Research Writing Rewired
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Our students are online constantly, and yet research shows that only half of teachers say digital tools make writing instruction easier. Research Writing Rewired seeks to turn that statistic upside down.
Or, rather, upside right: If we want to ready students for a globalized world, 100% of teachers ought to consider technology an asset to any kind of writing, assert authors Dawn Reed and Troy Hicks. But the “main wiring” still has to be the ELA standards and the essential questions at the heart of each content area. To that end, the authors show you how to use digital tools within a multi-week inquiry unit to increase students’ engagement as they write-to-learn and share knowledge. Their book a clear model for tech-rich research writing that will inform your own inquiry-driven units. Guiding components include:
- An inquiry-based, technology-rich unit on identity and culture that provides learners with opportunities to engage with the very same issues that are written about and discussed by citizens of a global society
- 28 model lessons and a framework including extensions, tech tips, and activities that blend print, image, apps, and video so students build multi-literacy skills day by day
- Recurring use of best practices like formative assessment, close reading, think alouds and teaching key skills, including analyzing and synthesizing, annotating, checking credibility of sources, discussion, and writing about reading
- Dozens of lessons and activities built around students’ favorite technology tools and online destinations, including: Citelighter, Smore, ThingLink, Padlet, and Cazles, Animoto, Mural.ly, and getLoupe, Genius and Lit Genius, Now Comment, You Voices
- QR codes that take you to video clips on a companion website, so you can see the teaching techniques and digital tools in action
It’s up to us to make the digital learning in school a lot more like the digital learning we all do in life. Research Writing Rewired shows us how to channel students’ passion for digital communication into meeting ELA goals.
Contents
At-a-Glance Lesson Summaries
At-a-Glance Lesson Summaries
Foreword by Peter Smagorinsky
Foreword by Peter Smagorinsky
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Preface: Reading, Writing, and Inquiry With Adolescents
- Why “Rewire” Research Writing?
- The Contents of This Book
- Our Guiding Principles
Introduction: Framing Student Inquiry
- Considering Our Goals
- The Big Picture: Broad Curricular Considerations
- Additional Curricular Components
- Final Considerations
- Chapter 1. Introducing Research, Inquiry, and Connected Learning
- Preview Lesson: Thinking Through a Cultural Lens
- Lessons for Week 1
- Lesson 1. Exploring Digital Identities
- Lesson 2. Cultural Conversations Online: Joining Youth Voices and Reading Collaboratively
- Lesson 3. Beginning the Cultural Conversation
- Lesson 4. Exploring Visual Culture Through Food Wrappers and Analyzing Visual Culture
- Lesson 5. Introducing Ethnography and the Culture Collage Assignment
- Reflections on Embracing Inquiry in the Connected Classroom
- Chapter 2. Getting Started With Inquiry Work: Visual Literacy and Literature Circles
- Lessons for Week 2
- Lesson 6. Visual Literacy and Design
- Lesson 7. Culture Collage Sharing
- Lesson 8. Literature Circles
- Lesson 9. Fashion and Image in American Culture
- Lesson 10. Reading Images: Fact or Fiction?
