Teaching Writing Using Blogs, Wikis, and Other Digital Tools - Softcover

Beach, Richard; Anson, Chris M.; Breuch, Lee-Ann K.; Swiss, Thom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933760281 ISBN 13: 9781933760285

Publisher: Christopher-Gordon Publishers Inc, 2008

Synopsis

See how to use various digital tools-including blogs, wikis, digital mapping, online chat, digital storytelling, podcasts, e-portfolios, and others-to teach writing in the classroom. Packed with examples of teaching activities and student writing, this one-of-its-kind book demonstrates how to use search engines and digital mapping to develop information, online discussion tools and blogs to formulate ideas, Wikis to write collaboratively, digital storytelling and poetry to create multimodal texts, podcasts and vlogs to create audio and video texts, online commenting tools to provide peer feedback, and much more. Included are links to new tools and activities on the authors' constantly updated Web site, http://digitalwriting.pbwiki.com.

About this title

About the Author

Thom Swiss is professor of Culture and Teaching at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches courses on new and/or digital media, media literacy, cultural studies, and popular music.

Edition details

• Publisher: Christopher-Gordon Publishers Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933760281
• ISBN 13: 9781933760285
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272