ELI Session: Digital Histories for the Digital Age – How Do We Teach Writing Now? — from Educause
Reading 2.0: Bluebonnet Books + Moodle + Video Conferencing — from ClassroomNext.blogspot.com by Roxanne Glaser
Partnered with Baylor University
Overview: Baylor students partner with local elementary students using Bluebonnet Books. Baylor students act as reading mentors for children and final project is a seven minute dramatization of the book.
The Big Picture:
- Teachers select books (Bluebonnet Books)
- Baylor students meet their partner classes via video conference
- Each class and their Baylor partners Moodle
- Each class creates 7 minute presentation to sell their books
Teaching writing in a social media age: one recent example — from NITLE and Bryan Alexander
(Discusses opportunities for engagement via blogging and digital video.)
Online Collaborative Writing: How Blogs And Wikis Are Changing The Academic Publishing Process — from Robin Good’s Latest News by Janelle Ward
Top 100 Blogs to Improve Your Writing in 2010 — from universitiesandcolleges.org