I am so excited to officially announce today that my new self-paced writing course Writing Reboot: EdTech for Student Writers Across Content Areas with Monica Burns, is open for enrollment! We’ve had a few educators take a sneak peak at the course earlier this fall but now my brand new, self-paced course is available for any educator to join.
Are you looking to strengthen student writers in every subject area? Ready to make the most of the digital tools in your school? Are you also looking for ways to help your students prepare to write across multiple text types using different devices?
In my new self-paced course from Participate, you’ll learn how to leverage the power of digital tools to create experiences that empower writers of all ages. From brainstorming strategies, to moving beyond pencil and paper, this course will explore how students can make the most of whatever technology is in your school to write, create and publish in every subject area!
You can certainly move at your own pace throughout the school year, to watch the how-to videos, listen to the podcasts, read through the downloadables and take part in the action items and assignments at anytime. As soon as you finish you’ll earn the Writing Reboot badge from Participate.
Here’s the link for the course –> Writing Reboot
Writing Reboot: EdTech for Student Writers Across Content Areas with Monica Burns
Just like my EdTech Reboot course (which more than 150 people joined this year!), the Writing Reboot includes how-to videos, podcasts, downloadables, action items, and more! Here are the details:
Module 1: Energize the Writing Process with Digital Tools
- How-to Inspire Writers with Brainstorming Activities
- How-to Move Beyond Traditional Graphic Organizers
- Classroom Management for Techy Writers
Module 2: More Than a Paper – A Digital Spin on Classroom Writing
- How-to Publish Traditional “Papers” with Digital Tools
- How-to Use Multimedia as Writers
- Going Beyond Traditional Word Processing
Module 3: Movie-Making in Three Text Types – Informational, Persuasive and Narrative Activities
- How-to Incorporate Informational Writing into a Lesson
- How-to Use Persuasive Videos in Every Subject Area
- Using Movie-making to Capture Personal Narratives
Module 4: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality for Writers
- How-to Inspire Writers with Augmented and Virtual Reality
- How-to Teach Storytelling Techniques with Virtual Reality Experiences
- Virtual Reality is Changing the Way We Think About Writing
Here’s the link for the course –> Writing Reboot
Writing Course Description
You’ll learn how to leverage the power of digital tools to create experiences that absolutely empower writers of all ages. From brainstorming strategies, to moving beyond pencil and paper, this course will explore how students can make the most of whatever technology is in your school to write, create and publish across in every subject area!
Objectives
After completing this course you will be able to:
- Design engaging, purposeful learning activities with technology
- Create opportunities to move beyond graphic organizers and take a digital spin on classroom writing
- Turn students into movie-makers across text types, including persuasive, narrative, and informational writing activities too
- Incorporate augmented and virtual reality experiences in your classroom to inspire writers and also teach storytelling techniques!
What you’ll get
Access to four modules of content including:
- 8 how-to videos
- 4 audio podcasts
- Downloadables like graphic organizers, posters + more
- Curated resources like lesson plans, collections + more
Continuing Education Credits (CEUs)
After completion of this course, you will receive a digital badge that recognizes 10 hours, which may be used toward renewal credits per your school/district process. You may want to get approval before you sign up. We have a certificate we can generate for you upon request – other teachers have used this for PD credit at their school, but every school is a bit different with their policy.
Who this course is for…
- Classroom teachers in any subject area, technology integration specialists, media specialists, and also administrators interested in learning about technology integration strategies
- Educators with access to any type of technology: Chromebooks, iPads, PCs, Macs, or even just a cell phone in their pocket too!
What people are saying about Monica’s Participate courses…
- “I learned a great deal and am super excited about this school year because of it!”
- “Very useful information that I can immediately use in my classroom!”
- “Learned some sound pedagogy and some awesome educational technology tools.”
- “I liked the freedom to work on my assignments when I wanted to.”
- “My favorites were the videos and downloadable pieces.”
- “It provided excellent information for enhancing the way I use technology in my teaching.”
- “Thank you for making this so useful and easy to apply to my classroom.”
- “It was great! I’m glad I signed up.”
Here’s the link for the course –> Writing Reboot