- Lesson 11. Personal Inquiry Reflections
- Reflections on Mentor Texts for Analysis and Developing Inquiry Questions
- Chapter 3. Laying the Groundwork for Research Writing: Developing Close Reading Skills and Organizing Digital Spaces
- Lessons for Week 3
- Lesson 12. Literature Circle Meeting 1: Engaging in Active Discussions
- Lesson 13. Self-Assessment and Reflection
- Lesson 14. Language in American Culture
- Lesson 15. Literature Circle Meeting 2: Close Reading of Passages
- Lesson 16. Questioning and Speculating
- Reflections on Developing Close Reading Skills and Organizing Digital Spaces
- Chapter 4. Embarking on the Inquiry-Based Research Essay: Collaboration, Citation, and Credibility
- Key Features of the Inquiry-Based Research Essay Assignment
- Lessons for Week 4
- Lesson 17. Literature Circle Meeting 3: Intertextual Connections
- Lesson 18. Researching Skills and Tips: Exploring Sources
- Lesson 19. Researching (Online and in the Library Media Center)
- Lesson 20. Writing and Researching Workshop
- Reflections on the Research Process
- Chapter 5. Writing Workshop and Media Projects: Responding, Revising, and Reflecting
- Lessons for Week 5
- Lesson 21. Literature Circle Meeting 4: Final Thoughts and Reflection
- Lesson 22. Writing Workshop and Peer Response
- Lesson 23. Media Work
- Lesson 24. Cultural Questions and Media Literacy
- Lesson 25. Workshop: Inquiry-Based Research Essay and Media Projects
- Lesson 26. Reflection and Publication of the Inquiry-Based Research Essay
- Lesson 27. Exploring Basic Copyright Issues: Copyright, Fair Use, Creative Commons, and the Public Domain
- Lesson 28. Reflecting, Sharing, and Celebrating the Final Media Project
- Reflections on the Writing Process
- Chapter 6. Final Reflections and Conclusions
- Assessment: A Flexible, Rhetorical Approach
- Purposeful Technology Integration
- Conclusions
References and Further Reading
References and Further Reading
Index
Index
About the Authors
About the Authors
Resources
Additional materials
Description
Our students are online constantly, and yet research shows that only half of teachers say digital tools make writing instruction easier. Research Writing Rewired seeks to turn that statistic upside down.
Or, rather, upside right: If we want to ready students for a globalized world, 100% of teachers ought to consider technology an asset to any kind of writing, assert authors Dawn Reed and Troy Hicks. But the “main wiring” still has to be the ELA standards and the essential questions at the heart of each content area. To that end, the authors show you how to use digital tools within a multi-week inquiry unit to increase students’ engagement as they write-to-learn and share knowledge. Their book a clear model for tech-rich research writing that will inform your own inquiry-driven units. Guiding components include:
- An inquiry-based, technology-rich unit on identity and culture that provides learners with opportunities to engage with the very same issues that are written about and discussed by citizens of a global society
- 28 model lessons and a framework including extensions, tech tips, and activities that blend print, image, apps, and video so students build multi-literacy skills day by day
- Recurring use of best practices like formative assessment, close reading, think alouds and teaching key skills, including analyzing and synthesizing, annotating, checking credibility of sources, discussion, and writing about reading
- Dozens of lessons and activities built around students’ favorite technology tools and online destinations, including: Citelighter, Smore, ThingLink, Padlet, and Cazles, Animoto, Mural.ly, and getLoupe, Genius and Lit Genius, Now Comment, You Voices
- QR codes that take you to video clips on a companion website, so you can see the teaching techniques and digital tools in action
It’s up to us to make the digital learning in school a lot more like the digital learning we all do in life. Research Writing Rewired shows us how to channel students’ passion for digital communication into meeting ELA goals.
Contents
At-a-Glance Lesson Summaries
At-a-Glance Lesson Summaries
Foreword by Peter Smagorinsky
Foreword by Peter Smagorinsky
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Preface: Reading, Writing, and Inquiry With Adolescents
- Why “Rewire” Research Writing?
- The Contents of This Book
- Our Guiding Principles
Introduction: Framing Student Inquiry
- Considering Our Goals
- The Big Picture: Broad Curricular Considerations
- Additional Curricular Components
- Final Considerations
- Chapter 1. Introducing Research, Inquiry, and Connected Learning
- Preview Lesson: Thinking Through a Cultural Lens
- Lessons for Week 1
- Lesson 1. Exploring Digital Identities
- Lesson 2. Cultural Conversations Online: Joining Youth Voices and Reading Collaboratively
- Lesson 3. Beginning the Cultural Conversation
- Lesson 4. Exploring Visual Culture Through Food Wrappers and Analyzing Visual Culture
- Lesson 5. Introducing Ethnography and the Culture Collage Assignment
- Reflections on Embracing Inquiry in the Connected Classroom
- Chapter 2. Getting Started With Inquiry Work: Visual Literacy and Literature Circles
- Lessons for Week 2
- Lesson 6. Visual Literacy and Design
- Lesson 7. Culture Collage Sharing
- Lesson 8. Literature Circles
- Lesson 9. Fashion and Image in American Culture
- Lesson 10. Reading Images: Fact or Fiction?
