Comments on: Writely: A New Tool http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/01/writely-a-new-tool/ Challenge The Status Quo Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:48:43 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Collaborative Writing Tools Workshop « EdTechie: Resources for Teachers http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/01/writely-a-new-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-25778 Collaborative Writing Tools Workshop « EdTechie: Resources for Teachers Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:20:42 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/teaching/?p=41#comment-25778 [...] Writely: a New Tool for the Classroom (NOTE: Writely was bought by Google, creating Google Docs) [...] [...] Writely: a New Tool for the Classroom (NOTE: Writely was bought by Google, creating Google Docs) [...]

]]> By: Mariann Weiser http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/01/writely-a-new-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-21189 Mariann Weiser Sun, 11 May 2008 11:44:28 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/teaching/?p=41#comment-21189 Writely is a great tool for students to use as a collaborative group project because I agree with Todd that students are not interested in peer editing, especially online. Writely is a great tool for students to use as a collaborative group project because I agree with Todd that students are not interested in peer editing, especially online.

]]> By: nora mayer http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/01/writely-a-new-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-21181 nora mayer Sun, 11 May 2008 04:54:04 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/teaching/?p=41#comment-21181 I agree with you Todd about what you said about the online publishing system being a good place to send edited work but instead of staring at a blank page do the first draft as a hard copy. I agree with you Todd about what you said about the online publishing system being a good place to send edited work but instead of staring at a blank page do the first draft as a hard copy.

]]> By: Todd http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/01/writely-a-new-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-15472 Todd Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:13:08 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/teaching/?p=41#comment-15472 <strong>Heidi</strong>, the best and most user friendly online publishing system is the one the teacher is most comfortable with and that can easily be passed on to the kids. Blogger's got my vote there. <strong>Isannah</strong>, ideas might be great, but application is something completely different. Most students don't have any interest in helping their peers become better writers enough to warrant a system like this. Having a paper in hand is still the best way to peer edit. Doing it virtually lets students off the hook and the responses become almost worth/meaningless. I'm a fan of writing groups, but it takes a certain group of kids for them to want it virtual over literal. <strong>Dorothy</strong>, in a similar way to what I wrote above, putting those writing samples online instead of on paper cues lots of students to simply do as little as possible. I've seen much more success with that kind of activity when they have to write things out by hand or at least have a piece of paper in front of them. They can submit their rewritten work online, but if it's all on the computer that's probably going to be a mistake. Sitting at a computer becomes a call to not do work and many students just stare at the screen. As far as submitting a worksheet to have others improve it, <a href="http://www.curriki.org" rel="nofollow">Curriki</a> might be a better place since it's easier to open that worksheet up to anyone. Google Docs would require all editors to have a Google account and for the owner of the document to invite those people to edit - in turn, those editors would have to accept the invitation. Sounds easy, but the trouble that accepting an invitation causes is mind blowing. With something like Curriki, you just throw your worksheet on their site and anyone can get to it. Writely has been replaced by Google Docs. As you suggest, <strong>Belen</strong>, that solves some of my "A Flock Of Accounts" problem: students create a Google account and they have access to Blogger, Docs, Gmail, and Reader (though Bloglines is clearly the better RSS reader for classroom application and that entry is coming soon). But I don't know what you mean by "they can find about everything in here." Not to belittle all of your contributions to this discussion, but did reading this entry and leaving a comment become some kind of requirement for a class somewhere? Four comments suddenly appearing on an entry that's a year and a half old (and technically incorrect because of the time that's passed) is a bit odd. If it is a class assignment, thanks for the interest. I hope you have time to follow up on this discussion. Heidi, the best and most user friendly online publishing system is the one the teacher is most comfortable with and that can easily be passed on to the kids. Blogger’s got my vote there. Isannah, ideas might be great, but application is something completely different. Most students don’t have any interest in helping their peers become better writers enough to warrant a system like this. Having a paper in hand is still the best way to peer edit. Doing it virtually lets students off the hook and the responses become almost worth/meaningless. I’m a fan of writing groups, but it takes a certain group of kids for them to want it virtual over literal. Dorothy, in a similar way to what I wrote above, putting those writing samples online instead of on paper cues lots of students to simply do as little as possible. I’ve seen much more success with that kind of activity when they have to write things out by hand or at least have a piece of paper in front of them. They can submit their rewritten work online, but if it’s all on the computer that’s probably going to be a mistake. Sitting at a computer becomes a call to not do work and many students just stare at the screen.

As far as submitting a worksheet to have others improve it, Curriki might be a better place since it’s easier to open that worksheet up to anyone. Google Docs would require all editors to have a Google account and for the owner of the document to invite those people to edit – in turn, those editors would have to accept the invitation. Sounds easy, but the trouble that accepting an invitation causes is mind blowing. With something like Curriki, you just throw your worksheet on their site and anyone can get to it.

Writely has been replaced by Google Docs. As you suggest, Belen, that solves some of my “A Flock Of Accounts” problem: students create a Google account and they have access to Blogger, Docs, Gmail, and Reader (though Bloglines is clearly the better RSS reader for classroom application and that entry is coming soon). But I don’t know what you mean by “they can find about everything in here.”

Not to belittle all of your contributions to this discussion, but did reading this entry and leaving a comment become some kind of requirement for a class somewhere? Four comments suddenly appearing on an entry that’s a year and a half old (and technically incorrect because of the time that’s passed) is a bit odd. If it is a class assignment, thanks for the interest. I hope you have time to follow up on this discussion.

]]> By: Belen http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/01/writely-a-new-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-15441 Belen Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:03:20 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/teaching/?p=41#comment-15441 This is a great tool for the classroom. What I like the most is that each students don't need an account for every web site. They can find about everything in here. This is a great tool for the classroom. What I like the most is that each students don’t need an account for every web site. They can find about everything in here.

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