Interactive Online Technology Tools to Enhance Learning for English Composition Students
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Tiffany Smith, an educator, discusses the use of interactive online technology tools to enhance learning for English composition students. The document highlights the benefits of virtual classrooms, such as improved communication, feedback, and student engagement, facilitated through platforms like Blackboard, wikis, and blogs. Feedback from students indicates a positive impact on their learning experience, with high approval ratings for various online activities and tools.
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Interactive Online Technology Tools to Enhance Learning for English Composition Students
- 1. INTERACTIVE ONLINE TECHNOLOGY TOOLS to Enhance Learning for English Composition Students
- 2. WHO IS YOUR PRESENTER? TIFFANY SMITH Educator Faculty Development Coordinator Webster University Online English Composition Instructor St. Louis Community College-Wildwood
- 3. QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER… Can a virtual classroom offer these? communication feedback encouragement an interactive learning environment Can technology tools engage students? Can Instructors increase student learning in an online course?
- 4. … YES! Blackboard enables students to: share their ideas openly/freely interact with peers collaborate ideas participate in group activities improve writing skills gain insightful feedback from Instructor LEARN!
- 5. HOW… TECHNOLOGY TOOLS! Online Discussions Wiki Sites Blogs Mail Elluminate
- 6. ONLINE DISCUSSIONS Develop ideas on course concepts Interact with peers to gain deeper understandings Reinforce writing concepts Practice paragraph development Enhance reading comprehension skills
- 8. WIKI SITES Share & collaborate ideas Wiki pages to showcase pre-writing information, topic information, etc. on a paper Wiki sites for group paper projects Share helpful web links & summaries Wiki pages to showcase helpful course concepts paragraph development, introductions, closings, etc. Publish drafts and final essays Wiki pages to showcase individual student’s work Publish & share research material Wiki sites to showcase research project material
- 9. WIKI SITES
- 10. WIKI SITES
- 11. BLOGS Students: Exchange informed ideas Practice paragraph development Examine writing over time Reinforce writing concepts
- 12. BLOGS
- 13. MAIL Compartmentalize student messages Reinforce meta-cognition assignments Send and Receive feedback Share important course information
- 14. MAIL
- 15. ELLUMINATE Hold Virtual Office Hours Demonstrate writing skills Conduct live Q&A sessions Offer course feedback & clarification
- 16. ELLUMINATE
- 17. STUDENT FEEDBACK 6 semesters: Meta-cognition Feedback “ I actually had more contact with you online than with some Instructors I see 2/3 times a week.” “ Excellent Instructor! She pushed me to work very hard but I learned a lot.” “ I feel… even if my grades not what I truly wanted… in the end…I have grown… learned… Thank you.”
- 18. STUDENT FEEDBACK 1 semester: Survey Monkey-Technology Tools 95% favored Virtual Office Hours 87% favored Blog assignments 83% favored Instructor online help/input 80% favored Online Discussions Survey Monkey-Course/Writing assignments 100% - course helped with critical reading 96% - course gave writing skills 96% - course helped expand paragraph writing skills 95% - course helped learn to synthesize ideas 95% - comfortable writing Argument Paper
- 19. RESEARCH Krentler, Kathleen A. & Laura A. Willis-Flurry. “Does Technology Enhance Actual Student Learning? The Case of Online Discussion Boards.” Journal of Education for Business (July/August 2005): 316-321. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Webster University., St. Louis, MO. 16 Apr. 2009. Goldscheider, Eric. “Blackboard: New Uses For Technology; In Class, Gadgets for Interacting, and No One Need Nod Off.” The New York Times (2000): 1-2. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Webster University., St. Louis, MO. 2 May 2009. Rosenfeld, Barbara & Manual Martinez-Pons. “Promoting Classroom Technology Use.” The Quarterly Review of Distance Education 6.2 (2005): 145-153. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Webster University., St. Louis, MO. 29 Apr. 2009. Pedro, Francesc . “Comparing Traditional and ICT-Enriched University Teaching Methods: Evidence from Two Empirical Students.” Higher Education in Europe 30.3-4 (2005): 399-411. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Webster University., St. Louis, MO. 6 June 2007. Gallini, Joan K. & Daniel Barron. “Participants’ Perceptions of Web-Infused Environments: A Survey of Teaching Beliefs, Learning Approaches, and Communication.” Journal of Research on Technology in Education 34.2 (2001-2002): 139-156. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Webster University., St. Louis, MO. 6 May 2007. Edwards, Janet . “At the Center of it all.” Maryville 10 (2009): 11-17. Maryville Conference Handout, St. Louis, MO. 2 Oct. 2009. Yang, Catherine. “Big Program On Campus.” Business Week 3900 (2004); 96-98. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Webster University., St. Louis, MO. 6 July 2009. Anstendig, Linda & Eugene Richie . “Guide to Writing and Technology across the Curriculum: A Resource for Professors and Student Assistants.” 2003. Pace University Online. 13 Oct. 2009. <http://webpage.pace.edu/erichie/wacguide/>. Caverly, David. C. & Lucy MacDonald. “Techtalk: Technology for Developmental Writing.” Journal of Development Education 22.1 (1998): 0894-3907. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Webster University., St. Louis, MO. 02 Aug. 2006.
- 20. RESEARCH Brookfield, Stephen D. & Stephen Preskill. “ Discussion As A Way Of Teaching Tools and Techniques For Democratic Classrooms .” San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005. Krentler, Kathleen A. & Laura A. Willis-Flurry . “Does Technology Enhance Actual Student Learning? The Case of Online Discussion Boards.” Journal of Education for Business (July/August 2005): 316-321. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Webster University., St. Louis, MO. 16 Apr. 2009. Goddard, Mark . “What Do We Do with These Computers? Reflections on Technology in the Classroom.” Journal of Research on Technology in Education 35.1 (2002): 19-26. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Webster University., St. Louis, MO. 2 May 2009. Caswell, Thomas C . “The Threaded Discussion Forum: A Case Study in Technology Integration.” Clearing House 75.1 (2001): 26-29. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Webster University., St. Louis, MO. 2 May 2009. Goldscheider, Eric . “Blackboard: New Uses For Technology; In Class, Gadgets for Interacting, and No One Need Nod Off.” The New York Times (2000): 1-2. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Webster University., St. Louis, MO. 2 May 2009. Fitch, James L . “Student Feedback in the College Classroom: A Technology Solution.” ETR&D 52.1 (2004): 71-81. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Webster University., St. Louis, MO. 16 Apr. 2009.
- 21. QUESTIONS TIFFANY SMITH Email: [email_address] Email: [email_address] Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ WritE_RighT_NOW Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ educatortiffanysmith