I work in a K-12 district setting and will be launching a new learning series on digital writers workshop. Still trying to decide whether using a wiki or google docs is a better solution or both? I can see the value of a wiki in having all the students have their own pages and there is one wiki that links it all together. This could be good for those "create your adventures-type". Docs is good as teachers/students will have access to their docs as well as more flexibility in editing and it… Continue

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After reading the book The Digital Writing Workshop, I was wondering what makes a teacher choose to incorporate blogs into the classroom versus wikis? Is it about personal choice or do teachers actual take the time to see what the students need call for? Either way of the wiki or the blog, why do the teachers make the choice for one or the other?

One of our DWW Ning members, Amanda Villagomez, and I have been having some conversations about how best to frame her digital writing workshop. Through a series of emails, we discussed some ideas, and she has given me permission to cross post this collaborative response from her blog. Thanks, Amanda, for helping me think through some of the reasons why and how I use wikis to teach… Continue

As more and more of you are integrating the book into professional development experiences and teacher education courses, I continue to be amazed by what emerges. Today, while checking my Google Alerts on "digital writing workshop," I cam across Bill Gaskin's Voice Thread that he will be using to foster discussion in his class for Horry County Schools.…

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