What+are+the+purposes+of+digital+writing?+(Newkirk,+Kent,+Chaps+13+or+14)

====Sara Kajder believes that using technology in the classroom affords opportunities to "lead students to read and write for real authentic purposes" (151) Do you think technology helps or hinders literacy? How can you use technology to increase authentic writing? What are the risks if we don't integrate technology in the classroom?====

__** Activity - Fan Fiction **__ ==== "At the very least, knowing about how my student writers are working outside of the class to engage in these spaces is important to the ways in which I can move them forward when writing inside of class" (Kajder 160). ====

Some Facts about Fan Fiction
 * Stories based upon known characters and themes (movies, books, comics, cartoons, television, etc...)
 * Stories can be uploaded on to several different sites.
 * Writers can choose to have their stories added to, or even completed by other writers
 * Stories can be critiqued by other writers
 * Some Fan Fiction sites -**
 * FanFiction.net
 * sugarquill.net
 * fanfiction-directory.com
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=__ From The Chapter __=

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 * Reinventing Literature**:
 * **Podcasts**: a recorded discussion of a topic that is posted online for people to listen to (153-154)
 * can sometimes include video (called enhanced podcasts)
 * can stimulate discussion
 * relevance is heightened because the audience is much wider than just the classroom
 * **Wiki's**: an online "collaborative writing space where anyone can add content and anyone can edit content that has already been published" (156-157).
 * collaboration can sometimes take away from individual opinions or voice
 * students value each others writing and the fact that they are being pushed to write more
 * collaboration can broaden thought processes because it is like a giant discussion
 * **Fan fiction**: "writing stories based upon the characters, themes, ideas and settings of other published works or series" (158-159).
 * We will be discussing this further during our lesson!

**Annotated Bibliography**


 * Campbell-Stephens, Liz. //Using Technology to Improve Adolescent Writing: Digital Make-overs for Writing Lessons//. Boston: Pearson, 2010.**

Campbell-Stephens discusses new advances int echnology and how they can be applied to writing lessons for adolescents. Topics include using the internet, Wikipedia, blogs, Facebook and other digital media. The book also gives curriculum standards, activities and adaptations to older methods of teaching writing.


 * Jenkins, Henry. "Transmedia Storytelling 101." //Confessions of an Aca-Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins//. 22 Mar. 2007. Web. 01 Dec. 2010. .**

This website is dedicated to the art of transmedia storytelling- what it is, how it is used and when it is used.


 * Long, Geoffrey A. "Transmedia Storytelling Business, Aesthetics and Production at the Jim Henson Company." MIT, June 2007. Web. 01 Dec. 2010. .**

This is actually a thesis paper that was written on transmedia storytelling for MIT. It's focus is on Jim Henson movies and how they have developed a sub-culture around them (including extra books, games, etc.).


 * Richtel, Matt. "Growing up Digital, Wired for Distraction." //The New York Times//. 21 Nov. 2010. Web. 1 Dec. 2010. .**

This article looks at the digital environment students are raised in, and how it effects the brain. It focuses on research that shows children, who use multiple communication technologies simultaneously, risk rewiring their DNA, and losing their ability to focus.


 * Roswell, Jennifer, and Anne Burke. "Reading by Design: Two Case Studies of Digital Reading Practices." //Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy// 53.2 (2009): 106-18. //JSTOR//. Web. 1 Dec. 2010. .**

This article looks at the way reading practices rely on the concept of modality: the ability to work in different modes of communication (visual, spatial, acoustic) without one mode being dominate. (106)


 * Wilbur, Dana J. //iWrite: using blogs, wikis, and digital stories in the English classroom//. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2010.**

Wilbur discusses modern technologies and using them in a writing classroom. She begins on the evolution of teaching English and how technology has been incorporated in modern classrooms. She gives detailed descriptions on major advances in writing, such as wikis and blogs, and the advantages they could bring if properly used in the classroom.

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