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Writing Instruction Videos for Adult Learners and for Professional Development. NCTN Conference on Effective Transitions November 15, 2013 David J. Rosen, Ed.D . President, Newsome Associates djrosen@newsomeassociates.com. David J. Rosen.
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Writing Instruction Videos for Adult Learners and for Professional Development NCTN Conference on Effective Transitions November 15, 2013 David J. Rosen, Ed.D. President, Newsome Associates djrosen@newsomeassociates.com
David J. Rosen • Director, Adult Literacy Resource Institute, University of Massachusetts, Boston 1986-2003 • President, Newsome Associates http://newsomeassociates.com • President, Media Library of Teaching Skills http://mlots.org
Workshop Agenda • Introduction • Focus questions • Background on ASE Writing Videos Review Project • A list of ASE Writing Instruction Videos • First draft of Video Reviews • Discussion of Focus questions • Viewing and discussing videos together • Evaluation
Focus Questions for Discussion • How do you use instructional videos now? • How would you like to use instructional videos? • Have you made your own instructional videos? If so, tell us about that.
What led to looking for and reviewing ASE and transition to college writing videos? • How young adults search for information online • New HSE exams’ focus on writing arguments • New HSE exams’ higher CCR standards and the need for more time on task • Flipped classroom model
I wanted to know: What ASE instructional videos are available free on line? Are they good? Who else is interested in the problem? • LINCS Reading and Writing CoP Invitation • Formation of Google Work Group • Development of Video Review Form • Creation of list of ASE writing instruction Videos
List of Adult Secondary Education Writing Instruction Videos: First Drafthttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6715575/ASE%20Writing%20Videos%2010.22.13.docx Two kinds of videos: 1. Instructional videos for adult learners who want to improve their writing 2. Professional Development videos for adult education teachers who want to improve their teaching
Instructional Videos for Adult Learners • Advice on Writing • Audience • Kinds of Writing • Style • Grammar and Usage • Punctuation • Editing and Proofreading
First Draft of the Writing Instruction Video Reviews https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B9_b_rWsMMzZlq1gE003c9kj_KthZo5XJqFr2szvJ8g/edit?usp=sharing
Discussion • How do you use instructional videos now? • How would you like to use instructional videos? • Have you made your own instructional videos? If so, tell us about that.
Watch and Discuss “How to Write a Great Argument” http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/how-to-write-a-great-argument.html#lesson • Would you use this video? • If so with what kinds of students? • How would you use it?
Watch and Discuss “What are Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Modifiers?” http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-dangling-modifier.html#lesson • Would you use this video? • If so with what kinds of students? • How would you use it?
Watch and Discuss “Writing to Inform and Make Arguments” http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=250726 • Is this video useful to you in your own PD? • Why or why not? • Would you recommend this to your colleagues? • If so, how would you suggest it be used?
Watch and Discuss “The Five Paragraph Essay” http://mlots.org/Brenna/Brenna.html • Is this video useful to you in your own PD? • Why or why not? • Would you recommend this to your colleagues? • If so, how would you suggest it be used? • This video, on YouTube, now has nearly 100,000 hits since May, 2012. Why?
Watch and Discuss “Why People Hate Writing” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm2lW43Qf8M • Is this video useful to you in your own PD? • Why or why not? • Would you recommend this to your colleagues? • If so, how would you suggest it be used?
Evaluation • What did you find most interesting or useful in this workshop? • What would you like to see added or done differently if this workshop were done again? • What one specific thing would you like to take from this workshop to your students or colleagues? • If you think of something later, email it to me at djrosen123@gmail.com