I admit that I have a little trouble with the word “ownership” when it comes to writing and learning, but I do appreciate the idea behind it, which seems to me to be about students laying claim to their work in a way that goes beyond fulfilling assignments given to them by someone else. I [...]
Student "Ownership" of Writing
Authorship
April 22nd, 2010 by kfreemanIf an e-portfolio falls in the forest…
April 4th, 2010 by jsopchockchaiIn order to start thinking about what I might say in regards to student ownership over writing, I began to browse through my students’ notebook folios on TaskStream. The majority of what I clicked on rendered this message: “This author has not provided access to this area.” This aptly sums up, to build on what [...]
On visibility
March 27th, 2010 by mnoonanI had thought, at the start of this project, that a critical and important difference between Blackboard and TaskStream was the change from instructor-centered to student-centered. On Blackboard I determined the shape of the course and was acutely aware of how the students used the tool. When drafts were due I could quickly look over [...]