Plans:What approaches can I implement to engage students in creative writing?
- Create an appropriate environment in which students will feel comfortable to write.
- Collaborative writing in a writing workshop for different assignments:
- As peers often have similar topics and interests, they can easily heat the atmosphere of writing workshops by discussion. Meanwhile, it is also an excellent strategy to help the students find their target audience and revise their writhing by means of peer review.
- Students can be encouraged to think, discuss, and write like real writers since writing workshops can create a free, relaxed, and flexible environment for composition.
- Setting writing workshops is advantageous to develop the awareness of writing routinely.
- Introduce students a number of cool digital tools
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- PBI Project Implementation
Summary:
The past two semesters of NLGL study at NC State has widely broadened my eyes of how a classroom can be conducted, how learning interest can be activated, how students can be motivated, how technology can be engaged as a promoter rather than an obstacle, and how professors can exert great impact on students. All these are valuable experiences for me, as a teacher, a writer, a leader and a life-long learner.
A synthesis of what I have learned provides me a chance to reflect on my experience as a student, before I can apply the knowledge to my instruction as a future teacher.
The past two semesters of NLGL study at NC State has widely broadened my eyes of how a classroom can be conducted, how learning interest can be activated, how students can be motivated, how technology can be engaged as a promoter rather than an obstacle, and how professors can exert great impact on students. All these are valuable experiences for me, as a teacher, a writer, a leader and a life-long learner.
A synthesis of what I have learned provides me a chance to reflect on my experience as a student, before I can apply the knowledge to my instruction as a future teacher.
“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”
― Malala Yousafzai
References:
Atwell, Nancie. (2015). In the Middle: A Lifetime of Learning About writing, Reading and Learning. 3rd Edition. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook.
Calkins, Lucy. (1994). The Art of Teaching Writing. 2nd Edition. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Coggins, C., & Mcgovern, K. (2014, 04). Five goals for teacher leadership. Phi Delta Kappan, 95(7), 15-21.
Conyers, M., & Wilson, D. (2016). Smarter teacher leadership: Neuroscience and the power of purposeful collaboration. New York: NY: Teachers College Press.
Hicks, Troy. (2009). The Digital Writing Workshop. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Kaiser, H. Donna. (2016). The importance of writing (and writing well). Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 33(1) pp. 2–3. Retrieved from
http://web.a.ebscohost.com.prox.lib.ncsu.edu/
Karagiorgas, N. Dimitrios., & Niemann Shari. (2017). Gamification and Game-Based Learning. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, Vol 45, Issue 4, pp. 499 -
519. Retrieved from https://doi-org.prox.lib.ncsu.edu/10.1177/0047239516665105
Kirby, Dawn, & Crovitz, Darren. (2012). Inside Out: Strategies for Teaching Writing. Fourth Edition. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Koehler, M. J., & Mishra, P. (2009). What is technological pedagogical content knowledge? Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 9(1). Retrieved
from http://www.citejournal.org/volume-9/issue-1-09/general
Osborn, J., & Lehr, F. (1998). Literacy for All. New York: The Guildford Press.
Pritchard, J. Ruie., & Honeycutt, L. Ronald. (2006). The process approach to writing instruction. In MacArthur, C., Graham, S., & Fitzgerald, J(Eds.), Handbook of
Writing Research. New York: The Guildford Press.
Ray, Katie Wood. (2001). The Writing Workshop: Working Through the Hard Parts (And They’re All Hard Parts). Urbana, IL: NCTE.
Spandel, Vichi, & Stiggins, Richard. (1997). Creating Writers: Linking Writing Assessment and Instruction. 2nd Edition. New York: Longman.
Spires, A. Hiller. (2015). Digital game-based learning: what's literacy got to do with it? Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 59(2), 125–130. doi: 10.1002/jaal.424
Yark-Barr, J., & Duke, K. (2004, 01). What do we know about teacher leadership? Findings from two decades of scholarship. Educational Research, 74(3), 255-316.
Zemelman, S., & Ross, H. (2009). Thirteen steps to teacher empowerment: Taking a more active role in your school community. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Atwell, Nancie. (2015). In the Middle: A Lifetime of Learning About writing, Reading and Learning. 3rd Edition. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook.
Calkins, Lucy. (1994). The Art of Teaching Writing. 2nd Edition. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Coggins, C., & Mcgovern, K. (2014, 04). Five goals for teacher leadership. Phi Delta Kappan, 95(7), 15-21.
Conyers, M., & Wilson, D. (2016). Smarter teacher leadership: Neuroscience and the power of purposeful collaboration. New York: NY: Teachers College Press.
Hicks, Troy. (2009). The Digital Writing Workshop. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Kaiser, H. Donna. (2016). The importance of writing (and writing well). Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 33(1) pp. 2–3. Retrieved from
http://web.a.ebscohost.com.prox.lib.ncsu.edu/
Karagiorgas, N. Dimitrios., & Niemann Shari. (2017). Gamification and Game-Based Learning. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, Vol 45, Issue 4, pp. 499 -
519. Retrieved from https://doi-org.prox.lib.ncsu.edu/10.1177/0047239516665105
Kirby, Dawn, & Crovitz, Darren. (2012). Inside Out: Strategies for Teaching Writing. Fourth Edition. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Koehler, M. J., & Mishra, P. (2009). What is technological pedagogical content knowledge? Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 9(1). Retrieved
from http://www.citejournal.org/volume-9/issue-1-09/general
Osborn, J., & Lehr, F. (1998). Literacy for All. New York: The Guildford Press.
Pritchard, J. Ruie., & Honeycutt, L. Ronald. (2006). The process approach to writing instruction. In MacArthur, C., Graham, S., & Fitzgerald, J(Eds.), Handbook of
Writing Research. New York: The Guildford Press.
Ray, Katie Wood. (2001). The Writing Workshop: Working Through the Hard Parts (And They’re All Hard Parts). Urbana, IL: NCTE.
Spandel, Vichi, & Stiggins, Richard. (1997). Creating Writers: Linking Writing Assessment and Instruction. 2nd Edition. New York: Longman.
Spires, A. Hiller. (2015). Digital game-based learning: what's literacy got to do with it? Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 59(2), 125–130. doi: 10.1002/jaal.424
Yark-Barr, J., & Duke, K. (2004, 01). What do we know about teacher leadership? Findings from two decades of scholarship. Educational Research, 74(3), 255-316.
Zemelman, S., & Ross, H. (2009). Thirteen steps to teacher empowerment: Taking a more active role in your school community. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.