WRITINGMATRIX: Motivating Students through Tagging

The presenters play with boundaries through the simple expedient of having student bloggers in different countries tag their blog posts with the unique tag term writingmatrix. Searching on that tag in Technorati, the student bloggers in four locations in three different countries have managed to locate one another's posts, leave comments for one another, and have subsequently interacted in other ways as well. The presenters explain how they started the project and how it has branched into other online and even face to face activities involving the students in the participant countries. The presentation is made not only through the voices of the presenters, but with the students themselves lending their voices through their blogs and videos.

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• k12online07
• writingmatrix
• vancestevens
• webheadsinaction
• pp107tesol
• webheads
• blogging
• tagging
• technorati

[Leliuscris]

very good conference......... is a way to show the works of the students of some parts from the world others

[ritazeinstejer]

Great job you're doing, Vance...

This collage is so revealing!

[cbsiskin]

Very nice!

[nliakos]

Wow, Vance!!! Awesome!

[nelliemuller]

My Israeli high school students would love to join other students around the world. I am very interested in online writing courses.

[1kg2kg]

Dear Rita, your work is really fantastic. I was moved to tears, honestly ... I am so proud of working with such talented people. Thank you for sharing! Love from La Plata, Nelba Quintana