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Crafting Digital Writing Composing Texts Across Media and Genres

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ISBN-10: 0325046964

ISBN-13: 9780325046969

Edition: 2013

Authors: Troy Hicks

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"We have an opportunity to help this generation define itself on its own terms. The question is no longer whether or not we should use technology to teach writing; instead we must focus on the many ways that we can use technology to teach writing." -Troy Hicks Written for teachers of writing by a teacher of writing, Crafting Digital Writing is both an introduction for teachers new to digital writing and a menu of ideas for those who are tech-savvy. Troy Hicks explores the questions of how to teach digital writing by examining author's craft, demonstrating how intentional thinking about author's craft in digital texts engages students in writing that is grounded in their digital lives. …    
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Book details

List price: $39.87
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 4/29/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.20" long x 0.46" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Overview of the Book
Toward Intentional Writing Instruction
Before We Begin
Author's Craft, Genre Study, and Digital Writing
Studying Craft with Lenses
Studying Craft by Slowing Down
Studying Craft by Starting Small
Studying Craft in Digital Writing
More Than Words: Studying Author's Craft in Digital Writing
Common Core Standards, Successful Writers, and the Struggle Ahead
Crafting Web Texts
Viewing a Professional Mentor Text
Considerations for Web Texts as Mentor Texts
Curricular Connections
Exploring the Digital Writing Process for Web Texts
Examples of Student-Composed Web Texts
Conclusion
Crafting Presentations
Viewing a Professional Mentor Text
Considerations for Presentations as Mentor Texts
Curricular Connections
Alternatives to Stand-Alone Slide Presentations
Exploring the Digital Writing Process for Presentations
Examples of Student-Composed Presentations
Conclusion
Crafting Audio Texts
Listening to a Professional Mentor Text
Considerations for Audio Texts
Curricular Connections
Examples of Student-Composed Audio Texts
Exploring the Digital Writing Process for Audio Texts
Conclusion
Crafting Video Texts
Viewing a Professional Mentor Text
Considerations for Digital Video Texts as Mentor Texts
Curricular Connections
Exploring the Digital Writing Process for Video Texts
Examples of Student-Composed Digital Video Texts
Conclusion
Crafting Social Media
Viewing a Professional Mentor Text: Tweets
Exploring the Digital Writing Process for Social Media
Example of Student-Created Social Media Texts: Youth Voices
Conclusion
Modeling and Mentoring the Digital Writing Process
FAQs: Frequently Argued Questions About Digital Writing
Exploring Craft: Looking Closely at One Student's Digital Writing
Charting Your Next Steps Toward Teaching Digital Writing
Creating a Digital Writing Assignment
What's New, What's Next: Websites and Apps
Studying a Piece of Digital Writing
References
Index