Learning To Write combines the ease of an online word processor with powerful editing tools for teachers to review, discuss, and grade student compositions.
Instantaneous Assistance
No more fumbling through textbooks searching for rules on verb tense or the definition of part participle. Students can access instant links to explanations of grammar, usage, and mechanics. These features greatly enhance editing speed and accuracy prior to turning in work for evaluation.
Enriched Teacher Feedback
Learning To Write provides a forum for students to talk about their writing and a platform for student-teacher dialogue. This type of one-on-one communication simply isn't possible in a traditional classroom setting.
Peer Reviewing Options
In addition to sharing work with teachers, Learning To Write makes it easy for students to peer review, allowing classmates to edit drafts and provide comments. This forum significantly enhances student-to-student discussion.
Immediate Communication
Teachers have the ability to quickly create, distribute, and return class assignments, such as online exercises, essays, or tests. As students complete their work, the Learning To Write system immediately provides feedback and test scores, which teachers receive in a grade-book spreadsheet. The system also streamlines the ability to send messages to individual students, an entire class, or all of the teacher's classes.
Creating Customized Rubrics
Learning To Write enables teachers to easily create and distribute customized grading rubrics. Prior to writing, students know exactly what objectives their teacher has set, and can check their work against these objectives before sharing it with others.
Simplifying the Editing Process
Teachers have access to a suite of electronic editing marks - such as comma splice, fragment, and mismatched tense - which can be placed in appropriate locations within each student's draft. In addition, teachers may create their own editing marks, further customizing their feedback.
Reviewing, Grading, and Prescribing
Prior to the final grading process, teachers can provide editing marks, comments, and suggestions for student consideration. Students examine this feedback, make decisions about changes, and then submit the finished version for grading. After applying their rubrics, teachers may send prescription messages containing links to helpful remediation exercises within Learning To Write.
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