1. Seeing the Thinking Behind
the Writing
Patrick Higgins, Jr.

3. Schedule
9:00-10:00 Setting the Stage:
10:00-11:00 Authentic Spaces to build
confidence and gain audience
11:00-11:30 Google Account Setup and
Play
11:30-11:50 Break
11:50-12:00 Questions and comments
12:00-1:00 Immersive work in Google
12:30-1:00 Finishing up

4. http://
todaysmeet.com/
camdenwriting1

5. Site for Today with Resources
https://sites.google.com/site/
writingandthinkingcamden/home

7. “The first object of any act
of learning, over and beyond
the pleasure it may give, is
that it should serve us in the
future.... In essence, it
consists in learning initially
not a skill but a general idea
which can then be used as a
basis for recognizing
subsequent problems....
Bruner, Process of Education p. 17
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovehate/3061895133/in/faves-14579369@N04/

9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dno1967/3296369980/in/faves-14579369@N04/

10. Like Oxygen: Ubiquitous, Invisible,
Necessary
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dno1967/3296369980/in/faves-14579369@N04/

11. Trust Me, Trust You, Trust Them
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41894165897@N01/288090300/

14. What writing do you do in your daily
lives?

15. What writing do you do in your daily
lives?
Where do you do it?

16. What writing do you do in your daily
lives?
Where do you do it?
Why do you do it?

17. A Literacy Revolution
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photograham/311323441/sizes/l/

18. “...we're in the midst of a
literacy revolution the
likes of which we haven't
seen since Greek
civilization,"
--Prof. Andrea Lunsford, Stanford University

20. What's the point of asking
learners to write? What's the
endgame? Is there one? Should
there be?

21. 42 Eyes

23. What writing do you do in your daily
lives?

24. What writing do you do in your daily
lives?
Where do you do it?

25. What writing do you do in your daily
lives?
Where do you do it?
Why do you do it?

26. Why do we give
feedback?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenpoff/3091258409/in/photostream/

27. How do we give
feedback?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenpoff/3091258409/in/photostream/

28. Does it have to look like this?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nics_events/2349632625/

29. Essential
Questions

30. How can we both
develop student
confidence as writers
and give them timely
and effective
feedback?

31. What formats are the
most fitting for student
writing styles?

32. Which technologies fit
well into my idea/
purpose behind getting
students to write?

33. http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/2966535155/in/faves-14579369@N04/

35. Things we analyzed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/puntodevista/112911490/in/faves-14579369@N04/

36. Transfer
wasn’t
happening

37. Analysis,
Synthesis,
and Creation

38. Writing with
voice

39. An expanding
definition of
literacy

40. Literacy...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_television/3812964711/in/faves-14579369@N04/

41. Allowed us to provide
students with access
to skills that Colleges
are clamoring for.

42. Kill the Mothership
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jongorr/203440092/

43. http://www.flickr.com/photos/superkimbo/3318904030/

44. 34 Gigabytes

45. Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pointofdesign/2371903317/

46. x4
Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pointofdesign/2371903317/

47. Codes

48. Codes

49. Codes

51. traditional?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/austinevan/1225274637/

52. New?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/penmachine/98352836/

53. Authentic Writing
Spaces