Writing Instruction Videos for Adult Learners and for Professional Development

1. Writing Instruction Videos for Adult Learners and for Professional Development NCTN Conference on Effective Transitions November 15, 2013 David J. Rosen, Ed.D. President, Newsome Associates djrosen@newsomeassociates.com

2. David J. Rosen • Director, Adult Literacy Resource Institute, University of Massachusetts, Boston 1986-2003 • President, Newsome Associates http://newsomeassociates.com • President, Media Library of Teaching Skills http://mlots.org

3. Workshop Agenda • Introduction • Focus questions • Background on ASE Writing Videos Review Project • A list of ASE Writing Instruction Videos • First draft of Video Reviews • Discussion of Focus questions • Viewing and discussing videos together • Evaluation

4. Focus Questions for Discussion • How do you use instructional videos now? • How would you like to use instructional videos? • Have you made your own instructional videos? If so, tell us about that.

5. What led to looking for and reviewing ASE and transition to college writing videos? • How young adults search for information online • New HSE exams’ focus on writing arguments • New HSE exams’ higher CCR standards and the need for more time on task • Flipped classroom model

6. I wanted to know: What ASE instructional videos are available free on line? Are they good? Who else is interested in the problem? • LINCS Reading and Writing CoP Invitation • Formation of Google Work Group • Development of Video Review Form • Creation of list of ASE writing instruction Videos

7. List of Adult Secondary Education Writing Instruction Videos: First Drafthttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6715575/ASE%20Writing%20Videos%2010.22.13.docx Two kinds of videos: 1. Instructional videos for adult learners who want to improve their writing 2. Professional Development videos for adult education teachers who want to improve their teaching

8. Instructional Videos for Adult Learners • Advice on Writing • Audience • Kinds of Writing • Style • Grammar and Usage • Punctuation • Editing and Proofreading

9. First Draft of the Writing Instruction Video Reviews https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B9_b_rWsMMzZlq1gE003c9kj_KthZo5XJqFr2szvJ8g/edit?usp=sharing

10. Discussion • How do you use instructional videos now? • How would you like to use instructional videos? • Have you made your own instructional videos? If so, tell us about that.

11. Watch and Discuss “How to Write a Great Argument” http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/how-to-write-a-great-argument.html#lesson • Would you use this video? • If so with what kinds of students? • How would you use it?

12. Watch and Discuss “What are Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Modifiers?” http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-dangling-modifier.html#lesson • Would you use this video? • If so with what kinds of students? • How would you use it?

13. Watch and Discuss “Writing to Inform and Make Arguments” http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=250726 • Is this video useful to you in your own PD? • Why or why not? • Would you recommend this to your colleagues? • If so, how would you suggest it be used?

14. Watch and Discuss “The Five Paragraph Essay” http://mlots.org/Brenna/Brenna.html • Is this video useful to you in your own PD? • Why or why not? • Would you recommend this to your colleagues? • If so, how would you suggest it be used? • This video, on YouTube, now has nearly 100,000 hits since May, 2012. Why?

15. Watch and Discuss “Why People Hate Writing” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm2lW43Qf8M • Is this video useful to you in your own PD? • Why or why not? • Would you recommend this to your colleagues? • If so, how would you suggest it be used?

16. Evaluation • What did you find most interesting or useful in this workshop? • What would you like to see added or done differently if this workshop were done again? • What one specific thing would you like to take from this workshop to your students or colleagues? • If you think of something later, email it to me at djrosen123@gmail.com