21st+Century+Writing+Activity

Here are the steps for completing the Audacity project:

First--view [|this video] on how to use Audacity as part of the editing process. Now think for a moment--did you know you could "follow" your students home this way, for free? How could you use this?

Take a breath, and work your way through this checklist.

Writing Checklist Write a 150 word mini-essay using MS Word on a topic about which you feel knowledgeable. Turn on “track changes” in MS Word. Re-read your piece and make revisions. Record the number of revisions you made. How many of these were simple corrections? Go through and accept or reject each change you’ve made. Record yourself with Audacity reading your piece aloud, exactly as it is written. Listen to yourself while you re-read your piece and make revisions. Record the number of revisionsyou made this time. What do you notice about the quantity and quality of changes vs. your re-read? Use the discussion tab to reflect. Go through and accept or reject each change you’ve made. Swap seats and listen to a peer’s recording while reading their words. Make one suggestion and one comment by using the “insert comment” function in MS word.

Final step, reflect on this process via the discussion tab on this wiki.

Here's a rubric we use when evaluating student work in this process.