- Lesson 11. Personal Inquiry Reflections
- Reflections on Mentor Texts for Analysis and Developing Inquiry Questions
- Chapter 3. Laying the Groundwork for Research Writing: Developing Close Reading Skills and Organizing Digital Spaces
- Lessons for Week 3
- Lesson 12. Literature Circle Meeting 1: Engaging in Active Discussions
- Lesson 13. Self-Assessment and Reflection
- Lesson 14. Language in American Culture
- Lesson 15. Literature Circle Meeting 2: Close Reading of Passages
- Lesson 16. Questioning and Speculating
- Reflections on Developing Close Reading Skills and Organizing Digital Spaces
- Chapter 4. Embarking on the Inquiry-Based Research Essay: Collaboration, Citation, and Credibility
- Key Features of the Inquiry-Based Research Essay Assignment
- Lessons for Week 4
- Lesson 17. Literature Circle Meeting 3: Intertextual Connections
- Lesson 18. Researching Skills and Tips: Exploring Sources
- Lesson 19. Researching (Online and in the Library Media Center)
- Lesson 20. Writing and Researching Workshop
- Reflections on the Research Process
- Chapter 5. Writing Workshop and Media Projects: Responding, Revising, and Reflecting
- Lessons for Week 5
- Lesson 21. Literature Circle Meeting 4: Final Thoughts and Reflection
- Lesson 22. Writing Workshop and Peer Response
- Lesson 23. Media Work
- Lesson 24. Cultural Questions and Media Literacy
- Lesson 25. Workshop: Inquiry-Based Research Essay and Media Projects
- Lesson 26. Reflection and Publication of the Inquiry-Based Research Essay
- Lesson 27. Exploring Basic Copyright Issues: Copyright, Fair Use, Creative Commons, and the Public Domain
- Lesson 28. Reflecting, Sharing, and Celebrating the Final Media Project
- Reflections on the Writing Process
- Chapter 6. Final Reflections and Conclusions
- Assessment: A Flexible, Rhetorical Approach
- Purposeful Technology Integration
- Conclusions
References and Further Reading
References and Further Reading
Index
Index
About the Authors
About the Authors
Resources
Additional materials
Research Writing Rewired
Lessons That Ground Students’ Digital Learning
October 2015 | 264 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781483358987 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781483389929 | $35.00 |
Our students are online constantly, and yet research shows that only half of teachers say digital tools make writing instruction easier. Research Writing Rewired seeks to turn that statistic upside down.
Or, rather, upside right: If we want to ready students for a globalized world, 100% of teachers ought to consider technology an asset to any kind of writing, assert authors Dawn Reed and Troy Hicks. But the “main wiring” still has to be the ELA standards and the essential questions at the heart of each content area. To that end, the authors show you how to use digital tools within a multi-week inquiry unit to increase students’ engagement as they write-to-learn and share knowledge. Their book a clear model for tech-rich research writing that will inform your own inquiry-driven units. Guiding components include:
- An inquiry-based, technology-rich unit on identity and culture that provides learners with opportunities to engage with the very same issues that are written about and discussed by citizens of a global society
- 28 model lessons and a framework including extensions, tech tips, and activities that blend print, image, apps, and video so students build multi-literacy skills day by day
- Recurring use of best practices like formative assessment, close reading, think alouds and teaching key skills, including analyzing and synthesizing, annotating, checking credibility of sources, discussion, and writing about reading
- Dozens of lessons and activities built around students’ favorite technology tools and online destinations, including: Citelighter, Smore, ThingLink, Padlet, and Cazles, Animoto, Mural.ly, and getLoupe, Genius and Lit Genius, Now Comment, You Voices
- QR codes that take you to video clips on a companion website, so you can see the teaching techniques and digital tools in action
It’s up to us to make the digital learning in school a lot more like the digital learning we all do in life. Research Writing Rewired shows us how to channel students’ passion for digital communication into meeting ELA goals.
