2019 Teaching with Technology Conference

When writing an essay, we want our students to outline their ideas ahead of time, but DO they? And if they do--how often is their outline treated by students as BUSY work: completed only to be discarded and not actually used in the final product? In this session I'll show you how I have used GoFormative to BLUR the line between outlining and drafting--guiding students to develop ideas without the added pressure of staring at a blank document or the seeming burden of a busy-work assignment. During our session we'll actually go through the process using a short poem as an example, and you'll leave with access to my templates to adapt to your own next essay assignment. A device (tablet, chromebook, etc.) is recommended.