Below you will see links to several lessons designed to familiarize you, the Instructor, with how WriteSite complements process writing. The lessons begin with getting started, setting up projects, adding users, and proceed through the first revision of the writing process.
The objective of these lessons is to present WriteSite in an instructional context. With repeated use, its features become intuitive and the focus of the lessons shifts to the writing piece. While WriteSite takes a less discernable role, it is nonetheless an important one: the management of student writing.
It is my contention that technology must be thoroughly taught and repeatedly reinforced if it's to have the remotest chance of becoming a transparent partner to any curriculum. As users master WriteSite and appreciate its strengths, it is hoped they'll continue with its development through active participation in the comment discussion.
Lesson Topics
- Lesson 1: Drafting (a classroom activity with paper & pencil)
- Lesson 2: Text Entry of the Draft
- Lesson 3: Introducing the Response Structure
- Lesson 4: Reading & Responding Online
- Lesson 5: Revising the Draft
- Classroom Training Model
Please contact Nick Viani with suggestions, corrections, and comments about any of these materials.
