Curriculum+Workshop-+Activity+Design+2+-+ELA

toc //Collaborative Writing Using Primary Pad// In this session we will learn how to improve student writing through the use of online collaborative documents.

Agenda:

 * A short online discussion of what collaborative writing is
 * An overview of Primary Pad (via a student project) and its features
 * An interactive lesson to explore basic functions of Primary Pad (focusing on the editing/revision steps of the writing process)
 * Reflection on the Content, Pedagogy, and Technology behind the lesson
 * Planning an original activity of your own (using Primary Pad) based upon the TPCK model

Session Outcomes:

 * To understand the benefits of collaborative writing
 * To apply collaborative tools such as Primary Pad for student work
 * To create an original lesson plan or activity leveraging Primary Pad and employing the TPCK method

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=What is Collaborative Writing and How Do You Use it?= Click on Today's Meet to offer your ideas.

Collaborative Writing Definitions by Scholars
"...any piece of writing, published or unpublished, ascribed or anonymous, to which more than one person has contributed, whether or not they grasped a pen, tapped a keyboard, or shuffled a mouse." --R. Rimmershaw, //Collaborative Writing Practices and Writing Support Technologies//

“...oral and written communication pertaining to a document during the process of planning, drafting and revising it...it may be fair to conclude that significant writing is enveloped in talk” --Couture and Rymer, //Writing in the Business Professions//

"...Writing includes any of the activities that led to a completed written document. These activities includes written and spoken brainstorming, outlining, note taking, organizational planning, drafting, revising, and editing. Written products include any piece of writing, from notes, directions, and forms to reports and published materials." -Ede and Lunsford, //Singular Text/Plural Authors//

Writing Process Stages as Collaborative Writing Tasks



 * Early stage – brainstorming topics and ideas, developing theories via pre-writing
 * Drafting – fleshing out ideas, organizing content, developing and supporting arguments
 * Revision – refining thinking and organization, adding needed content
 * Editing - proofreading
 * Publication – sharing with the intended audience, possibly receiving the audience’s responses

The Research - Benefits of Collaborative Writing

 * increases student motivation and engagement - social in nature
 * sharing of ideas allows for greater discovery and potentially deeper thinking
 * improved content and organization due to peer input and planning
 * an important skill for college and career

=I. Show One= media type="youtube" key="WkxExF2g5h8" height="315" width="420"
 * Watch Primary Pad in Action (a collaborative script-writing project ).
 * Primary Pad is a synchronous, real-time collaborative document containing the following features:
 * Invite up to 50 users
 * Colors differentiate users
 * Edit other users' writing (saves continuously without retaining prior drafts)
 * Allows chat function among users
 * Export document into a variety of formats
 * View the document history via a Time Slider (ie, video)
 * No sign up required; simple and easy to use

=II. Teach One=


 * __Basic Directions on How to Use Primary Pad__**
 * In a group of three people, click on your group's pad to experiment with the features of Primary Pad.
 * Listen as your facilitator walks you through some of the steps.
 * Facilitator's Pad
 * Group #1 Pad
 * Group #2 Pad
 * Group #3 Pad
 * Group #4 Pad
 * Group #5 Pad
 * Group #6 Pad
 * Group #7 Pad


 * Find the profile icon in the upper-right hand corner, click on it, and type your name.
 * Use the chat feature in the bottom-right hand corner with a colleague to discuss a plan.
 * Start writing! Play with the various indenting, underlining, strike-through features to edit each other’s writing.
 * Click on the “gear” icon and experiment with the settings.
 * Click on the "clock" icon to view a video history of your work.
 * Click on the “opposing arrows” icon to export the final document in a different format.

For reference later, here's a brief tutorial on getting started (essentially, a video of the steps above): media type="youtube" key="Fv0TEeXiSVQ" height="315" width="560"

Now that we have a better understanding of collaborative writing and how Primary Pad works, let's try the following exercise:

=**__Interactive Lesson__**=

Content - Fragments and Run-on Sentences Skills - Students will learn to recognize and then edit sentence fragments and run-on sentences.

Step 1: With your same group of three people, access the following writing pads:
 * Group #1 Pad
 * Group #2 Pad
 * Group #3 Pad
 * Group #4 Pad
 * Group #5 Pad
 * Group #6 Pad
 * Group #7 Pad

On your group's writing pad, perform the following tasks: If needed, view an example.
 * 1) Each person should write a paragraph (3-5 sentences long).
 * 2) Intentionally include 1 sentence fragment or 1 run-on sentence.
 * 3) Go to another member's paragraph on your same pad and edit it.
 * 4) Go back to your original paragraph and see the final, edited version.
 * 5) Click on the time slider ("clock" icon) to watch how it was corrected.

=III. Group Discussion/Reflection=

1. Divide into groups of 4. 2. Use this diagram to dissect and discuss the mini-lesson you just participated in. 3. Create a similar diagram with your ideas on butcher paper to share with the group during Reflection.



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- Does the technology most effectively allow students to learn the given content and skill objectives? - Is the technology a "best fit" for the pedagogy within the lesson? Why? Why not? - Are their other tools that could be used to achieve the same student outcomes? What are they?

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=IV. Do One=

Let's brainstorm some other ideas on how Primary Pad could be used. We'll use Wall Wisher.


 * Time to create an activity of your own.
 * Develop your activity/lesson in a document using this template. Complete the lesson template by copying it into a Word document and saving it.
 * When you're finished, paste your lesson into a new Discussion Board post below.
 * The subject line in your discussion post should be the title of your activity/lesson.

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=V. Debrief=

What final thoughts or comments do we have on the use of Primary Pad and its use in the classroom?

__Important Notes About Primary Pad!__
 * Be sure to bookmark the link to your writing pad, or save the link in a separate document.
 * Writing pads will last only 30 days until they're deleted.
 * Writing pad continuously saves (and you can view a time history of the document), but it cannot recall a previous "draft" of the document.
 * When exporting the document as a Word or PDF file, the authorship colors will not be retained.
 * Another tool similar to Primary Pad is Pirate Pad; it has some features that Primary Pad does not (customized url extensions, no expiration of pads).
 * [|Website with Ideas on Primary Pad]