Nature of the New Writing

[Seth Mitchell]

Joe Bellino and I are facilitating a Reading the Research session focused on Teaching the New Writing at this year’s Annual Meeting. It’s a great text and a must-have for your site’s library.

Using their own experiences in the classroom, the featured authors discuss the challenges and rewards of integrating technology into their teaching practices. The book also explores some significant implications for writing teachers in a world in which the nature of composition is changing.

I think the title offers up an interesting question: What is the “new writing,” and how does it differ from the “old writing”? Joe and I thought this might be an interesting conversation for the folks in this forum, and it is also a nice way to frontload the session.

So whether or not you’ve had the opportunity to read the text, how might you answer that question?

[Kevin H.]

Great question and one that we struggled with as we tried various titles for the book. Even now, I am not sure it is the right term. But if not ... what is the right term for what kids do when they compose with digital tools?
Kevin

[Bonnie Kaplan]

I think that every chapter in your book offers ways that kids can move writing beyond the traditional modes of writing in creative and focused ways. And there's something for everyone- elementary- college. Perfect for our SI last summer

Bonnie