Hello Meredith,

On Sep 17, 2007, at 12:39 PM you wrote:


> I miss being able to see the actual act of writing; the starts and  

> the rewrites.  I wish there was a way for students to hit a  

> "record" button on their word processors, and for these files to be  

> shared, so you could see their writing process.

>

> Meredith

>

> Meredith Hutchings

> Curriculum Consultant

> NS Department of Education

> hutchidm at gov.ns.ca

> For more information about NSSAL: www.goNSSAL.ca


There is a way if students have access to the Web.  Each student  
could go to her or his own (free) wiki page, for example to the  
Writing Together Wiki pages at:

http://writingtogether.pbwiki.com/

Each time a student saves a page it is saved forever as a separate  
version. To see these versions the student -- or anyone -- can select  
the "history" link at the bottom of the page.  Here's an example:

http://writingtogether.pbwiki.com/Sample%20Student%20Writing%20Page

or, for short,

http://tinyurl.com/2hbw5r


David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net



>

>>>> <jennfwms at aol.com> 9/16/2007 6:56 PM >>>

> Hi All:

>

> My name is Jennifer Williams and I recently started my first on- 

> line course.?The instructor asked that we each create a website  

> that described different things about ourselves and included? a  

> picture. A link was created from our class page to the websites. It  

> was a really great way to?actually connect a face with a name.

>

> Hope that is helpful.

>

>

> Jennifer Williams

> GA State University

>

>

> Hi Meredith,

>

> I'm glad you had a chance to look at the self-assessments. I like  

> your idea of having students write pride stories. I'm guessing you  

> mean by that they write about an accomplishment or something in  

> their life they are proud of. Do they share those with the other  

> students in the class, or only with the instructor?

>

> I wonder what strategies other distance teachers have for building  

> rapport without face to face contact.

>

> For those who are wondering, there are two self-assessments on the  

> AdultEd Online site, www.adultedonline.org. One is about teaching  

> at a distance, and the other is about using technology in the  

> classroom. Meredith refers to the distance teaching self-assessment.

>

> Marian

> The Technology and Literacy Discussion List <technology at nifl.gov>  

> on Friday, September 14, 2007 at 5:58 AM -0800 wrote:

> Hi Marian,

>

> Thanks for making the change to the login.

>

> I like the tool and especially the emphasis and straight forward  

> messaging about the importance of establishing a relationship in  

> distance ed courses. ?

>

> For the last few years, I have been teaching an online portfolio/  

> business communication course with military students. ?I found the  

> fastest way to build the kind of rapport that you build in the  

> classroom is through asking students to write pride stories. ? 

> Students send me their brainstorm list as well as their completed  

> story. ?Seems to be a great way to quick start a respectful  

> relationship.

>

> Meredith ?

>

>

> Meredith Hutchings

> Curriculum Consultant

> NS Department of Education

> Skills and Learning Branch

> Adult Education Division

> 4th Floor, 2021 Brunswick St.

> P.O. Box 578

> Halifax, NS B3J 2S9

> (902) 424-1881 phone

> (902) 424-1171 fax

> hutchidm at gov.ns.ca

> For more information about NSSAL: www.goNSSAL.ca( http:// 

> www.gonssal.ca/?)

> 1-877-go-NSSAL (1-877-466- 7725)


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