Cloud-based collaborative writing and the Common Core Standards

Yim, S., Warschauer, M., Zheng, B., & Lawrence, J. F. (2014). Cloud-based collaborative writing and the Common Core Standards. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 58(3), 243–254. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jaal.345 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jaal.345 

Abstract: The Common Core State Standards emphasize the integration of technology skills into English Language Arts (ELA) instruction, recognizing the demand for technology-based literacy skills to be college- and career- ready. This study aims to examine how collaborative cloud-based writing is used in in a Colorado school district, where one-to-one computer access with netbooks and open source software is provided to all students. Specifically, this paper highlights how the middle school students’ online writing align with the specific domains of the Common Core ELA Standards. Implications for practices are also discussed based on the challenges and affordances of using cloud-based collaborative writing in the district.

Related Links: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-014-9239-z

Related Paper(s): Zheng, B., Lawrence, J. F., Warschauer, M., & Lin, C.-H. (2015). Middle school students’ writing and feedback in a cloud-based classroom environment. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 20(2), 201–229. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-014-9239-z

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Lawrence, J.F. (2015, September). Technology in English. U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The White House, Washington D.C.

Warschauer, M., & Lawrence, J. F. (2014, April). The Learning Analytics of Cloud Based Writing. Google Campus, New York, New York

Lawrence, J.F. (2012, September). Does talk exposure in preschool predict second-language vocabulary at age 10? A longitudinal study of Turkish immigrant children growing up in Norway. 学前教育中的语言接触是否会预测儿童10岁时的第二语言词汇？(Presented in Mandarin). East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

Software Development

Lawrence, J., & Krueger, N. (2016). Bifrost: Bridging linguistic, cognitive and computer science resources (Version Reduced: Polysemy and Depth only). Retrieved from https://github.com/Malthanatos/Bifrost/tree/Reduced--Polysemy-and-Depth-only

EDITED VOLUME

Ippolito, J., Lawrence, J. F., & Zaller, C. (2013). Adolescent Literacy in the Era of the Common Core. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.

Other publications

Ippolito, J., Dobbs, C., Charner-Laird, M., & Lawrence, J. F. (2016). Delicate layers of learning: Achieving disciplinary literacy requires continuous, collaborative adjustments. Learning Forward.

Lawrence, J. F., White, C., & Snow, C. E. (2010). The words students need. Educational Leadership, 68(2), 23–26.

Lawrence, J. F. (2005). Perennial Themes in Education. Journal of Education, 186(1), 87–95.