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Comments from Mrs. Ebbers and her Students |
| Student learning Writing. The children were absolutely delighted to find the web pages that contained their writing. They enjoyed going to the site to read the work of themselves and their friends. Once another person responded to the writing that they had posted on the message board, the students began to see themselves as real writers and part of a community of writers. They were eager to begin any of the projects related to this project, which is saying a lot since many of my students are very reluctant readers and writers and that is why they are in a district specialized literacy program. Since the feedback on the message board was anonymous while coming from their peers, my students were able to view the comments of other students as non-threatening. Rather than getting frustrated and feeling as though their writing wasn’t “good enough” they welcomed the comments of others. This is evident in the following quotes, taken during one of our sessions at the computer. “ It was cool to read other kids responses to my writing” (JJ) “I can improve my writing by reading what other kids wrote to me” (SN) |
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[Evaluation of Tools4Writing Project]
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