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Marcus, Stephen – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1990
Describes how to transform a Rubik's cube into a tool for thinking and writing about literature. Notes how the six faces of the cube are labeled with common examples of theme, character, method, "world,""change," and reader perspective. Describes how, after shuffling, each face includes examples from each perspective. (RS)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Secondary Education, Thinking Skills, Writing Instruction
Chan, Audrey – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1990
Describes Project Write which uses a hierarchy of critical thinking skills in the formation of concepts and theories. Describes how students use computers to brainstorm, categorize, verify, sequence story details, and create a main idea and conclusion for their expository writing. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Program Descriptions, Thinking Skills, Word Processing
Costanzo, William – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1990
Describes using meditation to write with greater concentration, continuity, and depth, at any level of writing skill. Describes how to consciously cultivate the ability to focus, follow, and trace ideas through writing. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Meditation, Teaching Methods
Neilsen, Linda – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1991
Shares how middle school students easily learned to use the CD-ROM for their writing and research activities. (MG)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Middle Schools
Coulson, Elaine – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1990
Notes that not having anything to say is a major hurdle in the writing process at the middle school level. Describes two common classroom experiences, based on the software programs "GeoWorld" and "Food for Thought," that enable all students to acquire and share information together. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Middle Schools
Domsky, Deborah – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1990
Describes how a first grade teacher runs a "writer's workshop" based on the process approach to writing. Discusses how children develop their ideas for stories, share their writing with their peers, and decide whether or not to "publish" their writing. Notes that the students are enthusiastic about participating in the workshop. (RS)
Descriptors: Grade 1, Primary Education, Process Approach (Writing), Teacher Role
Franklin, Sharon – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1990
Describes the writing lab at Samuels School, a bilingual school in Denver, CO, where students use computers to improve their writing ability. (MG)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Hadaway, Nancy L. – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1990
Describes a letter exchange project which links university students with bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. Finds that letters are relevant and meaningful communication; provide strong motivation to write; and offer an emotional link with another individual who can serve as a role model of the target language. (MG)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Skills
Franklin, Sharon, Ed.; Madian, Jon, Ed. – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1986
Produced using a Macintosh Plus and LaserWriter Printer, these journals present articles relating to word processing in the classroom. Articles and their authors for the November/December 1986 issue include: "Computer Assisted Instruction: Western Europe" (Owen and Irene Thomas); "FrEd Writing" (B. Fleury); "Writing Up a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Cooperative Learning, Creative Writing
