Once again, the students are writing summaries. I am impressed with the way the Write to Learn program provides feedback to be sure different topics are covered equally. I have also continued to have the students podcasting. They are so engaged!
Posts Tagged ‘summary’
Engaging Summary Writing?
Posted in teach21, tagged podcast, summary, WritetoLearn, writing on October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Summary Writing for Podcasting
Posted in teach21, tagged podcast, summary, WritetoLearn, writing on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The students are using the Write to Learn program to develop their summary writing skills. These skills will be useful as the students move toward writing synopses for posting in blogs and in podcasts. The podcasting class is great. I have the students podcasting!
Write to Learn feedback
Posted in teach21, tagged assessment, summary, WritetoLearn on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The summary component in Write to Learn is great. It provides feedback on each section of the reading passage and on Grammar, Spelling, Copying, Repetition, and length.
Write to Learn vs. Criterion
Posted in teach21, tagged Criterion, essay, Pearson, summary, WritetoLearn on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We are using Write to Learn from Pearson. I am very pleased with the feedback provided to the students as well as the feedback I receive as a teacher. The student interface is easy for the students to understand and use. Assignments are either Essays or Summaries. Each ESSAY is graded on a six point [...]
