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Explore innovative teaching strategies in "The Paperless Classroom: Teaching CyberEnglish" by William Bass and Amy Johnson. This resource highlights the integration of technology in education, promoting student engagement and collaboration. By utilizing online platforms for publishing student work, ongoing peer reviews, and continuous editing processes, this approach enhances writing skills and fosters non-linear thinking. Discover a variety of tools, policies, and resources essential for implementing a successful paperless environment in your classroom.
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The Paperless Classroom:Teaching CyberEnglish William Bass – Amy Johnson Technology Integration Specialists Parkway School District
wbass@pkwy.k12.mo.us ajohnson@pkwy.k12.mo.us http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/tishomepage http://www.mrbassonline.com_ http://wbass.edublogs.org Contact Us Other Resources
Beginnings • NCTE Conference 2004 • Ted Nellen • http://www.tnellen.net/cyberenglish/__ • Dawn Hogue • www.mshogue.com__ • Pat Schultz • Cybercomp__
CyberEnglish Tenets • Make it Public • Students publish work • Peer Review • Editing process is continual • Pass it on • Share student work with others
How is it taught • Teacher web site • Policies • Assignment instructions • Poetry_ • Web integrated resources for teacher and student (Ex: Purdue Owl__) • Virtual Filing Cabinet: assignments, handouts, etc. • Parkway Moodle_
Student Created Work • Personal Web Pages • html • Adobe Dreamweaver • Microsoft FrontPage • NVU – Free html editor • Webfolio • Blogs
Course Content Integration • Interactive instructional sites • Purdue Online Writing Lab • Online texts available • Online resources • Textbook company sites • Publish work online • Collaboration
Benefits • Environmental • Work load • Improvement in writing skills • Audience • Hypertext writing • Connections • Development on non-linear thinking
Benefits (cont.) • Technology Skills • Web • E-mail • Word Processing • HTML • Diversify instruction • Communication
Email Yahoo Gmail Hotmail Gaggle Wikis Pbwiki Wikispaces Blogs Learnerblogs.org Edublogs.org Blogger 21publish 21class.com Other Tools Moodle Elgg United Streaming Bloglines Free Tools
Needs • Administrator support • Student Computers • Basic knowledge of schools network • AUP – Acceptable Use Policy • Email Access • Web Server for teacher and student websites • Support • Adventurous spirit
Examples • Keiarra • Solomon • Jahad • Symone • Melia • Brittany • http://bassclass.pbwiki.com • http://www.mrbassonline.com/cyberenglish/index.htm • http://www.mrbassonline.com/examples.htm
Questions wbass@pkwy.k12.mo.us http://www.mrbassonline.com http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/tishomepage