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Title: Panel Discussion Improving Extended Response Writing Using the Collaboratorys ePortfolio Eileen Just


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Panel DiscussionImproving Extended- Response
Writing Using the Collaboratorys
ePortfolioEileen JustusRidge Family Center for
LearningElk Grove Village, Illinois
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Analyzing our 2004/05 ISAT Scores
  • Most students scored 2 for extended- response
    questions in Grade 3
  • Some improvement in Grade 5
  • Where to focus????

3
Goal for 2005/06
  • Raise student extended-response scores to 3 or
    higher (Meets) for grades 3,4,5
  • How?
  • More opportunities to practice
  • Greater understanding of the scoring rubric for
    students and teachers
  • Build this assessment into reading tests
    throughout the year
  • Committee work to develop prompts

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What is an Extended-Response Question?
  • ISAT essay question
  • Students must demonstrate an understanding of a
    reading passage
  • Explain key ideas
  • Use evidence from text to draw conclusions
  • Make connections to other situations
  • Balance authors information with their ideas
  • Scored with state holistic rubric
  • Counts for 10 of scale score

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Sample Extended-Response QuestionGrade 3
  • How have pigs been useful animals throughout
    history?
  • Explain your answer using information in the
    article and your own ideas.
  • (40 Million Years of Pigs, by Alice Hopf)

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Teaching Students to WriteExtended-Responses
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Motivating Students to Improve- Provide the
Audience
  • 1st drafts- one and done
  • What does a good response look like?
  • What do I have to do to make mine better?
  • Why am I doing this?

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Setting Up the ePortfolio
  • Register teachers and students in Collaboratory
  • Usernames and passwords- Print a list!
  • Set up activities on your own or with assistance
  • Test the process
  • Have a back-up plan

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Navigating the Collaboratory
  • Log in screen

11
Student Project Choices
Students select an activity.
Short cut to ePortfolio
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Extended-Response Choices
  • Students select a binder with the question they
    want to answer.

13
Extended-Response Prompt
Students answer a question designed to elicit an
extended response from our Harcourt reading
series.
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Extended-Response Binder Contents
  • My Documents- The student creates a new document
    or edits a document in progress.

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Entering and Editing Text
  • Students input text directly or copy and paste
    from a word processing program. Save to post
    the response in My Folder.

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Teacher Comments
  • When teachers log on, they see available student
    extended-responses in the binder.

17
Comments about Student Writing
  • To add a private comment, click on the yellow
    comment button.

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Teacher Comments
  • Type the comment into the box and save it. The
    student will use the comment to revise his
    writing.

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Teacher Comments
The teachers comments are only visible to the
author.
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Writing the Extended-Response
  • The student clicks on the pencil to edit his work.

21
Sharing the Extended-Response
  • When the student is satisfied with his response,
    he can decide to let others read and respond to
    it.

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Extended-Response Binder Contents
  • Shared documents- All students who want others to
    read and comment on their work post them here.

23
Student Discussion of Shared Writing
Students read and discuss their peers responses
based on the writing rubric.
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Students Join the Discussion
  • Students click on the Discuss button to send a
    comment.

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Classroom Story
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Project Results
  • Did using the ePortfolio make a difference?
  • Started late not enough practice opportunities
    using the ePortfolio this year
  • ISAT results available late summer
  • Will try to do extended-response in the
    ePortfolio once a month next year
  • Many other initiatives to improve student writing
    in place

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Ask the Students
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Join our Extended-Response Project
  • Beginning stage
  • Expanded audience
  • Collect more student data
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