Chambers, Julia
Cohen, S. (2012). Apps meet the Common
Core State Standards in writing. Teacher
Librarian, 40(2), 32-39.
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In this article, Media Specialist Sydnye Cohen looks
at seven of the new Common Core State Standards for writing and discusses how
teacher librarians can introduce tools and collaborate with teachers to help teach
and assess student’s learning along the way. The following outline identifies a particular CC Standard and then supplies the author’s suggested online
tools that can aid students in mastering the standard.
Writing Standard 1: Write arguments using valid
reasoning and relevant evidence.
Apps
- Subtext: an
app for online reading, great for collaborative reading, sharing annotations,
and providing opportunities for students to synthesis directly following
the text)
- Gale Access
My Library (AML): an app that uses Gale databases to find vetted, relevant
evidence
- Diigo:
social bookmarking app useful for gathering resources with annotation
capabilities
Writing Standard 5: Develop and strengthen writing
by planning, revising, editing, and rewriting
Apps
- Lino:
graphic outlining that enables student to see linear and non-linear
connection between ideas
- iBrainstorm:
outlining that allows students to type in text and draw
- Popplet:
outlining/organizing using text and images
- Noodletools:
a subscription writing/researching tool for taking notes, creating an
outline, and citing sources in the correct format
Writing Standard 6: Use technology to collaborate, produce,
and publish writing online
Apps
- Google
Docs: collaborative editing/publishing
- Voice-thread:
students combine still and moving images with voice and text to create
online stories
- Pen.io:
publish text and images; saves to the Web
- Paperport:
publish text, images, voice, and handwriting and save as a PDF or share in
Dropbox
- Visual
Poet: pairs images with works for 3poanel poetry
Writing Standard 7: Research to build and present
knowledge
Apps
- Pearltrees:
students vet websites and curate the web for better access to what they
need
- Google
Scholar: offers opportunities to evaluate information on the Internet
- Diigo:
gives students opportunity to categorize information, highlight and
annotate it for meaning.
Writing Standard 8: Gather information from a
variety of print/digital sources, assess credibility and integrate information
while avoiding plagerism.
Apps
- TED: always
credible with multi-module formats
- iTunes U:
resources created by educators
- Noodletools:
(see above) allows teachers/librarians to assess students at every stage
of research and writing
Writing Standard 9: Draw evidence from text to
support analysis, reflection and research
Apps
- Diigo (see
above)
- Evernote:
allows annotation of texts online
- Subtext:
best app for reading online
Additional Common Core State Standard for History,
Science and Technology: Ability for students to see conflicting viewpoints,
introduce differing claims about a topic, organize reasoning for an argument
logically.
Apps
to distinguish opposing claims:
- News 360:
students can search for a topic and see multiple viewpoints; can customize
to see news from the left vs. news from the right
- Flipboard: students search by topic, then use higher order thinking to sort into pros, cons, and unbiased views.
I found Cohen's outline of CC State Standards for writing to be very helpful, as well as the corresponding app suggestions. Because several apps supported more than one standard, I was most curious to further investigate those as a starting point.
CA-Common Core Assessments
ET-Standards
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