A brilliant resource for English teachers

English learning area students had the privilege of hearing from Sylvia Guidara earlier this year. She spoke to us about the digital revolution, the way in which it impacts upon our students, and how we need to adapt our teaching in response to all of this. Her positivism about the affordances of digital technology was quite inspiring. Her site, Digimuve, contains slides, notes, and resources from other presentations she has given for teacher audiences. Her slideshow on "engaging students with digital writing" is a great resource for English teachers. Check it out: http://www.slideshare.net/guidars/engaging-students-with-digital-writing
This is especially relevant given a National Commission for Writing survey reveals teens believe school writing instruction could be improved.
Digital writing could change the way students approach writing tasks in our classroom - when they are aware that their work will be published for a significant audience, commented upon, and worked on collaboratively, the task becomes much more meaningful and engaging.