundays? Join the moderators for a lively conversation and bring your questions, comments, and ideas.