Teaching real world writing in today's classes is much different than many years ago. Learning to write for what happens outside the classroom is relevant for the today's English, Math, Social Studies and Science class. It is not just the English teachers teaching students how to write. It is ALL subject teachers teaching students how to write.
Students today need to be ready for professions and college that require 21st Century writing and thinking skills, using the Common Core Standards focusing on writing throughout the curriculum. Problem-solving, creativeness, and decision-making are abilities that students will need to be ready to use in professions that are not yet created. Students need to know how to work together with others using written language as well as orally. The easily obtainable use of technology and information will be skills that students need to write in the real world.
Regardless of the language a student speaks, writing skills will be necessary for worldwide economic growth. The exchange of ideas, information and resources are what are used in real world writing. Students are able to perform together with another team of students, via Skype, e-mails and texts, who are studying the same topic.
Now students are always writing. They are posting to Facebook, Twitter and any other social media sites. Although, it may be text language, nonetheless it is writing. As an English teacher, I cringle at the thought of excepting text language as a way of communication, but actually it is. Did the person get their thought across to you? If so, then the communications link was made. Technology is more of a factor in school now. Students have smart phones, tablets and many other devices to keep in touch. This is now known as the digital age.
Students are being pushed in many ways to use higher order thinking skills (HOTS) in every subject they are learning. They are not just asked questions to recall memorized answers such as what is something. They are being pushed with questions that ask why was it better that..., what judgment did you make..., and how can you prove... Students are also now able to use technology to better link subjects together. The formula they learned in math is what they need to use to make a factual observation in science.
Teaching students to think can be challenging, teaching them to be creative can be a nightmare. Writing helps you to communicate in a more powerful and persuasive way. When students are taught how to write for a real world setting, the form and purpose of their audience is not just for the teacher anymore. The audience would be for the student who is conducting a similar experiment and communication would be necessary to complete the experiment.
Learning to work together with others and communicate through technological innovation are skills required in a knowledge-based global community. The thought that a student is only writing because the teacher provided them a task is no longer the writer's purpose. Today's classes have shifted from segregated subject areas to interconnected writing for the real world.
Students today need to be ready for professions and college that require 21st Century writing and thinking skills, using the Common Core Standards focusing on writing throughout the curriculum. Problem-solving, creativeness, and decision-making are abilities that students will need to be ready to use in professions that are not yet created. Students need to know how to work together with others using written language as well as orally. The easily obtainable use of technology and information will be skills that students need to write in the real world.
Regardless of the language a student speaks, writing skills will be necessary for worldwide economic growth. The exchange of ideas, information and resources are what are used in real world writing. Students are able to perform together with another team of students, via Skype, e-mails and texts, who are studying the same topic.
Now students are always writing. They are posting to Facebook, Twitter and any other social media sites. Although, it may be text language, nonetheless it is writing. As an English teacher, I cringle at the thought of excepting text language as a way of communication, but actually it is. Did the person get their thought across to you? If so, then the communications link was made. Technology is more of a factor in school now. Students have smart phones, tablets and many other devices to keep in touch. This is now known as the digital age.
Students are being pushed in many ways to use higher order thinking skills (HOTS) in every subject they are learning. They are not just asked questions to recall memorized answers such as what is something. They are being pushed with questions that ask why was it better that..., what judgment did you make..., and how can you prove... Students are also now able to use technology to better link subjects together. The formula they learned in math is what they need to use to make a factual observation in science.
Teaching students to think can be challenging, teaching them to be creative can be a nightmare. Writing helps you to communicate in a more powerful and persuasive way. When students are taught how to write for a real world setting, the form and purpose of their audience is not just for the teacher anymore. The audience would be for the student who is conducting a similar experiment and communication would be necessary to complete the experiment.
Learning to work together with others and communicate through technological innovation are skills required in a knowledge-based global community. The thought that a student is only writing because the teacher provided them a task is no longer the writer's purpose. Today's classes have shifted from segregated subject areas to interconnected writing for the real world.
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