Table Of Contents:
- At-a-Glance Lesson Summaries
- Foreword by Peter Smagorinsky
- Acknowledgments
- Preface: Reading, Writing, and Inquiry With Adolescents
- Why “Rewire” Research Writing?
- The Contents of This Book
- Our Guiding Principles
- Introduction: Framing Student Inquiry
- Considering Our Goals
- The Big Picture: Broad Curricular Considerations
- Additional Curricular Components
- Final Considerations
- Chapter 1. Introducing Research, Inquiry, and Connected Learning
- Preview Lesson: Thinking Through a Cultural Lens
- Lessons for Week 1
- Lesson 1. Exploring Digital Identities
- Lesson 2. Cultural Conversations Online: Joining Youth Voices and Reading Collaboratively
- Lesson 3. Beginning the Cultural Conversation
- Lesson 4. Exploring Visual Culture Through Food Wrappers and Analyzing Visual Culture
- Lesson 5. Introducing Ethnography and the Culture Collage Assignment
- Reflections on Embracing Inquiry in the Connected Classroom
- Chapter 2. Getting Started With Inquiry Work: Visual Literacy and Literature Circles
- Lessons for Week 2
- Lesson 6. Visual Literacy and Design
- Lesson 7. Culture Collage Sharing
- Lesson 8. Literature Circles
- Lesson 9. Fashion and Image in American Culture
- Lesson 10. Reading Images: Fact or Fiction?
- Lesson 11. Personal Inquiry Reflections
- Reflections on Mentor Texts for Analysis and Developing Inquiry Questions
- Chapter 3. Laying the Groundwork for Research Writing: Developing Close Reading Skills and Organizing Digital Spaces
- Lessons for Week 3
- Lesson 12. Literature Circle Meeting 1: Engaging in Active Discussions
- Lesson 13. Self-Assessment and Reflection
- Lesson 14. Language in American Culture
- Lesson 15. Literature Circle Meeting 2: Close Reading of Passages
- Lesson 16. Questioning and Speculating
- Reflections on Developing Close Reading Skills and Organizing Digital Spaces
- Chapter 4. Embarking on the Inquiry-Based Research Essay: Collaboration, Citation, and Credibility
- Key Features of the Inquiry-Based Research Essay Assignment
- Lessons for Week 4
- Lesson 17. Literature Circle Meeting 3: Intertextual Connections
- Lesson 18. Researching Skills and Tips: Exploring Sources
- Lesson 19. Researching (Online and in the Library Media Center)
- Lesson 20. Writing and Researching Workshop
- Reflections on the Research Process
- Chapter 5. Writing Workshop and Media Projects: Responding, Revising, and Reflecting
- Lessons for Week 5
- Lesson 21. Literature Circle Meeting 4: Final Thoughts and Reflection
- Lesson 22. Writing Workshop and Peer Response
- Lesson 23. Media Work
- Lesson 24. Cultural Questions and Media Literacy
- Lesson 25. Workshop: Inquiry-Based Research Essay and Media Projects
- Lesson 26. Reflection and Publication of the Inquiry-Based Research Essay
- Lesson 27. Exploring Basic Copyright Issues: Copyright, Fair Use, Creative Commons, and the Public Domain
- Lesson 28. Reflecting, Sharing, and Celebrating the Final Media Project
- Reflections on the Writing Process
- Chapter 6. Final Reflections and Conclusions
- Assessment: A Flexible, Rhetorical Approach
- Purposeful Technology Integration
- Conclusions
- References and Further Reading
- Index
- About the Authors